Endoscope with internal light source and power supply

US8152715B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OPTIM CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Thomas V. Root · Beverly, US
• Robb Morse Gavalis · Westborough, US
• Robert J. Krupa · Leominster, US
• Anthony Parillo · Sherborn, US
• William F. Laflash · Northbridge, US
• Aleksandra A. Levshina · Leominster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B23/2476
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention provides an endoscope with a watertight and air-tight endoscope handle that in preferred embodiments contains in its interior a solid-state light source and a gas permeable and liquid impermeable sealed compartment holding a battery and an electronic circuit, where the sealed compartment is preferably transverse to the long axis of the endoscope handle, and, in certain embodiments, at least partially surrounded by a movable structure.