Endoscope having an immobilization system for components of an inner optical system
First Claim
1. An endoscope having a tubular shaft in whose interior is arranged at least one component of an optical system, and having at least one support element, said at least one support element at least partially surrounds said component and being disposed in a radial gap between an outer side of said component and an inner side of said tubular shaft, wherein said support element is made from a shrinkable material, and wherein, after shrinking of said support element said radial gap is filled up in a manner such that said component is immobilized on said inner side of said tubular shaft via the shrunken support element, and wherein said support element comprises at least one ring.
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Abstract
An endoscope has a tubular shaft in whose interior is arranged at least one component of an optical system. At least one support element made from a shrinkable material surrounds at least partially said component in a radial gap between the outer side of said component and the inner side of said tubular shaft. After shrinking of said support element the radial gap is filled up in a manner such that the component is immobilized on the inner side of the tubular shaft via the shrunken support element (FIG. 1).
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15 Claims
- 1. An endoscope having a tubular shaft in whose interior is arranged at least one component of an optical system, and having at least one support element, said at least one support element at least partially surrounds said component and being disposed in a radial gap between an outer side of said component and an inner side of said tubular shaft, wherein said support element is made from a shrinkable material, and wherein, after shrinking of said support element said radial gap is filled up in a manner such that said component is immobilized on said inner side of said tubular shaft via the shrunken support element, and wherein said support element comprises at least one ring.
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12. An endoscope having a tubular shaft in whose interior is arranged at least one component of an optical system, and having at least one support element, said at least one support element at least partially surrounds said component and being disposed in a radial gap between an outer side of said component and an inner side of said tubular shaft, wherein said support element is made from a shrinkable material, and wherein, after shrinking of said support element said radial gap is filled up in a manner such that said component is immobilized on said inner side of said tubular shaft via the shrunken support element, and wherein said support element comprises at least one half-ring.
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13. An endoscope having a tubular shaft in whose interior is arranged at least one component of an optical system, and having at least one support element, said at least one support element at least partially surrounds said component and being disposed in a radial gap between an outer side of said component and an inner side of said tubular shaft, wherein said support element is made from a shrinkable material, and wherein, after shrinking of said support element said radial gap is filled up in a manner such that said component is immobilized on said inner side of said tubular shaft via the shrunken support element, and wherein said support element comprises at least two strips that extend in a longitudinal direction of said tubular shaft.
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14. An endoscope having a tubular shaft in whose interior is arranged at least one component of an optical system, and having at least one support element, said at least one support element at least partially surrounds said component and being disposed in a radial gap between an outer side of said component and an inner side of said tubular shaft, wherein said support element is made from a shrinkable material, and wherein, after shrinking of said support element said radial gap is filled up in a manner such that said component is immobilized on said inner side of said tubular shaft via the shrunken support element, and wherein said support element comprises a tape wound in helical fashion.
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15. A method for mounting components of an optical system in an interior of a tubular shaft of an endoscope, in which at least one support element made of shrinkable material, that at least partially surrounds said component is brought onto an outer side of said component thereby forming an assembly, introducing said assembly into said tubular shaft, and after introduction of said assembly into said tubular shaft, a heat treatment is performed such that said shrinkable material of said support element shrinks, thereby immobilizing said assemblage on an inner side of said tubular shaft, and wherein several components are arranged axially one behind another along an axis of said tubular shaft, and said support element extending over said several components is applied in such a way, that, after said heat treatment, said several components are additionally immobilized relative to one another in their axial arrangement.
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