Patent · US Expired

Adapter for connecting a stereoscopic endoscope to electronic documentation devices

US5702350A · kind A · utility

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19References

13Claims

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Stiftung · DE

Inventors

Uwe Vry · Aalen, DE
Ottmar Sager · Heidenheim, DE
Fritz Strahle · Heubach, DE
Martin Poxleitner · Königsbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 1995
Grant date	Dec 30, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B1/00195
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An adapter is provided for connecting a stereoscopic endoscope having intertwined stereo beam paths to electronic documentation devices. The adapter has a releasable connection to the endoscope at a location at which the stereoscopic component images are not yet completely separated. A second releasable connection between the first releasable connection and the end of the adapter can be provided which faces toward the electronic documentation devices in order to provide a variable adaptation to different optics diameters of the stereoscopic endoscope.

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