Patent · US Expired

Fully autoclavable electronic endoscope

US6019719A · kind A · utility

24Cited by

17References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dieter Schulz · Dunrobin, CA
Rainer Brunnen · Seitingen-Oberflacht, DE
Norbert Haeckl · Meßkirch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 1997
Grant date	Feb 1, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B1/05
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic endoscope with a semiconductor image sensor (CCD chip) for receiving the images received by an objective and with an The electronic circuit, wherein the endoscope substantially comprises a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end, and the objective and CCD chip are arranged at the distal end, and the proximal end is held in a housing which holds the shaft and encloses the glass-fiber optical connection. The electronic endoscope is wherein the component parts of the CCD chip unit arranged behind the objective, namely the crystal filter, IR cutoff filter and CCD chip, are arranged so as to be spaced from one another.

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