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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Rudi Campo, Genk, BE;
Frank Doll, Talheim, DE;
Inventors:
Rudi Campo, Genk, BE;
Frank Doll, Talheim, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/303 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/303 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/12 (2013.01); A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61B 17/3494 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical instrument, in particular a hysteroscope, has a shaft part () having a first shaft and an optical system having a second shaft (), in which the shaft part () and optical system can be displaced with respect to one another along the shafts thereof such that, in a first position, the second shaft () of the optical system extends beyond the first shaft of the shaft part () on the distal side and that, in a second position, a distal end () of the first shaft of the shaft part () comes to rest approximately level with a distal end () of the second shaft () of the optical system.