Patent ID: 6821246
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A rigid endoscope optics comprising an outer tube (1) of which the distal aperture is closed by a window (2), said window being sealingly secured at said distal aperture, said outer tube enclosing an image transmitter (4, 5) running through said outer tube and a light guide (6) running parallel to said image transmitter, said image transmitter and light guide being configured such that their distal ends (5, 7) look and radiate, respectively, through the window, a part of a cross-section of the outer tube accommodating the light guide is separated from a cross-section of the outer tube accommodating the image transmitter at least in a region disposed between their distal ends and the window, by an optically opaque partition (3), and wherein an elastic and opaque insert (9) is disposed between a distal edge of the partition (3) and the window (2).