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US 2017/0363856 A1Published application
Assembly of an endoscope having a tube comprising shape-memory material for the clamp-mounting of optical elements
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorUwe SCHOELER
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Abstract
An optical assembly for an endoscope, the optical assembly including: an objective tube; and at least one optical element held in the objective tube; wherein the objective tube comprises at least one region acting as a clamping mount for the at least one optical element, and the at least one region of the objective tube acting as the clamping mount is at least sectionally formed of a shape-memory material.
Claims12
An optical assembly for an endoscope, the optical assembly comprising:
- an objective tube;
- and
- at least one optical element held in the objective tube;
- wherein the objective tube comprises at least one region acting as a clamping mount for the at least one optical element;
- and
- the at least one region of the objective tube acting as the clamping mount is at least sectionally formed of a shape-memory material.
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A method for producing an optical assembly, the method comprising:
- providing an objective tube having at least one region acting as a clamping mount for at least one optical element, the at least one region being at least sectionally formed from a shape-memory material;
- inserting the at least one optical element into the at least one region of the objective tube acting as the clamping mount;
- and
- heating the at least one region of the objective tube acting as the clamping mount to a temperature above a memory temperature of the shape-memory material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.