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US 9,801,525 B2Granted
Method for assembling a cover glass in an endoscope and endoscope
AssigneeKarl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsPeter Eisenkolb, Stefan Heseler, Martin Lehmann
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Abstract
A method for assembling a cover glass in an endoscope and an endoscope with a cover glass. To assemble a cover glass in an endoscope, an uncoated cover glass is soldered into an intermediate ring, the cover glass soldered into the intermediate ring is provided with a coating, and the intermediate ring provided with the coated cover glass is joined into a sheath of the optical system of the endoscope.
Claims17
A method for assembling a cover glass in an endoscope, comprising the steps of:
- placing an uncoated cover glass into a groove in an intermediate ring adjacent a radial protrusion,
- soldering the uncoated cover glass to the intermediate ring,
- after the step of soldering, applying a coating to an internal surface of the uncoated cover glass connected to the intermediate ring to form a coated cover glass,
- applying a drying agent to an eyecup sheath of an optical system of the endoscope, and
- joining the intermediate ring soldered to the coated cover glass into a proximal end portion of the eyecup sheath of the optical system of the endoscope.
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