Patent ID: 9398839
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A protective sleeve for an endoscope having an endoscope tube, the protective sleeve comprising: a tubular main body holding a distal section of the endoscope tube, wherein the main body has an open proximal end and a cover glass at the distal end, and wherein the cover glass has a spherically curved, concave inside, a spherically curved, convex outside and a constant thickness, wherein a transparent area, spaced apart from the cover glass, for illumination light of the endoscope is defined at the distal end of the main body, wherein the transparent area includes a spherically curved, concave inside, a spherically curved, convex outside and a constant thickness, at least in one direction, and wherein the area between the cover glass and the transparent area at the distal end is formed as a non-transparent area.