US 12,167,839 B2
Endoscope and cleaning instrument for an endoscope
Klaus Irion, Tuttlingen (DE); Uwe Bacher, Tuttlingen (DE); and Michael Sauer, Tuttlingen (DE)
Assigned to KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,629.
Application 17/375,629 is a division of application No. 15/596,835, filed on May 16, 2017, granted, now 11,089,952.
Claims priority of application No. 102016109066.2 (DE), filed on May 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338071 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/126 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscopy system comprising:
an endoscope, the endoscope comprising:
an endoscope shaft with a distal shaft portion, a central shaft portion, and a proximal shaft portion; and
a light admission face at the distal shaft portion, wherein a cross section of the central shaft portion is smaller than a cross section of the distal shaft portion, and the cross section of the central shaft portion is smaller than a cross section of the proximal shaft portion; and
a cleaning instrument for cleaning or drying the light admission face, the cleaning instrument comprising:
an instrument shaft; and
a tool at a distal end of the instrument shaft for cleaning or drying the light admission face, wherein the instrument shaft is configured to be arranged beside the endoscope shaft, wherein the cross section of the proximal shaft portion is offset with respect to the cross section of the central shaft portion in a first direction that is opposite to or different from a second direction in which the cross section of the distal shaft portion is offset with respect to the cross section of the central shaft portion.