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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Martin Wieters, Hamburg, DE;
Philipp Abel, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Wieters, Hamburg, DE;
Philipp Abel, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00167 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope including: a shaft tube; a fibre tube disposed within the shaft tube; an image guide having a distal objective, the image guide being disposed within the shaft tube; and an optical fibre bundle disposed in a free cross-section between the fibre tube and the shaft tube. Wherein the fibre tube has an elongate cross-section.