Endoscope (or exoscope) with a rotatably arranged electronic image recorder

US10537232B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Heni · Tuttlingen, DE
• Markus Kupferschmid · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE
• Daniel Ulmschneider · Tuttlingen, DE
• Christian Graf · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE
• Peter Schwarz · Tuttlingen, DE
• Kevin Pilz · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/371
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An endoscope or exoscope having a shaft and at least one objective and at least one electronic image recorder for recording an image of an object field, wherein the objective and image recorder are arranged in a distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope, and includes at least one cable, routed within the endoscope or exoscope, for supply of and/or image transmission from the electronic image recorder, wherein the electronic image recorder includes an optical unit, which is rotatable about a first axis of rotation identical or approximately parallel to a direction of view of the scope, and on which the cable is connected and can be wound on a circumferential surface of the optical unit, and wherein the distal end region includes a cavity, in which storage for holding a section of the cable is held.