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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Gregor Kiedrowski, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rigid endoscope including: a fiber tube; a window disposed at a the distal end of the fiber tube; an objective lens arranged in the fiber tube; a spacer tube to maintain the objective lens at a predetermined-distance from the window; and an objective lens tube for holding the objective lens, the objective lens tube being disposed in the fiber tube between the window and at least a portion of the spacer tube; wherein the spacer tube is supported on a distal end against the window and on a proximal end against the objective lens.