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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Fang Lei, Durchhausen, DE;
Inventor:
Fang Lei, Durchhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/0019 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/0615 (2013.01); A61B 1/0623 (2013.01); G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes a light outlet surface at the distal end of the endoscope and a controllable light-refracting device for controllable refraction of illuminating light by a shapeable phase interface between two fluids, such that the controllable light-refracting device is disposed at the distal end of the endoscope.