Hysteroscope with a shank exchange system
AssigneeRichard Wolf GmbH
InventorsManfred Boebel, Sybille Bruestle
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Abstract
An endoscope has an optics housing provided at a proximal end, with an outer shank releasably connected to the optics housing, and with an inner shank which is arranged inside and parallel to the outer shank and is releasably connected to the optics housing. A corresponding endoscope set and a set of endoscope shanks are also provided.
Claims23
An endoscope having a longitudinal direction and proximal and distal ends, the endoscope comprising an optics housing (2) provided at the proximal end, an outer shank (4) releasably connected to the optics housing (2), and an inner shank (12) running inside and parallel to the outer shank (4) and being releasably connected to the optics housing (2), the inner and outer shanks running in the longitudinal direction.
An endoscope set, comprising an optics housing (2), at least one outer shank (4) releasably connectable to the optics housing (2), and at least one inner shank (12) arrangeable inside the outer shank (4) and releasably connectable to the optics housing (2).
A set of shanks for an endoscope, the set comprising a plurality of shanks (4, 12) with different cross sectional sizes, wherein all of the shanks (4, 12) have respectively at one end an identically designed receiver (8, 30) for connection to an optics housing (2) of the endoscope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.