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US 12,178,394 B2Granted
Endoscope head comprising a housing element made from transparent material
AssigneeHoya Corporation
InventorAnh Minh Do
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Abstract
An endoscope head and endoscope including such endoscope head includes a camera, a housing element made from transparent material which surrounds the camera at least laterally and at least in portions and extends to the distal end of the endoscope head, and including at least one illumination unit which is arranged laterally from the camera and/or proximally from the camera.
Claims15
An endoscope head comprising
- a camera having a plurality of lenses;
- a sleeve surrounding and distally protruding from the plurality of camera lenses;
- a transparent housing which surrounds the camera at least laterally and extends to a distal end of the endoscope head;
- at least one light emitter disposed laterally from the camera and/or proximally from to the camera sleeve, and further entirely disposed in an upper half of the transparent housing;
- and
- a channel that is entirely disposed in a lower half of the transparent housing, wherein:
- the at least one light emitter is positioned so that it emits light through the housing in one of a distal direction or a radial direction, and
- the camera is entirely disposed in the upper half of the transparent housing.
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