CN210990150U - Endoscope camera and endoscope camera system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an endoscope camera, endoscope camera includes operation portion, camera lens portion and cable connecting portion, the operation portion sets up between camera lens portion and cable connecting portion, be provided with the optical imaging subassembly in the operation portion, endoscope camera still includes the casing and sets up the thermal-insulated radiator unit on the casing, thermal-insulated radiator unit is used for when the optical imaging subassembly produces heat conduction to the casing, carries out at least partial isolation or gives off to the heat that the optical imaging subassembly conducted to the casing. The utility model also provides an endoscope camera system who has the endoscope camera. When the optical imaging assembly generates heat and conducts the heat to the shell, the heat conducted to the shell by the optical imaging assembly can be at least partially isolated or dissipated through the heat insulation and dissipation assembly, so that the temperature of the shell can be effectively maintained to be in an appropriate temperature range all the time, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Endoscope camera and endoscope camera system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an endoscope camera system, a special design endoscope camera and endoscope camera system.

Background

Endoscopes are commonly used medical devices and are currently widely used for examining a certain organ site in the human body. When the endoscope is used, the endoscope is introduced into a pre-examined organ, the change of the related part can be directly observed, the using effect of the endoscope is directly influenced by the quality of the image, and the development level of the endoscope technology is marked. With the progress of technology and the demand of medical effect, the definition of the endoscope is higher and higher at present, and the power consumption of devices in a camera of the endoscope is also higher and higher. When a doctor performs an operation, the doctor needs to hold the holding part of the endoscope camera for a long time, the weight and the size of the endoscope camera are required, the endoscope camera cannot be increased at will, and the heat dissipation area is very limited. Therefore, the power consumption of the device is increased to cause the temperature of the shell of the handle to rise, however, the temperature is too high, so that the handle is uncomfortable to hold by a doctor, and even the skin is scalded, and the use experience and the treatment effect on a patient are influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an endoscope camera and endoscope camera system can be in the endoscope camera use, maintains the temperature of endoscope camera department at suitable temperature for a long time, has improved and has used experience.

An embodiment of the utility model provides an endoscope camera, endoscope camera includes operation portion, lens portion and cable connecting portion, the operation portion sets up between lens portion and cable connecting portion, be provided with the optical imaging subassembly in the operation portion, endoscope camera still includes the casing and sets up the thermal-insulated radiator unit on the casing, thermal-insulated radiator unit is used for when the optical imaging subassembly generates heat conduction to the casing, carries out at least partial isolation or gives off to the heat that the optical imaging subassembly conducted to the casing.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a still provide an endoscope camera system, endoscope camera system includes host computer and endoscope camera, endoscope camera includes operation portion, lens portion and cable connecting portion, the operation portion sets up between lens portion and cable connecting portion, be provided with the optical imaging subassembly in the operation portion, the endoscope camera still includes the casing and sets up the thermal-insulated radiator unit on the casing, thermal-insulated radiator unit is used for when the optical imaging subassembly produces heat conduction to the casing, carries out at least part isolation or gives off to the heat that the optical imaging subassembly conducted to the casing.

The utility model discloses a set up thermal-insulated radiator unit, work as when optics formation of image subassembly produced heat conduction to casing, the accessible thermal-insulated radiator unit carries out at least partial isolation or gives off to the heat that optics formation of image subassembly conducted to casing to the temperature that can effectively maintain the casing is in suitable temperature range always, has improved user experience, also can promote the effect of treating patient effectively.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structural diagram of an endoscope camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first viewing angle of an endoscope camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first viewing angle of an endoscope camera in another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first viewing angle of an endoscope camera in other embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first viewing angle of an endoscope camera in another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the entire structure of an endoscope camera according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an endoscope camera according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a simplified diagram illustrating a spacer for an endoscope camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a simplified schematic diagram of an endoscope camera illustrating a spacer in another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a simplified schematic diagram illustrating a spacer for an endoscope camera in yet another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of the entire structure of an endoscope camera according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an endoscope camera in some embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an endoscopic imaging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "comprises" and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an endoscope camera 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first viewing angle of the endoscope camera 100. As shown in fig. 1, the endoscope camera 100 includes an operation portion 10, a lens portion 20 and a cable connection portion 30, the operation portion 10 is disposed between the lens portion 20 and the cable connection portion 30, an optical imaging component 11 is disposed in the operation portion 10, the endoscope camera 100 further includes a casing K1 and a heat insulation and dissipation component 40 disposed on the casing K1, and the heat insulation and dissipation component 40 is configured to at least partially insulate or dissipate heat conducted from the optical imaging component 40 to the casing K1 when the heat generated by the optical imaging component 40 is conducted to the casing K1.

