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Objective for an endoscope

US4755029A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 19, 1987
Grant dateJul 5, 1988
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B23/2446
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An objective for an endoscope comprising a GRIN lens whose surface on the object side is arranged as a planar surface or convex surface and whose surface on the image side is arranged as a convex surface, the objective for an endoscope having an extremely small outer diameter and a wide field angle.

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