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Test apparatus for an optical investigation system

US8586946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Gerd Beck · Tuttlingen, DE
Bernhard Gloeggler · Tuttlingen, DE
Andre Ehrhardt · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2010
Grant date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2560/0233
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A test apparatus for an optical investigation system, with an imaging device and a light source for optical investigation of an object in remitted light and/or fluorescent light includes a housing with a hollow space and an aperture for inserting a distal end of the imaging device into the hollow space, a reference surface with predetermined optical properties in the hollow space, at least either for remission of illuminating light directed onto the reference surface or for emission of fluorescent light, and a positioning device to hold the imaging device of the distal end of the imaging device at a predetermined position in relation to the reference surface.

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