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Stereo endoscope

US11805985B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventor

Jonas Forster · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B23/2423
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stereo endoscope for capturing a first image which is provided to be observed by a first eye and a second image which is provided to be observed by a second eye, including a shaft with a distal end region, a first image sensor in the distal end region of the shaft, for capturing the first image, and a second image sensor in the distal end region of the shaft, for capturing the second image. The first image sensor and the second image sensor are arranged offset relative to one another in a direction which is parallel to at least either a light-sensitive layer of the first image sensor or a light-sensitive layer of the second image sensor and which is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis the distal end region of the shaft. The first image sensor and the second image sensor are oriented in opposite directions.

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