Unified electrical and illumination cable for endoscopic video imaging system
US7316646B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4298
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A video imaging system including an endoscopic device, a camera, a camera control unit and a light source, the camera coupled to the camera control unit and light source via a single cable connection. The cable is advantageously provided as a pair of wires and a light guide where image data and camera information is transmitted over the pair of wires from the camera to the camera control unit, the data and information being multiplexed on the pair of wires; and command signals are sent from the camera control unit to the camera, the command signals based on the received camera information for control of the camera.
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