Abstract: An endoscope having a tip part including an exterior housing including a circumferentially extending side wall with a proximal opening, the circumferentially extending side wall defining an interior space with an air volume; a camera assembly positioned in the interior space so that the air volume envelops at least the distal portion of the camera assembly; and an interior housing part including a circumferentially extending closure surface and a circumferentially extending attachment surface, the interior housing part being positioned in the proximal opening; wherein the exterior housing and interior housing part are formed as separate prefabricated components, wherein the closure surface is configured for closing the proximal opening of the exterior housing so as to liquid-seal the air volume in the tip part, and wherein the attachment surface extends proximally from the proximal opening and is configured for attaching the interior housing part to another element of the tip part.

Abstract: A tip part assembly for an endoscope, a method for assembling the tip part assembly, and an endoscope including the tip part assembly. The tip part assembly includes a flexible printed circuit having connection points, a camera module including a connection surface comprising connection points arranged in a first connection point pattern for electrical communication with the connection points of the flexible printed circuit, and a converter circuit board including a first surface including connection points arranged substantially in the first connection point pattern and a second surface including connection points arranged in a second connection point pattern being different than the first connection point pattern, wherein the first surface connection points are connected to the connection surface connection points, and wherein the second surface connection points are connected to the connection points of the flexible printed circuit.

Abstract: An endoscope tip part including a tip housing at least partially enclosing an interior cavity and including a window, and a vision assembly accommodated in the interior cavity and including an imaging subassembly including an image sensor viewing in an optical direction through the window of the tip housing, a light source comprising an illumination surface for emitting light, a separate frame component including a light shielding wall made of an opaque material and extending between the image sensor and the light source so as to at least partially shield the image sensor from light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: An endoscope including a handle, an insertion tube, a first flexible cable and an ultrasound transducer for receiving and transmitting ultrasound, the ultrasound transducer including an ultrasound transducer array attached to a distal end of the insertion tube, the handle being attached to a proximal end of the insertion tube, the first flexible cable is extending from the handle and being electrically connected to the ultrasound transducer array. The ultrasound transducer includes an electrical circuit for receiving and providing electrical signals to the ultrasound transducer array. The electrical circuit includes a flexible base section, a plurality of first flexible electrical conductors, and a contact section comprising a plurality of second electrical contacts. The flexible base section and the plurality of first flexible electrical conductors is a single flexible printed circuit and the first flexible electrical conductors extend from the flexible base section and into the first flexible cable.

Abstract: An ultrasound transducer including a convex ultrasound transducer array including a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements, an electrical circuit for receiving and providing electrical signals to the plurality of ultrasound transducer elements, and a support structure having a convex upper surface facing the plurality of ultrasound transducer elements and extending in a direction parallel to a first axis. The electric circuit includes a plurality of first flexible conductors bend around the support structure at a first curve section and at a second curve section, the first curve section being separate from the second curve section.

Abstract: A curvilinear ultrasound transducer and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a piezoelectric block having an upper side and a lower side opposite to the upper side; cutting the piezoelectric block at a plurality of positions forming a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements, the plurality of ultrasound transducer elements separated by a plurality of gaps; allowing the plurality of gaps to be filled with a first gas resulting in a plurality of gas-filled gaps; arranging an acoustic matching layer facing the upper side of the piezoelectric block; arranging the piezoelectric block and the first acoustic matching layer between a curvilinear upper surface of a support structure and a pressure element; and pressing the piezoelectric block and the first acoustic matching layer with the support structure and the pressure element to curvilinearly shape the piezoelectric block and first acoustic matching layer.

Abstract: A tip part assembly for an endoscope having a proximal end and a distal end positioned oppositely from the proximal end, the tip part assembly including: a working channel extending in a longitudinal direction extending from the proximal end toward the distal end, and a camera assembly including a flexible printed circuit and a camera module having an image sensor, a lens, and a proximal connection surface, wherein the camera module is positioned above the working channel in a top-down direction providing a lateral direction extending laterally from both the camera module and the working channel, and wherein the flexible printed circuit continues from a connection to the connection surface of the camera module in the lateral direction into a first fold of the flexible printed circuit toward the proximal end of the tip part assembly.

Abstract: A method for bonding two plates together for a fuel cell, wherein the method comprises applying an adhesive to the surface of at least one of the plates and pressing the two plates together with the adhesive in between. The adhesive contains a mixture in the range of 0.01% to 30% PVDF and a solvent, and optionally a surfactant.

Abstract: Provided is a bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing, the bearing arrangement further comprising a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing as radial fluid bearings, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft, whereby the bearing housing is formed from at least two separate bearing housing pieces, whereby the at least two separate bearing housing pieces are joined with each other and/or the drive shaft is formed from at least two separate drive shaft pieces, whereby the at least two separate drive shaft pieces are joined with each other.

Abstract: An endoscope including an optical assembly including a two-part lens barrel and accommodating a lens stack including lenses and spacers in fixed relationship with each other to transmit incident light onto an image sensor. A first lens barrel part includes an essentially tubular body having an inwardly extending ledge adapted to engage the lens stack and being surrounded by a first circumferential wall part having a first predetermined height. The lens stack includes a first abutment surface and a second abutment surface arranged at a distance from the first abutment surface. The distance is longer than the predetermined height of the first circumferential wall part.

