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Optics tube for an endoscope, rod lens, combination of an optics tube and at least one rod lens, and endoscope

US9757013B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2014
Grant dateSep 12, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B1/00096
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optics tube for an endoscope including a magnet arrangement which extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the optics tube. A rod lens including a rod-shaped lens unit made of a rod-shaped lens element or a plurality of lens elements cemented to one another, wherein, on one side on the circumferential face thereof, the lens unit includes a magnet arrangement. The invention also relates to a combination of an optics tube and a rod lens, and to an endoscope.

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