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Objective lens for endoscopes and endoscope

US9703089B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 2015
Grant dateJul 11, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An objective lens for endoscopes is constituted essentially by, in order from the object side: a negative first lens having a concave surface toward the image side; a first cemented lens, formed by cementing a second lens and a third lens having refractive powers with signs opposite each other, provided in this order from the object side, together; a stop; a positive fourth lens having a convex surface toward the image side; and a second cemented lens, formed by cementing a positive fifth lens and a negative sixth lens, provided in this order from the object side, together, in which the coupling surface is convex toward the image side. Focusing from an object at a most distant point to an object at a most proximal point is performed by moving only the second cemented lens. A predetermined conditional formula is satisfied.

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