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US 5,665,050 AGranted
Apparatus for medical endoscopy with a superelastic element and method of making the same
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorRainer Benecke
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Abstract
A medical endoscope has a superelastic-alloy force-transmitting element having at least one recess in its surface at a coupling site and being positively connected to a load-receiving component, the recess being formed by sublimation removal of material.
Claims6
A method of making a positive connection in a medical instrument between a force-transmitting element and at least one load-receiving component wherein said force-transmitting element is made of a superelastic metal alloy, comprising the steps of
- sublimating material from the superelastic metal alloy of the force-transmitting element to form a recess therein,
- shaping the load-receiving component to form a mating part, and
- coupling said component and element together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.