Through the utility model discloses an institutional advancement, work as when optical imaging subassembly 11 produces heat conduction to casing K1, the accessible thermal-insulated radiator unit 40 carries out at least partial isolation or gives off to the heat that optical imaging subassembly 40 conducted to casing K1 to can effectively maintain casing K1's temperature and be in suitable temperature range always, can not lead to the temperature range that human body sensation is uncomfortable promptly, the user is when using endoscope camera 100, can continuously grip operation portion 10 for a long time and operate, user experience has been improved, also can promote the treatment effect to patient effectively, users such as doctor can not influence attention or can't last work because casing K1 generates heat or is scalded promptly.

Wherein, in the present invention, the first viewing angle is a viewing angle of a section of the operating portion 10 viewed after being cut along the arrangement direction of the vertical operating portion 10, the lens portion 20, and the cable connecting portion 30.

As shown in fig. 2, the heat-insulated and heat-sink assembly 40 includes a hollow structure J1 formed by removing a portion of the material of the case K1.

The hollow structure J1 includes a hole T1 having at least one opening C1, the opening C1 being located on the outer surface of the housing K1. That is, the opening C1 communicates with the outside of the case K1.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, fig. 3 is another cross-sectional view of the endoscope camera 100 at the first viewing angle. As shown in fig. 2, the hole T1 includes a blind hole T11 extending between the outer surface of the housing K1 and a preset position of the housing K1 between the outer surface S1 and the inner surface S2 of the housing K1; alternatively, as shown in fig. 3, the hole T1 includes a through hole T12 extending from a first position of the outer surface S1 of the housing K1 to a second position of the outer surface S1 of the housing K1 after extending through a region between the outer surface S1 and the inner surface S2 of the housing K1, and the through hole T12 forms an opening C1 at the first position and the second position of the outer surface S1 of the housing K1, respectively.

Fig. 4 and fig. 5 are schematic cross-sectional views of a first viewing angle of the endoscope camera 100 according to other embodiments.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the number of the holes T1 is plural, and the holes T1 are distributed at different positions of the housing K1, all of the holes T1 are blind holes T11, or all of the holes T1 are through holes T12, or, for example, a partial hole T1 is a blind hole T11, and a partial hole T1 is a through hole T12.

For example, fig. 4 shows two holes T1, wherein the two holes T1 are all through holes T12 and are distributed on two sides of the casing K1, for example, symmetrically distributed on two sides of the casing K1.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, two holes T1 are illustrated, one T1 being a blind hole T11 and the other T1 being a through hole T12.

In some embodiments, the hole T1 does not penetrate through the inner surface S2 of the housing K1, and the extending direction of the hole T1 is perpendicular to the radial direction of the housing K1.

Obviously, in some embodiments, the extending shape of the hole T1 may also be an arc shape, a regular or irregular curve or a bent shape, and the hole T1 has at least one opening C1 opened on the outer surface S1 of the housing K1 and then extends between the outer surface S1 and the inner surface S2 of the housing K1 in an arc shape, or a regular or irregular curve or a bent shape. And the hole T1 may be a blind hole or a through hole.

Wherein, the number and the extension shape of the holes T1 arranged on the shell K1 can be arranged according to the requirement.

Therefore, through forming the blind hole T11 or the through hole T12 in the casing K1, air can flow in the casing K1 to take away heat of the casing K1, and the blind hole T11 or the through hole T12 can effectively isolate the outer surface S1 and the inner surface S2 of the casing K1, even if heat generated by the optical imaging assembly 40 located in the casing K1 is conducted to the inner surface S2 of the casing K1, the temperature of the outer surface of the casing K1 can still maintain a proper temperature, so that a user does not feel hot when the user holds the endoscope camera 100 and contacts with the outer surface of the casing K1, and the user experience is improved.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an endoscope camera 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments, the thermally insulated heat sink assembly 40/hollow structure J1 may include at least one groove a1 formed by removing a portion of material from the outer surface S1 of the housing K1.

