Rigid endoscope
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorGregor KIEDROWSKI
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Abstract
A rigid endoscope including: a shaft; a body disposed at a proximal end of the shaft, a fiber image guide mounted to move longitudinally within the shaft and body; a securing section for securing the fiber image guide, the securing section being positioned within the body; a sliding element mounted to move longitudinally within the body; and a protective sheath encasing the fiber image guide; wherein the fiber image guide is twisted, for image rotation, in a longitudinal portion corresponding to the protective sheath.
Claims5
A rigid endoscope comprising:
- a shaft;
- a body disposed at a proximal end of the shaft,
- a fiber image guide movably mounted in a longitudinal direction within the shaft and body;
- an attaching section for attaching the fiber image guide, the attaching section being positioned within the body;
- a sliding element movably mounted in the longitudinal direction within the body;
- and
- a protective sheath encasing the fiber image guide;
- wherein the fiber image guide is twisted, for image rotation, in a longitudinal portion corresponding to the protective sheath.
(canceled)
A method of using a rigid endoscope having a fiber image guide, the method comprising:
- encasing the fiber image guide with a protective sheath in an attaching section;
- and
- fixing the protective sheath in an axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.