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US 11,910,133 B2Granted
Endoscope image-capturing device and endoscope device
AssigneeSony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
InventorKei Tomatsu
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Abstract
An endoscope image-capturing device includes: a first case inside of which is sealed; an image sensor arranged inside the first case; an electro-optic conversion element arranged outside the first case and configured to convert an image signal output from the image sensor into an optical signal; and a sealing member sealing the electro-optic conversion element.
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An endoscope image-capturing device comprising:
- a first case having an outer surface to be held by a user when the user operates the endoscope image-capturing device, an inside of the first case being sealed;
- an image sensor arranged inside the first case;
- a first terminal arranged outside the first case and electrically coupled with the image sensor;
- a second case;
- an electro-optic conversion element arranged inside the second case and configured to convert an electric image signal output from the image sensor into an optical signal;
- a second terminal arranged outside the second case and electrically coupled with the electro-optic conversion element, the image sensor inside the first case and the electro-optic conversion element inside the second case being electrically coupled with each other via the first terminal and the second terminal when in operation;
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- a sealing member sealing the electro-optic conversion element arranged inside the second case, wherein
- the first case has a connector to which an endoscope insert portion is to be connected,
- the second case has a base end side to which a composite cable is to be connected, and
- the endoscope insert portion, the connector, the first case, the first terminal, the second terminal, the second case, and the composite cable are aligned in this order when in operation and the endoscope insertion portion and the composite cable are connected to the endoscope image-capturing device.
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An endoscope image-capturing device comprising:
- a first case having an outer surface to be held by a user when the user operates the endoscope image-capturing device, an inside of the first case being sealed;
- an image sensor arranged inside the first case;
- a first terminal arranged outside the first case and electrically coupled with the image sensor;
- a second case;
- an electro-optic conversion element arranged inside the second case and configured to convert an electric image signal output from the image sensor into an optical signal;
- a second terminal arranged outside the second case and electrically coupled with the electro-optic conversion element, the image sensor inside the first case and the electro-optic conversion element inside the second case being electrically coupled with each other via the first terminal and the second terminal when in operation;
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- a sealing member sealing the electro-optic conversion element arranged inside the second case, wherein
- the image sensor is not arranged inside the second case, and
- the second case is not arranged entirely inside the first case.
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An endoscope image-capturing device comprising:
- a first case having an outer surface to be held by a user when the user operates the endoscope image-capturing device, an inside of the first case being sealed;
- an image sensor arranged inside the first case;
- a first terminal arranged outside the first case and electrically coupled with the image sensor;
- a second case;
- an electro-optic conversion element arranged inside the second case and configured to convert an electric image signal output from the image sensor into an optical signal;
- a second terminal arranged outside the second case and electrically coupled with the electro-optic conversion element, the image sensor inside the first case and the electro-optic conversion element inside the second case being electrically coupled with each other via the first terminal and the second terminal when in operation;
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- a sealing member sealing the electro-optic conversion element arranged inside the second case, wherein
- the first case is located closer to a connector to which an endoscope insert portion is to be connected than the second case, and
- the second case is located further from the connector than the first case.
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