Endoscope light source system
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorSatoshi OHARA
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Abstract
An endoscope light source system includes a light source module, an insertion module and a light guide path. The light source system further includes a light connector which is provided on the light guide path and optically connects an auxiliary light guide path to the light guide path, such that auxiliary light is guided to the light guide path from the auxiliary light guide path which guides the auxiliary light; and an irradiation module which emits at least one of light-source light which is guided by the light guide path and the auxiliary light which is guided by the light guide path, to an outside of an endoscope as illumination light, and radiates the illumination light to a to-be-illuminated part.
Claims24
An endoscope light source system comprising:
- a light source module including a light source which emits light-source light;
- an insertion module which is provided in an endoscope connected to the light source module and is inserted in a lumen;
- a light guide path which is provided in the light source module and the endoscope including the insertion module, is optically connected to the light source, and guides the light-source light emitted from the light source;
- a light connector which is provided on the light guide path and optically connects an auxiliary light guide path to the light guide path, such that auxiliary light is guided to the light guide path from the auxiliary light guide path which guides the auxiliary light;
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- an irradiation module which is optically connected to the light guide path, emits at least one of the light-source light which is guided by the light guide path and the auxiliary light which is guided by the light guide path, to an outside of the endoscope as illumination light, and radiates the illumination light to a to-be-illuminated part.
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