Adapter assembly for endoscopic video camera
US4807594A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B17/48
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An endoscopic adapter assembly for coupling a video camera head and an endoscope having a proximal end, the adapter includes an ocular adapter for engaging securely the proximal end of the endoscope. An endoscope-engageable portion engages the coupler adapter and a focusing portion is rotatably secured to the endoscope-engageable portion. A camera-engageable portion is rotatably secured to the focusing portion for connecting it to the camera head. The ocular adapter portion includes a window which is complementarily shaped and designed to face and to be aligned with a window of the ocular adapter for maintaining glass-on-glass contact therewith.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.