Endoscope fitted with a window covering a light guide and an image transmitter

Abstract

A rigid endoscope optics, comprising an outer tube (1) of which the distal aperture is closed by a window (2) affixed to it in sealed manner, said outer tube enclosing an image transmitter (4, 5) running through it and a light pipe (6) running parallel to said transmitter, said transmitter and pipe being configured by their distal ends (5, 7) looking and. radiating resp. through the window, the light-pipe being cross-sectionally separated from the image transmitter's cross-section at least in the region subtended between their distal ends and the window by an optically opaque partition (3) that rests by its distal edge against the window, is characterized in that the distal end of the partition (3) rests by means of an elastic and opaque insert (9) against the window (2).

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