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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Ulrich Weiger, Kolbingen, DE;
Doris Leibinger, Mahlstetten, DE;
Inventors:
Ulrich Weiger, Kolbingen, DE;
Doris Leibinger, Mahlstetten, 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); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00163 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); G02B 26/108 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope with adjustable viewing angle includes a pivotable prism (to divert light that can pivot around a pivot axis to adjust the viewing angle and a fixed prism to divert light that is diverted by the pivotable prism into a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the endoscope, such that at least either a light outlet surface of the pivotable prism is positioned in a recess of the fixed prism or a light inlet surface of the fixed prism is positioned in a recess of the pivotable prism.