Wherein the at least one groove A1 does not extend through the inner surface S2 of the housing K1, maintaining a closed configuration of the endoscope camera head 100.

The number and position of the at least one groove a1 can be set according to actual requirements, for example, the groove a1 can be set at the position of the housing K1 that the user is accustomed to holding, and in order to maintain the aesthetic appearance of the housing K1 of the endoscope camera 100, the size of the groove a1 can be set to be smaller, the number can be determined according to the size of the groove a1 and the area of the whole area that needs to be set, and the at least one groove a1 can be evenly distributed at certain positions of the housing K1 at intervals.

Accordingly, when the user holds the endoscope camera 100, the user does not directly contact the endoscope camera in at least one position due to the presence of the at least one groove a1, a thermally isolated space is formed or a heat dissipation speed is increased, so that the user does not feel hot when contacting the outer surface S1 of the housing K1 when holding the endoscope camera 100, and user experience is improved.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an endoscope camera 100 according to still another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, the heat insulating and dissipating assembly 40 includes a convex structure J2 disposed on an outer surface S1 of the casing K1.

The protruding structure J2 is used for carrying out certain isolation with the outer surface of casing K1 with user's hand when the user grips endoscope camera 100 to can not feel hot when making user grip endoscope camera 100 when the outer surface contact of casing K1, improved user experience.

As shown in fig. 7, the protruding structure J2 includes a spacer G1, the spacer G1 includes a spacer G11 and at least one fixing plate G12 extending from a surface of the spacer G11 at a predetermined angle, the spacer G1 is fixed to an outer surface S1 of the housing K1 by at least one fixing plate G12, and the spacer G11 has a gap with the outer surface S1 of the housing K1.

That is, one end of the at least one fixing plate G12 is fixed to the surface of the partition plate G11 and extends from the surface of the partition plate G11 at a predetermined angle by a certain distance, and the other end of the fixing plate G12 is fixed to the outer surface of the case K1.

The isolating plate G11 and the at least one fixing plate G12 may be integrally formed, or may be fixed together by bonding, riveting, or screwing. The other end of the at least one fixing plate G12 can be fixed on the outer surface of the casing K1 by means of bonding, riveting, screwing and the like.

In some embodiments, the at least one securing panel G12 extends at a 90 degree angle relative to the surface of the separator panel G11. In other embodiments, the at least one fixing plate G12 may extend at other angles, such as 75 degrees or the like, relative to the surface of the isolation plate G11, as long as the at least one fixing plate G12 can serve as a support plate between the isolation plate G11 and the outer surface of the housing K1.

Wherein, the surface of the isolation plate G11 extending out of the at least one fixing plate G12 is the surface facing the outer surface S1 of the shell K1.

The isolation plate G11 is used for being touched and held by a user when the user holds the endoscope camera 100, and as the isolation plate G11 and the outer surface of the shell K1 are provided with gaps, air can flow in the gaps between the outer surface of the shell K1 and the isolation plate G11 to take away heat of the shell K1, and meanwhile, the isolation plate G11 and the outer surface S1 of the shell K1 are isolated from each other, even if heat generated by the optical imaging assembly 40 in the shell K1 is conducted to the shell K1, the temperature of the isolation plate G11 can still maintain a proper temperature, so that the user does not feel hot when the user holds the endoscope camera 100 and contacts with the isolation plate G11, and the user experience is improved.

As shown in fig. 7, the isolating sheet G1 includes two fixing plates G12, the two fixing plates G12 are located at opposite ends of the isolating plate G11, and form an n-shaped structure with the isolating plate G12.

Referring to fig. 8, which is a simplified schematic diagram illustrating a spacer of an endoscope camera 100 in an embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the spacer G1 includes a fixing plate G12, the fixing plate G12 and the spacer G11 form a structure of "L", and two ends of the fixing plate G12 are respectively fixed to the outer surfaces of the spacer G11 and the housing K1.

