Patent ID: 11963664
Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. An elongated shaft for use with an endoscope, the shaft comprising:
an inner shaft tube in which an optical system is received; and
an outer shaft assembly comprising an outer shaft tube and a tubular support body proximally abutting the outer shaft tube;
wherein the support body comprises at least a first web, a second web, and a third web, each extending radially between an inner surface of the support body towards an outer surface of the inner shaft tube, the first web, the second web, and third web also extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft such that an annular space between the inner shaft tube and the support body is divided into at least three segments; and
one of the first web, the second web and the third web is shorter in the longitudinal direction than the other of the first web, the second web and the third web such that two of the three segments converge to a common segment.