Abstract: An endoscope including a handle and an insertion cord extending from the handle, the insertion cord including a main tube, the tip part, and a bending section body. The bending section body includes segments interconnected by hinges. The segments include a proximal end segment, a distal end segment and intermediate segments. A steering wire passes through the proximal end segment and at least some of the intermediate segments, forming an active portion of the bending section, and does not pass through segments distal of the active portion.

Abstract: A disposable endoscope with a tip part including a vision sensor, an exterior housing having a front wall and a circumferential wall, an interior spacing of the exterior housing accommodating the vision sensor, and a camera window positioned at least partly in front of the vision sensor, the housing further comprising a nozzle provided at the distal end of the tip part and configured to flush an exterior surface of the window, wherein the front wall and the nozzle are integrally formed in one piece from one polymer material.

Abstract: An endoscope comprising a tip part having an ultrasound transceiver, a camera module, and a working channel. The tip part comprises an outer housing receiving the ultrasound transceiver and the camera module.

Abstract: An endoscope including a handle or interface and an insertion cord configured to be inserted into a patient's body cavity and including a modular distal tip unit. The modular distal tip unit includes a main body connected to a remainder of the insertion cord; and a camera module configured to be accommodated and inserted in a receptacle formed in the main body, the camera module including a non-cylindrical housing defining an internal space in which at least a light emitting device and an imaging device are accommodated.

Abstract: Transparent windows (5, 6) of a housing of a tip part of an insertion endoscope are moulded by: Providing a moulding tool. Introducing in the moulding tool a first polymer material. Allowing the first polymer material to set to form a first housing part. Introducing in the moulding tool at least one second polymer material, where the second polymer material is different from the first polymer material and transparent. Allowing the second polymer material to set to form a combined housing component (4) with the first housing part. Removing the combined housing component (4) from the moulding tool. At least second polymer material is injected into the moulding tool via a plurality of inlets (Inlw) to form a plurality of volumes of the second polymer material.

Abstract: A tip part for an endoscope has a vision receptor having a vision sensor for providing an image from received light, a first lens, and a casing, the casing supporting the first lens so that the casing substantially maintains a position of the first lens in relation to the vision sensor; a first light source; an exterior housing; and a light shield positioned between the vision receptor and the first light source so as to prevent ingress of stray light from the first light source into the vision receptor by optically shielding the vision receptor; wherein the casing is formed integrally with the exterior housing so that the casing also substantially maintains the first lens in a position in relation to the exterior housing.

Abstract: A tip part for a medical insertion vision device, a method of making the tip part, and a visualization system including the medical insertion vision device. The tip part includes an exterior housing having a distal front wall and a circumferential wall, the distal front wall and the circumferential wall enclosing an interior spacing having a camera compartment at a distal end and a potting compartment proximal of the camera compartment; a camera assembly positioned in the camera compartment, the camera assembly comprising an image sensor and a lens stack positioned distally of the image sensor, the image sensor having a proximal end; a sealing material that forms a seal that seals the camera compartment from the potting compartment; and a potting material in the potting compartment, the sealing material preventing the potting material from extending father distally than the proximal end of the image sensor.

Abstract: The tube has a first lumen with a proximal end and an open distal end to be placed inside a body cavity. An outer wall encloses the first lumen and a camera lumen. A camera module (10) is arranged in the camera lumen at a distal end thereof so that the camera module is positioned adjacent the distal end of the first lumen. An image transmission cable (13) attached to the camera module extends through the camera lumen to connect to an image display device. The camera module is fixed in the camera lumen by means of a camera housing (14) including a tubular housing part (17) surrounding the camera module and a distal end wall (18). The tubular housing part and the distal end wall are integrally moulded and form one single housing element (19). The tubular housing part fits tightly into the camera lumen of the tube.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a tip part assembly for an endoscope, including: providing a bending section; providing a camera assembly including a camera module and a circuit board positioned at the proximal end of the assembly; providing a cup-shaped housing defining a distal end of the manufactured tip part assembly and including a circumferential wall extending between proximal and distal ends of the housing and a distal end wall positioned at the distal end of the housing, the circumferential wall and the distal end wall enclosing a spacing; inserting the camera assembly through the open proximal end of the housing so that the camera assembly is at least partly positioned within the spacing; and filling a liquid adhesive into the spacing through the open proximal end of the housing so that the camera assembly is at least partly embedded in the adhesive.

Abstract: An endoscope including a handle and an insertion tube having a tip part (1) at the distal end and a working channel tube connected to a working channel passage (4) in the tip part (1). The working channel passage (4) is circumferentially delimited by a working passage inner wall surface (7) and the working channel passage (4) has a proximal end including a proximal end surface (15) and a distal end. The tip part (1) includes a housing (3) with a housing centre axis (C). The working channel passage inner wall surface (7) includes at least one inner surface wall section having rotational symmetry about a working channel centre axis (c) and extending at least partially between the proximal end and the distal end of the working channel passage (4). The working channel centre axis (c) is arranged at an angle to the housing centre axis (C).