Patent · US Expired

Device for positioning at least one optical component inside an endoscopic system

US7229406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

22Claims

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Kehr · Tettnang, DE
Siegfried Hoefig · Bad Hersfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 2004
Grant date	Jun 12, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

A device for positioning at least one optical component inside an endoscopic system has a housing through which an optical axis of the endoscopic system extends and in which the at least one optical component is arranged. The at least one optical component can be pivoted into the beam path and back out of the beam path about a pivot axis extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing, the at least one optical component being arranged on a support which is pivotable about the pivot axis. A smallest distance of an inside wall of the housing from the pivot axis is smaller than a greatest distance of the pivot axis to an outer edge of the at least one optical component.

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