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Light source for endoscopy or microscopy

US7896526B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Klaus Irion · Liptingen, DE
Markus Simmen · Schwerzenbach, CH
Andre Ehrhardt · Tuttlingen, DE
Juerg Steiner · Winterthur, CH

Key dates

Filing date	May 26, 2006
Grant date	Mar 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF28D15/0275
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light source for endoscopy or microscopy comprises a lamp, a heat sink, the heat sink being thermally connected to the lamp and at least one heat pipe, which is thermally connected to the heat sink and which dissipates the heat that is generated by the lamp and transferred to the heat sink.

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