Fig. 9 is a simplified diagram of a spacer of an endoscope camera 100 according to another embodiment. As shown in fig. 9, in some embodiments, the isolation sheet G1 includes three or more fixing plates G12, and the three or more fixing plates G12 are distributed on the surface of the isolation plate G11 and spaced apart from each other.

In some embodiments, the number of the spacers G1 may be at least two. As shown in fig. 7, the number of the spacers G1 may be two, and the spacers G1 are symmetrically disposed on the outer surface of the casing K1.

Fig. 10 is a simplified diagram of a spacer of an endoscope camera 100 according to still another embodiment. In some embodiments, when the number of the spacers G1 is at least two, the shapes of at least two spacers G1 may be the same or different.

For example, as shown in fig. 10, one of the spacers G1 may include a fixing plate G12, the fixing plate G12 and the separating plate G11 form a L-shaped structure, and the other spacer G1 includes three fixing plates G12, the three fixing plates G12 are distributed on the surface of the separating plate G11 and spaced apart from each other.

In some embodiments, the isolation plate G11 and the at least one fixing plate G12 are made of a material with poor thermal conductivity, such as a ceramic material, so as to further improve the thermal isolation effect.

Obviously, in other embodiments, the isolation plate G11 and the at least one fixing plate G12 may be made of heat conductive materials.

Fig. 11 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an endoscope camera 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 11, in other embodiments, the raised structure J1 includes at least one raised point D1 formed on the outer surface S1 of the housing K1.

The at least one bump D1 may include a plurality of smaller bumps D11, and the plurality of smaller bumps D11 are distributed in a certain area to form a pockmark.

The at least one raised point D1 may also include a larger sized raised point D12, the larger sized raised point D12 forming a raised hull.

As shown in fig. 11, the at least one bump D1 includes a plurality of bumps D11 that form pits and have a smaller size, and a bump D12 that forms a convex hull and has a larger size.

Obviously, in some embodiments, the at least one bump D1 may include only a plurality of smaller bumps D11, and the plurality of smaller bumps D11 are grouped into at least one group to form at least one pockmark. In some embodiments, the at least one raised point D1 includes only at least one raised point D12 that is larger in size, forming at least one raised hull.

Accordingly, when the user holds the endoscope camera 100, the user does not directly contact the endoscope camera in at least one position due to the presence of the at least one protruding point D1, a thermally isolated space is formed or a heat dissipation speed is increased, so that the user does not feel hot when contacting the outer surface S1 of the housing K1 when holding the endoscope camera 100, and user experience is improved.

In some embodiments, the at least one protrusion D1 may be fixed on the outer surface S1 of the casing K1 by bonding, riveting, or the like, and the at least one protrusion D1 may be made of a material with poor thermal conductivity, such as a ceramic material.

In some embodiments, the heat insulating and dissipating assembly 40 may further include both a hollow structure J1 formed by removing a portion of the material of the housing K1 and a raised structure J2 on the outer surface S1 on which the housing K1 is disposed.

For example, the thermally insulated heat sink assembly 40 disposed on the housing K1 may include at least one hole T1 having an opening C1 extending between the inner and outer surfaces of the housing K1 as previously described and at least one spacer G1 as previously described. Alternatively, the heat-insulating and heat-dissipating assembly 40 disposed on the casing K1 may include at least one protrusion D1 and at least one recess a1 as described above.

Alternatively, the thermally and thermally insulated heat sink assembly 40 disposed on housing K1 may include at least one raised point D1 as previously described and may include at least one hole T1 having an opening C1 extending between the inner and outer surfaces of housing K1 as previously described.

In some embodiments, the heat insulating and dissipating assembly 40 disposed on the casing K1 may further include a different type of hollow structure J1 formed by removing a portion of material of the casing K1, or a different type of convex structure J2 disposed on an outer surface of the casing K1.

For example, the thermally insulated heat sink assembly 40 disposed on the housing K1 may include both the hole T1 having at least one opening C1 extending between the inner and outer surfaces of the housing K1 as previously described and at least one groove a1 as previously described; alternatively, the heat insulating and dissipating assembly 40 disposed on the casing K1 may include both the at least one spacer G1 as described above and the at least one bump D1 as described above.

