Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Video endoscope having fastener absorbing torsional forces acting on signal line connected to image sensor
-
Application No.: US16957034Application Date: 2018-12-06
-
Publication No.: US11426057B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Alrun Thuemen
- Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Hamburg
- Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hamburg
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: DE102017131171.8 20171222
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/083836 WO 20181206
- International Announcement: WO2019/121042 WO 20190627
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/05

Abstract:
A video endoscope including an elongate shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; a tubular sleeve arranged in the shaft so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the shaft; a connector arranged at the proximal end of the shaft; an objective arranged at the distal end of the shaft; at least one image sensor arranged in the shaft so as to be proximal to the objective, the at least one image sensor being surrounded by the tubular sleeve; a flexible signal line connecting the at least one image sensor to the connector; and a fastener for detachable fastening the flexible signal line.
Information query