GB1246977A - Improvements in and relating to endoscopes - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to endoscopes

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GB1246977A
GB1246977A GB45052/68A GB4505268A GB1246977A GB 1246977 A GB1246977 A GB 1246977A GB 45052/68 A GB45052/68 A GB 45052/68A GB 4505268 A GB4505268 A GB 4505268A GB 1246977 A GB1246977 A GB 1246977A
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tube
probe
body cavity
housing
pump
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GB45052/68A
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Olympus Corp
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Olympus Optical Co Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP8017167U external-priority patent/JPS4810702Y1/ja
Priority claimed from JP641468U external-priority patent/JPS5349264Y1/ja
Application filed by Olympus Optical Co Ltd filed Critical Olympus Optical Co Ltd
Publication of GB1246977A publication Critical patent/GB1246977A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B49/02—Stopping, starting, unloading or idling control
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/00112—Connection or coupling means
    • A61B1/00121—Connectors, fasteners and adapters, e.g. on the endoscope handle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/00163—Optical arrangements
    • A61B1/00165—Optical arrangements with light-conductive means, e.g. fibre optics

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Endoscopes (AREA)

Abstract

1,246,977. Endoscopes. OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO. Ltd. 23 Sept., 1968 [21 Sept., 1967; 1 Feb., 1968], No. 45052/68. Heading A5R. An endoscope comprises a probe (not shown) for insertion in a body cavity, connected by a first, preferably flexible, tube 3 to the interior of a control housing 1, an objective lens system in the probe for transmitting light from an object in the body cavity through the tube 3 to an eyepiece 5 in the housing 1, and a plurality of connections, such as pipes, fibre optical light conductors and electrical conductors extending from the probe through the tube 3, in and through the housing 1 and through a flexible tube 19 to terminate at or adjacent a connector 20 for coupling the endoscope to external operating devices. A water and air feed tube 24 passes from the probe to communicate with a hollow member 25 connected by a tube 27 to an air pump 15 and with a tube 26 connected to a water pump 17. A hollow actuator member 29 in member 25 allows air to be pumped into the body cavity via tubes 27, 24 when its throughbore 29a is closed, and when pressed against a spring 30 into member 25 member 29 closes off the end 24a of tube 24 and allows water to be pumped into the body cavity. A suction pump 33 communicates via a tube 28 with the probe and is effective on closing an opening 31a in a hollow member 31 in housing 1, tube 28 having an opening 28b within member 31. The body cavity may be illuminated by a lamp in the probe or by an external lamp 9 and an optical fibre guide 6. Light passes from the objective lens system to the eyepiece 5 by an optical fibre guide 18, part of the light beam being diverted by a halfsilvered mirror 22a to a photoelectric device 23 connected to an automatic exposure control 13 for use in photography of the cavity. The air pump 15 may be controlled to pump a desired quantity of air into the cavity by a foot switch in series with an electromechanical or electronic timer switch.
GB45052/68A 1967-09-21 1968-09-23 Improvements in and relating to endoscopes Expired GB1246977A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP8017167U JPS4810702Y1 (en) 1967-09-21 1967-09-21
JP641468U JPS5349264Y1 (en) 1968-02-01 1968-02-01

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GB1246977A true GB1246977A (en) 1971-09-22

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DE1791141C3 (en) 1973-12-06
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DE1791280A1 (en) 1974-07-04
US3730645A (en) 1973-05-01

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