Endoscope Coupler for a Camera and Method for Coupling and Decoupling an Endoscope with a Camera by Means of an Endoscope Coupler as well as Camera with Endoscope Coupler

A method for coupling an endoscope with a camera using an endoscope coupler, comprising the steps:

• securing the endoscope coupler on the camera;
• and
• securing the endoscope head of the endoscope on the endoscope coupler,
• wherein the coupling of the endoscope head to the endoscope coupler is carried out by merely exerting pressure.

A camera with an endoscope coupler, the endoscope coupler comprising:

• providing a proximal end of the endoscope coupler for disposition of the endoscope coupler on the camera, with a camera securement mechanism for securing the endoscope coupler on the camera and with an endoscope head-receiving region for at least partial reception of an endoscope head when an endoscope is coupled with the camera,
• wherein the endoscope head-receiving region is accessible across an access of the endoscope head from a direction of a distal end of the endoscope coupler, and with an endoscope-fixing mechanism for the securement of the endoscope on the endoscope coupler,
• wherein the endoscope-fixing mechanism comprises at least one movably supported jaw loaded with a spring force such that at least one region of the jaw is pressed into the access and blocks the access,
• wherein at least the region of the jaw projecting into the access is formed such that a distal section of the region of the jaw tapers in the direction toward the distal end of the endoscope coupler such that a pressure exerted on the distal section of the region of the jaw in the direction toward the proximal end of the endoscope coupler generates a force that counteracts the spring force.