Patent ID: 11889990
Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An endoscope comprising:
an elongated shaft comprising at least a first shaft tube with a window inserted in its distal end, and
an electrical heating device arranged proximate to the window at or in the first shaft tube, wherein the heating device comprises a flexible printed circuit board on which a resistive heating element configured as a conductor loop and a temperature sensor are arranged, and
a heat-conducting material at least thermally connected to the temperature sensor, the heat-conducting material being applied to the printed circuit board, the heat-conducting material comprising:
a first portion adjacent to the temperature sensor and elongated in a first direction; and
a second portion extending from the first portion in a second direction, the second portion being elongated in the second direction;

wherein a first width of the first portion in a direction perpendicular to the first direction is greater than a second width of the second portion in a direction perpendicular to the second direction.