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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Ulrich Weiger, Kolbingen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/0623 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope having an adjustable illumination direction includes a reflective surface reflecting illumination light for the illumination of an object observed by means of the endoscope, the reflective surface being moveable in order to adjust the illumination direction.