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Optics tube for an endoscope, endoscope, and method for mounting at least one rod lens in an optics tube

US9661988B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Jan Dahmen · Tuttlingen, DE
Walter Vogel · Niederwerrn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2014
Grant date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

In an optics tube for an endoscope, a lens arrangement including at least one rod lens is received in the inside of the optics tube, wherein a sleeve is fixed on the at least one rod lens and at least partially encloses the rod lens, and wherein the sleeve is welded to the optics tube. The invention also relates to an endoscope having such an optics tube, and to a method for mounting at least one rod lens in the inside of an optics tube.

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