Endoscope
US4773396A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 27, 1987 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B1/05
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This electronic endoscope is provided with a flexible insertable part formed to be small in the diameter. A plurality of components provided in parallel are included within the insertable part tip. A second largest component which has a contour smaller than the contour of a solid state imaging device which is one of the above mentioned components but larger than those of the other components and in which at least a part of the contour overlaps on an imaginary circle having the smallest diameter including the contour of the above mentioned solid state imaging device with the center of the solid state imaging device as a center is included. An objective system having an optical axis coinciding with the center of the above mentioned image area is included.
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