US 12,167,830 B2
Video endoscope with a rotatable coupling point
Daniel Ulmschneider, Tuttlingen (DE); Andreas Heni, Tuttlingen (DE); Markus Kupferschmid, Tuttlingen (DE); and Lawrence Natusch, Tuttlingen (DE)
Assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by KARL STORZ SE & Co KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,195.
Application 18/077,195 is a continuation of application No. 16/906,264, filed on Jun. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,547,280.
Claims priority of application No. 102019004433.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108695 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); H01R 39/64 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 1/00066 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00027 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/053 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 90/03 (2016.02); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); H01R 39/643 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); A61B 2090/035 (2016.02); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video endoscope, comprising a handle with a housing and an interface portion rotatably mounted relative to the housing, and an elongate shaft comprising one or more electronic image sensors mounted within the shaft, wherein a proximal end section of the shaft is detachably connected to the interface portion of the handle, and thereby the elongate shaft, and the one or more electronic image sensors mounted therein, are rotatable relative to the handle, wherein the interface portion comprises a first connector element electrically connected to an electric transmission element of the interface portion and the shaft comprises a second connector element electrically connected to the one or more electronic image sensors, the first and second connector elements co-operating to form a detachable electrical connection, and wherein the handle comprises an electrical connection between an exterior of the interface portion and at least one stationary electric and/or electronic component of the handle in a multiplicity of rotational positions of the interface portion relative to the housing.