Surgery – Endoscope – Having imaging and illumination means
Patent
1999-05-25
2000-11-07
Henry, Jon
Surgery
Endoscope
Having imaging and illumination means
600111, 600176, 348 47, 348 75, 359725, A61B 106, H04N 1302
Patent
active
061429325
ABSTRACT:
A front end lens 11 of a pair of objective lenses 32R, 32L disposed the object-side end face of a front end part 1 of a stereoscopic endoscope has a so-called D-cut lens form in which both side portions of a spherical lens are cut off, whereby spaces for arranging illumination windows 13, lens surface washing nozzles 15, and heads of fastening screws 14 for fastening the front end part 1 to a front end part main body 2 are secured at the front end face of the front end part 1, while keeping its function of yielding a sufficient angle of convergence .theta.. A positioning pin 16 formed in the front end part main body 2 is inserted into a pin insertion groove 17 formed in a protrusion 12 of the front end part 1 at an eccentric position of the protrusion 12, whereby both members 1, 2 are inhibited from rotating relative to each other, and the relative positional relationship between the front end lens 11 and the pair of objective optical systems 32R, 32L can reliably be fixed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5702350 (1997-12-01), Vry et al.
patent: 5989185 (1999-11-01), Miyazaki
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.
Henry Jon
Snider Ronald R.
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