US 2024/0197150 A1 · AN ENDOSCOPE

Abstract

An endoscope with a distal tip part including a tip housing integrally moulded from a first material and a second material and having an end wall and a surrounding side wall so as to define an inner compartment accommodating an electronic vision device and at least one light source. The end wall includes an end surface and the surrounding side wall includes a surrounding side surface. The second material is provided as one contiguous part providing part of the side wall and part of the end wall, a vision window in the end wall and a light emission window adapted to receive and transmit light from the at least one light source through the end wall. In the end wall, said second material overlaps at least partially said first material when viewed from the end surface.

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Dependent claims

An endoscope comprising a distal tip part, the distal tip part comprising:

a housing integrally moulded from a first material and a second material, the second material being a transparent material, the housing comprising an end wall and a side wall, the end wall including an internal end wall surface and an external end surface facing an exterior, and the side wall including an internal side wall surface and an external surrounding side surface, the internal end wall surface and the internal side wall surface forming an inner compartment configured to house an electronic vision device and a light source,
wherein the second material forms a part of the end wall so as to provide a vision window and a light emission window in the end wall, and
wherein, in the end wall, said second material overlaps at least partially said first material, when viewed from the exterior towards the external end surface, forming an overlap comprising a fusion seam extending from the internal end wall surface to the external end surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

An endoscope

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An endoscope

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