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Endoscope and method for assembling components of an optical system

US7530945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Rudischhauser · Tuttlingen, DE
Klaus Renner · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE
Markus Kupferschmid · Emmingen-Liptingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 2005
Grant date	May 12, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 25, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B23/2476
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An endoscope has a tubular shaft whose interior contains components, in particular lenses, spacers, diaphragms, prisms and filters of an optical system, said components being at least partially surrounded by a support piece made of shrunk material. It is proposed that the components be surrounded by a transparent and tube-sleeve-shaped shrunk material which has been shrunk before the components are introduced into the tubular shaft.

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