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Cooling device for an endoscope or an exoscope

US11644660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Lawrence Geafer · Tuttlingen, DE
Andreas Heni · Tuttlingen, DE
Markus Kupferschmid · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2020
Grant date	May 9, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2201/10409
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cooling device is provided having a heat source arranged on a support element, the support element arranged on a rigid heat barrier element and the heat barrier element arranged on a housing such that the support element, the heat barrier element and the housing form a mechanically rigid unit, the heat barrier element having a low heat conductivity, wherein a heat conducting element, arranged between the housing and the support element, bears against a first surface of the support element with a second surface and faces a fourth surface of the housing with a third surface, wherein the heat conducting element has a high heat conductivity, the second surface is at an angle to the third surface, and the heat conducting element is formed separately from the support element and the housing.

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