Medical camera
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsYota HASHIMOTO, Haruyasu KATAHIRA, Yuuichi TAKENAGA
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Abstract
A medical camera includes a camera head having a first a first color separation prism, a second color separation prism, a third color separation prism, and a fourth color separation prism. The four color separation prisms respectively separate light incident from an affected area into a blue, red and green color components, and an infrared (IR) component. A light emission surface of the first color separation prism is disposed opposite to a light emission surface of the second color separation prism. A light emission surface of the third color separation prism is disposed across an incident ray which is incident vertically to an object side incident surface of the first color separation prism.
Claims20
A medical camera, comprising:
- a camera head including:
- a first color separation prism, a second color separation prism, a third color separation prism, and a fourth color separation prism which respectively separate light incident from an affected area into a first color component, a second color component, a third color component, and a fourth color component which are any one of a blue color component, a red color component, a green color component, and an infrared (IR) component,
- wherein a light emission surface of the first color separation prism is disposed opposite to a light emission surface of the second color separation prism and a light emission surface of the third color separation prism is disposed across an incident ray, which is incident vertically to an object side incident surface of the first color separation prism.
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