Patent ID: 9717398
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An endoscope shaft with a lighting system for endoscopic examinations comprising: at least two lighting subunits configured at a distal end of the endoscope shaft, the lighting subunits each having a proximal end which is mounted to the endoscope shaft with a pivot pin, the pivot pins of the lighting subunits providing different pivot axes around which the lighting subunits are pivotable relative to each other, each lighting subunit having a body with at least two LED elements and an endoscope optic, the LED elements and the endoscope optic being positioned on a surface of the body other than a distal front surface, the lighting subunits being pivotable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, wherein in the closed configuration, each lighting subunit extends from the endoscope shaft in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the distal end of the endoscope shaft, and the LED elements of the lighting subunits each point in a direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and wherein in the open configuration, each lighting subunit extends non-parallel to the longitudinal axis, and the LED elements of the lighting subunits each point in a direction that is non-perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.