Patent ID: 6537210
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
An endoscope with a sealed housing wall (1, 1â€²) and an element (5, 11) configured therein, said element being adjustable by means of a drive element (6, 17) affixed thereto and itself powered through said wall by a magnet (7, 18) configured outside said wall, wherein the element (5, 11) is mechanically secured into specific adjusted positions by means of a securing device (8, 9, 10; 21, 21â€²) at a retention force such that the element can be displaced by a force of the magnets (7, 18) from one adjusted position into another adjusted position and wherein the magnet (7, 18) is designed to be mechanically separate from the endoscope (1, 1â€²) and to be brought into magnetical engagement therewith.