That is, the specific structures of the heat insulating and dissipating assembly 40 in any of the foregoing embodiments of the present invention can be combined and used as desired, and the heat insulating and dissipating effects can be improved as much as possible.

As shown in fig. 1, the casing K1 may include a casing K11 of the operating unit 10. The heat insulating and dissipating assembly 40 of the present invention may be mainly disposed on the casing K11 of the operation portion 10. Therefore, since the operation unit 10 is a main holding part when the user uses the endoscope camera 100, the heat insulating and radiating member 40 is provided in the casing K11 of the operation unit 10, so that the sensible temperature when the user holds the endoscope camera is maintained in an appropriate range, the user can hold the endoscope camera conveniently, and the use experience is improved.

The optical imaging module 11 is specifically housed in a casing K11 of the operation portion 10.

As shown in fig. 1, the housing K1 further includes a housing K12 of the lens portion 20 and a housing K13 of the cable connection portion 30.

In some embodiments, the heat insulating and dissipating assembly 40 may also be partially disposed on the housing K12 of the lens portion 20 and/or the housing K13 of the cable connection 30. Thereby increasing the portion that the user can grip.

Referring to fig. 12, a cross-sectional view of an endoscope camera 100 in some embodiments is shown. The cross-sectional view shown in fig. 12 is a view taken along the arrangement direction of the lens portion 20, the operation portion 10, and the cable connection portion 30.

The lens portion 20 includes a lens barrel 21, and a focus knob 22 and a lens catch 23 provided around the lens barrel 21.

As shown in fig. 12, the lens portion 20 further includes a plurality of optical lenses 25 accommodated in the lens barrel 21, the optical lenses 25 are movable along an axis of the lens barrel 21, and the focus adjustment knob 22 is used for controlling at least one of the optical lenses 25 to move to adjust a focal length.

As shown in fig. 1, at least one function key 12 is further disposed on the casing K11 of the operation portion 10, and the at least one function key 12 is used for triggering at least one of photographing, shooting and storing functions after being operated.

The optical imaging component 11 may include an image sensor 111 and an image processor, the image sensor 111 is configured to receive an optical signal from the lens portion 20 and convert the optical signal into an electrical signal, and the image processor 112 generates image data according to the electrical signal and transmits the image data to the cable connection portion 30 and transmits the image data to the host 201 through the cable connection portion 30 (as shown in fig. 9).

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an endoscopic camera system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The endoscopic imaging system 200 includes a host 201 in addition to the endoscopic camera 100 according to any of the embodiments described above.

The host 201 is electrically connected to the endoscope camera 100 through a cable 32, and specifically, the host 201 is connected to the image processor 112 in the optical imaging assembly 11 through the cable 32, and is configured to receive and store an image and/or a video generated by the image processor 112 for subsequent analysis or retrieval.

One end of the cable 32, which is far away from the cable connecting portion 30, is provided with a connector such as a USB plug, and is connected with the host 201 through the connector.

In some embodiments, the endoscopic imaging system 200 further comprises a rigid tube mirror 202, wherein the rigid tube mirror 202 is fixedly connected to the lens portion 20, and the rigid tube mirror 202 is configured to extend into an object to be detected, such as a certain organ portion in a patient body, and is configured to emit light to illuminate a certain area and collect light to transmit the collected light to the lens portion 20 for optical imaging.

The hard tube mirror 202 may be specifically snap-connected to the lens buckle 23 of the lens portion 20.

As shown in fig. 13, the endoscopic imaging system 200 further includes a cold light source 203, the cold light source 203 is connected to the hard tube mirror 202 through a light guiding beam line 204, the cold light source 203 is used for providing cold light, and the cold light is transmitted to the hard tube mirror 202 through the light guiding beam line 204, and then emitted and irradiated to a certain region of a certain organ portion of the human body through the hard tube mirror 202.

The hard tube mirror 202 may include a light emitting channel and a light collecting channel, and the cold light source 20 provides cold light, which is conducted to the light emitting channel of the hard tube mirror 202 through the light guiding beam line 204, and is emitted by the hard tube mirror 202 to irradiate a certain region of a certain organ portion of the human body. The hard tube lens 202 collects light of the illuminated area through the light collecting channel and transmits the collected light to the lens portion 20 for optical imaging, so that an image of the area can be acquired.

