Back to results
US 12,007,614 B2Granted
Medical observation system and transmission cable
AssigneeSony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
InventorKenji Sakamoto
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided is a medical observation system capable of preventing disconnection of metal cables without increasing the thickness of a braided shield wire. The medical observation system includes a transmission cable including: an optical cable having one or more optical fiber cores; a plurality of metal cables arranged around the optical cable; and a tension member made of a high-strength fiber, and disposed in parallel with an extending direction of the optical cable.
Claims23
A medical observation system comprising
- a transmission cable including:
- an optical cable including one or more optical fiber cores;
- a plurality of metal cables arranged around the optical cable;
- and
- a tension member made of an insulating fiber, disposed in parallel with an extending direction of the optical cable, and in a first gap between the optical cable and the metal cables or in a second gap between the metal cables and an outer periphery of the transmission cable.
2 more elements
A transmission cable comprising:
- an optical cable including one or more optical fiber cores;
- a plurality of metal cables arranged around the optical cable;
- and
- a tension member made of an insulating fiber, disposed in parallel with an extending direction of the optical cable and in a first gap between the optical cable and the metal cables or in a second gap between the metal cables and an outer periphery of the transmission cable.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.