Patent ID: 8854738

Claim:
A coupling device for detachably connecting an eyepiece ( 2 ) of an endoscope optical system with a camera lens, the coupling device comprising a receptacle ( 4 ) for the eyepiece ( 2 ), a lever ( 32 ) including a lever arm ( 34 ) and an attachment element ( 36 ) securing the eyepiece ( 2 ) in the receptacle ( 4 ), and a manually activated handle ( 6 ) arranged on an outside for releasing the attachment element, wherein: the handle ( 6 ) can only be manually activated to release the attachment element, the handle ( 6 ) being shiftable against a force applied by a spring in a direction in which the eyepiece ( 2 ) is introduced into the receptacle ( 4 ), the attachment element being controlled by the eyepiece ( 2 ) so as to automatically attach the eyepiece ( 2 ) while introducing the eyepiece ( 2 ) into the receptacle ( 4 ), and at least a portion of the attachment element contacts at least a portion of an eyepiece funnel ( 10 ) of the eyepiece ( 2 ) in an attached position, and at least a portion of the lever arm contacts a proximal end face of the eyepiece in the attached position.