Patents Assigned to Richard Wolff GmbH
  • Endoscope
    Patent number: 5674179
    Abstract: An endoscope for examining the interior of a canal or hollow organ. The endoscope includes an optical system and a channel for an auxiliary instrument such as a laser probe. The distal end of the endoscope shaft and that of the optical system each have a groove-shaped recess so that, upon pulling back of the auxiliary instrument into the endoscope, the probe head, guided by the edge of the recess of the endoscope shaft, is deflected laterally downward of the optical system so as not to impede the field of view of the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Richard Wolff GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Bonnet, Steve Morganstern