Patent ID: 6201649
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
A method for mounting at least one rod lens in an interior of a tube belonging to an endoscope by immobilizing said rod lens in said interior of said tube at at least two points spaced axially apart from one another, said method having the following steps:selecting an outside diameter of said rod lens such that after an introduction of said rod lens into said tube, an air gap is created circumferentially between an outer side of said rod lens and an inner side of said tube;positioning said outer side of said rod lens at a defined radial spacing from said inner side of said tube by way of at least two centering aids engaging at at least two points spaced axially apart from one another on said outer side of said rod lens, each centering aid having centering elements that are distributed uniformly around a circumference of said rod lens, andeffecting an elastic adhesive join between said outer side of said rod lens and said inner side of said tube.