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Adapter assembly for endoscopic video camera

US4807594A · kind A · utility

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35Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 15, 1988
Grant dateFeb 28, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 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.

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