Endoscope system for simultaneously displaying two endoscopic images on a shared monitor
US5196928A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B1/04
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An endoscope system comprises first and second endoscopes each of which includes an elongated insertion tube and an imaging device, a light source for supplying illumination light to the endoscopes, a function for processing a signal originating from one of the imaging devices, and a video processor which mixes the signal with at least a signal sent from an external input terminal and outputs a given video signal corresponding to the first and second endoscopic images. The video signal provided by the video processor is output to a shared monitor, thus displaying two endoscopic images simultaneously.
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