US 12,029,388 B2
Endoscope
Alrun Thuemen, Hamburg (DE); and Jens Schnitger, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,492.
Application 17/407,492 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/054994, filed on Feb. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 105 564.4 (DE), filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378489 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00124 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00073 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope comprising:
a dimensionally-stable retaining body; and
an elongated, flexible printed circuit board which provides an electrical connection between at least one electrical component arranged in a proximal end region of the endoscope and an internal electrical terminal provided in the proximal end region that is distanced along a longitudinal axis from the at least one electrical component,
wherein the flexible printed circuit board comprises:
a first circuit board section extending in a longitudinal axial direction of the endoscope and guided at least partially in a cavity in the endoscope by the electrical terminal in the direction of the at least one electrical component, and
a second circuit board section arranged on the retaining body and guided along a lower side of the retaining body directed in a direction of an internal space in the endoscope and along an upper side of the retaining body directed in a direction of an outer sleeve of the endoscope towards the at least one electrical component, and electrically contacts the at least one electrical component; and
wherein the upper side of the retaining body is an outer peripheral surface of the retaining body and the lower surface of the retaining body is an inner peripheral surface of the retaining body.