Patent ID: 11918183
Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. An endoscope, comprising:
at least one outer shaft tube,
at least one inner shaft tube disposed within the at least one outer shaft tube;
a window distally hermetically sealing one of the inner shaft tube or the outer shaft tube,
a heater disposed proximate to the window between the at least one outer shaft tube and the at least one inner shaft tube,
a temperature sensor disposed embedded in a potting compound proximate to the window, and
an encasement filled with the potting compound, the encasement at least partially surrounding the temperature sensor,
wherein the heater is a heater foil and the temperature sensor is disposed on the heater foil; and
the heater foil comprises geometric reference marks for alignment of the encasement.