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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventor:
Andre Buerk, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope with a viewing angle that can be adjusted within a predetermined angular range includes a movable light-diverting device on the distal end of the endoscope on whose orientation the viewing angle of the endoscope depends, and a jointed device to movably hold the light-diverting device. The jointed device is configured for a movement of the light-diverting device that includes more than only a pivoting about a single pivot axis.