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Endoscope and method for producing a distal end of an endoscope

US10007104B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

André Buerk · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Peter Eisenkolb · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2012
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An endoscope includes an outer shaft with a distal end whose surface is configured by a cylindrical mantle surface and a curved front surface, such that the distal end of the outer shaft includes a mantle component and a curved front component that is joined to the mantle component. A distance of an interface between the mantle component and the front component from an edge between the mantle surface and the curved front surface is no greater than a wall thickness of the mantle component or no greater than a wall thickness of the front component.

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