Video endoscope and video endoscope system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9681797
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14308852

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A video endoscope including: a endoscope shaft; a hermetically enclosed video-optical unit arranged in the endoscope shaft, wherein the video-optical unit comprises an enclosure including a substantially cylindrical, hermetically sealed housing having a distally arranged entry window, an objective lens, an image sensor unit, and one or more signal lines, the housing being connected to an outer jacket tube in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the image sensor unit is mounted in the housing rotatably about a longitudinal axis of the endoscope shaft and comprises at least one image sensor, wherein, in order to rotate the image sensor unit, a magnetic coupling with an outer magnet and an inner magnet operationally connected to the outer magnet in a magnetic manner, is arranged in the area of the distal tip of the endoscope shaft.

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OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHKUEHNSTRASSE 61 HAMBURG 22045

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Braun, Andreas Kaltennordheim, DE 77 1511
Scherr, Patrick Alt-Moelln, DE 9 83

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