Optics tube for an endoscope, endoscope, and method for mounting at least one rod lens in an optics tube
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsJan Dahmen, Walter Vogel
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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.
Claims14
An optics tube for an endoscope, wherein a lens arrangement comprising at least one rod lens is received in an inside of the optics tube, characterized in that a sleeve is fixed on the at least one rod lens and at least partially encloses the at least one rod lens, and in that the sleeve is welded to the optics tube.
A method for mounting at least one rod lens in an inside of an optics tube, wherein a weldable sleeve is fixed on the rod lens, the rod lens is pushed with the weldable sleeve into the optics tube, and the weldable sleeve is welded to the optics tube.
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