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Rod lens, endoscope and method for assembling an optical system of an endoscope

US9671605B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2014
Grant dateJun 6, 2017
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49826
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A rod lens that includes a rod-shaped lens unit made of a rod-shaped lens element or a plurality of lens elements cemented to one another, wherein, on the circumferential face thereof, the lens unit includes at least one axially magnetized magnet arrangement. The invention also relates to an endoscope with a lens arrangement, which includes at least a first and, arranged adjacent to the first, a second rod lens, and to a method for assembling such an endoscope.

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