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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Applicants:
Karl Storz Endoscopy-america, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Sigrid Rudischhauser, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Juergen Rudischhauser, Tuttlingen, DE;
Klaus Renner, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Markus Kupferschmid, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Assignee:
KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA, INC., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2005.12); G02B 23/24 (2005.12); A61B 1/002 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00163 (2012.12); A61B 1/002 (2012.12); G02B 23/2476 (2012.12);
Abstract
An endoscope has a tubular shaft whose interior contains components, in particular lenses, spacers, diaphragms, prisms and filters of an optical system, said components being at least partially surrounded by a support piece made of shrunk material. It is proposed that the components be surrounded by a transparent and tube-sleeve-shaped shrunk material which has been shrunk before the components are introduced into the tubular shaft.