The light emitting channel and the light collecting channel can be formed by one or more light guide beams.

As shown in fig. 13, the endoscopic camera system 200 further includes a display screen 205, and the display screen 205 is connected to the host 201 and configured to receive and display an image or video transmitted by the host 201.

That is, the endoscopic imaging system 200 may also output a current or previously acquired image or video display on the display screen 205 for viewing by a user, such as a doctor.

The utility model discloses an endoscope camera 100 and endoscope camera system 200, can conduct the heat that optical imaging subassembly 11 produced other part departments outside operating portion 10 and/or carry out thermal isolation with operating portion 10's casing and optical imaging subassembly 11 through setting up a thermal isolation section of thick bamboo, can effectively avoid the phenomenon of generating heat of operating portion 10's casing in the use, improved and used experience. In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, and the principles and embodiments of the present invention have been explained herein using specific embodiments, and the above description of the embodiments is only used to help understand the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for the general technical personnel in the field, according to the idea of the present invention, there are changes in the specific embodiments and the application scope, to sum up, the content of the present specification should not be understood as the limitation of the present invention.

Claims (14)

1. The utility model provides an endoscope camera, its characterized in that, endoscope camera includes operation portion, lens portion and cable connecting portion, the operation portion sets up between lens portion and cable connecting portion, be provided with the optical imaging subassembly in the operation portion, endoscope camera still includes the casing and sets up the thermal-insulated radiator unit on the casing, thermal-insulated radiator unit is used for when the optical imaging subassembly produces heat conduction to the casing, carries out at least partial isolation or gives off to the heat that the optical imaging subassembly conducted to the casing.

2. The endoscopic camera head according to claim 1, wherein said thermally insulated heat sink assembly comprises a hollow structure formed by removing material of a housing portion.

3. The endoscopic camera according to claim 2, wherein said hollow structure comprises a bore having at least one opening located on an outer surface of said housing.

4. The endoscopic camera according to claim 3, wherein said aperture comprises a blind hole extending between an outer surface of said housing and a predetermined position of said housing, said predetermined position being located between an outer surface and an inner surface of said housing;

alternatively, the hole may include a through hole extending from a first position of the outer surface of the housing to a second position of the outer surface of the housing after extending through an area between the outer surface and the inner surface of the housing, the through hole forming an opening at each of the first position and the second position of the outer surface of the housing.

5. The endoscope camera according to claim 3, wherein the number of said holes is plural, and the holes are distributed at different positions of the housing, and all of the plural holes are blind holes, or all of the plural holes are through holes, or some of the holes are blind holes and some of the holes are through holes.

6. The endoscopic camera according to claim 3, wherein said hole does not penetrate through an inner surface of said housing, and a direction of extension of said hole is perpendicular to a radial direction of said housing.

7. The endoscopic camera according to claim 2, wherein said thermally insulated heat sink assembly comprises at least one groove formed in an outer surface of the housing by removing a portion of material.

8. The endoscopic camera head according to claim 1, wherein said heat insulating and dissipating assembly comprises a raised structure disposed on an outer surface of the housing.

9. The endoscope camera head of claim 8 wherein said raised structure comprises a spacer comprising a spacer plate and at least one fixation plate extending from a surface of the spacer plate at a predetermined angle, said spacer being secured to said housing outer surface by said at least one fixation plate, said spacer plate having a gap from said housing outer surface.

10. The endoscopic camera according to claim 9, wherein said raised structure comprises at least one nub formed on an outer surface of said housing.

11. The endoscopic camera according to claim 9, wherein said raised structures are made of a thermally insulating material.

12. The endoscopic camera according to claim 1, wherein said heat insulating and dissipating assembly comprises both a hollow structure formed by removing material of the housing portion and a raised structure provided on an outer surface of the housing.

13. An endoscope camera according to any of claims 1-12 and wherein said housing comprises a housing of an operative portion, and wherein said heat insulating and dissipating assembly is disposed on said housing of said operative portion.

14. An endoscopic camera system, comprising a host and an endoscopic camera as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the host is in communication with the endoscopic camera so that image signals acquired by the endoscopic camera are transmitted to the host for processing.

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