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Adapter for endoscopy

  • US 9,962,064 B2
  • Filed: 11/03/2015
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adapter for the releasable and relockable coupling of an endoscope with a camera head, comprising:

  • an inner wall, an outer wall, a connecting wall, and a coupling wall,wherein the inner wall encloses a clearance,wherein the outer wall surrounds the inner wall with at least a lateral separation to the inner wall so that a second clearance results between the inner wall and the outer wall,wherein the outer wall is connected with the inner wall via the connecting wall extending between the inner wall and the outer wall at or in an area of their first axial ends,wherein the coupling wall confines the clearance enclosed by the inner wall at or near a second axial end of the inner wall,wherein the clearance that is enclosed by the inner wall is open at a first axial side that is situated opposite the second axial end of the inner wall and the second clearance is open on a second axial side that is situated opposite the first axial end,wherein one of the clearances is designed for releasable and relockable coupling with at least a portion of a distal camera head end, andwherein the other of the clearances is designed for releasable and relockable coupling with at least a portion of a proximal endoscope end.

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