Television – Special applications – With endoscope
Patent
1994-06-16
1996-02-27
Chin, Tommy P.
Television
Special applications
With endoscope
348 77, 348373, 600109, 600160, A61B 106
Patent
active
054952867
ABSTRACT:
A sterilizable video microscope holder for supporting and positioning a video microscope unit in an operating room is provided which has a sterilizable flexible tubular arm, a bundle of optical fibers running through the arm, a support attached to one end of the arm for supporting it in the operating room and a connector at the same end of the arm for holding an end of the fiber optic bundle in aligned positioned for connection to a light source. The arm includes an inner articulated member which is bendable in all directions and will remain in any position to which it is bent and an outer covering over the inner articulated member to protect it from moisture, body oils and chemicals. The connector includes a tubular member for receiving and supporting the first end of the bundle of optical fibers in aligned position and an adaptor at a distal end of the tubular member connected to the first end of the bundle and being connectable to a light source.
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Chin Tommy P.
Tung Bryan S.
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