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Objective lens system for endoscopes

US5005957A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateSep 6, 1989
Grant dateApr 9, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B23/243
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An objective lens system for endoscopes comprising, in the order from the object side, a first lens unit having negative refractive power and a second lens unit having positive refractive power, said first lens unit comprising a surface which is concave on the image side and satisfies the following condition (1), and an aspherical surface which is arranged on the object side and satisfies the following condition (2) at 50% or more of the effective area thereof. ##EQU1##

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