Endoscope (or exoscope) with a rotatably arranged electronic image recorder

An endoscope or exoscope, comprising:

• a shaft;
• at least one objective arranged in a distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope;
• at least one electronic image recorder arranged in the distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope and configured to record an image of an object field;
• and
• a cable, routed within the endoscope or exoscope, configured to supply and/or transmit an image from the electronic image recorder;
• wherein the distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope includes a housing;
• wherein the electronic image recorder includes an optical unit within the housing, which is rotatable relative to the housing about a first axis of rotation parallel to a direction of view of the endoscope or exoscope, and on which the cable is connected and configured to be wound on a circumferential surface of the optical unit;
• wherein the distal end region of the endoscope or exoscope includes a cavity, in which a cable storage is provided, the cable storage configured to hold a cable section of the cable which is wound onto the circumferential surface of the optical unit when rotating the optical unit in a first direction about the first axis of rotation and unwound from the circumferential surface of the optical unit when rotating the optical unit in a second direction about the first axis of rotation, the second direction opposite the first direction;
• wherein the first axis of rotation is directed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shaft;
• wherein the cable section of the cable in the cable storage forms at least one arc;
• and
• wherein, in a region of the at least one arc, the cable is routed by at least one reel arranged in the cavity.