Patent · US Expired

Endoscope connector

US4947828A · kind A · utility

25Cited by

2References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Schott Fiber Optics, Inc. · US

Inventors

George Carpenter, V · Southbridge, US
Walter P. Siegmund · Pomfret Center, US
John M. Smith · Vashon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 17, 1989
Grant date	Aug 14, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2009

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B1/07
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Piggyback endoscopes are disclosed which are connected together releasably where the scopes receive illumination from a single light source via a single fiber optic bundle which has been divided into at least two branches, one branch being individual to each scope.

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