Patent · US Expired

Device for connecting a fiber optic cable to the fiber optic connection of an endoscope

US5930424A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

RICHARD WOLF GMBH · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Heimberger · Oberderdingen, DE
Uwe Schaumann · Oberderdingen, DE
Martin Dolt · Knittlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 1996
Grant date	Jul 27, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/403
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for connecting a fiber optic cable to the fiber optic connection of an endoscope. An end section of the optical fiber is mounted as a bundle of fibers in a housing part and a coupling part is provided for the fastening with a positive fit of this housing part to the fiber optic connection on the endoscope side. To ensure that the optical fiber ends always come into contact with one another free of play and to improve the cleaning access, the coupling part is arranged on the housing part axially displaceable against a spring force in the direction of the fiber optic connection on the endoscope side.

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