| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 600167000 | Focusing | 9 |
| 20090062615 | ENDOSCOPE WITH FOCAL LENGTH VARYING FUNCTION - The invention provides an endoscope with a focal length varying function, which includes an observation window, an objective optical system which is disposed in the observation window and is capable of varying a focal length thereof, and an endo-therapy product raising base which is oscillatable between a stored position where the endo-therapy product raising base is stored in the distal end section body (endo-therapy product projection port) and a raised position where the endo-therapy product raising base is projected from the distal end section body in accordance with a raising operation on a proximal side, wherein at a time of a state in which the endo-therapy product raising base is projected from the distal end section body by a predetermined amount, a predetermined part of the endo-therapy product raising base is set to approximately correspond to a best focus position of the objective optical system. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090137876 | DIAGNOSTIC CAPSULE WITH PERIPHERAL IMAGING - A diagnostic capsule is disclosed having at least one light source; a rotatable substrate having at least one optical bench; at least one photo-sensitive region; and a circumferential window having an axis substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotatable substrate. Related systems for use with a diagnostic capsule are also disclosed. An endoscopic diagnostic map is further disclosed. The endoscopic diagnostic map has a first dimension corresponding to a rotational position of at least one optical bench on a rotatable substrate of a diagnostic capsule. The endoscopic diagnostic map also has a second dimension corresponding a traveled position of the diagnostic capsule. Related methods of generating an endoscopic | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090149713 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus of the present invention includes: a CCD; a plurality of LEDs for illuminating the field of vision for image pickup of the CCD; and a dimming circuit for detecting the brightness in the illumination area of each of the plurality of LEDs using the video signal obtained by the CCD and dimming light for each of the LEDs based on the detected result, and the LEDs are individually provided with respect to the CCD at the positions corresponding to the illumination area of each of the LEDs (the divided screens) when the area dimming section of the dimming circuit detects the brightness of the illumination areas of the plurality of LEDs. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090281389 | Device, system, and method for adaptive imaging - Device, system and method for adaptive imaging and adaptive in-vivo imaging. For example, an in-vivo imaging device may include a lens and a modifier to modify a physical property or an optical property of said lens. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100292539 | Forward Scanning OCT Endoscope - An apparatus for optical coherence tomography has a broadband light source with a short coherence length, an optical fiber that guides the light from the light source to a focusing optics, and a graded-index optics arranged between the optical fiber and the focusing optics with two opposite parallel flat sides, that is contacted on its first flat side by the optical fiber forming an irradiation point guiding light to the graded-index optics and having a pitch of N/8, N being a natural number that cannot be divided by 4. A first structure for light reflection is arranged on the first flat side of the graded-index optics adjacent to the irradiation point, and a second structure for beam splitting is arranged on the second flat side of the graded-index optics. The focusing optics are designed for focusing the light transmitted by the second structure essentially at right angles to the flat sides of the graded-index optics. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20130137929 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE - An endoscope system includes an imaging section that captures an object via an optical system and an image sensor, an observation state determination section that determines the observation state of the object captured by the imaging section, and an aperture control section that controls the state of an aperture included in the optical system based on the observation state, the aperture control section controlling the state of the aperture so that the resolution determined by the diffraction limit due to the aperture is equal to or higher than a resolution determined by the image sensor when the observation state determination section has determined that the observation state is a first observation state, and stopping down the aperture as compared with the state of the aperture in the first observation state when the observation state determination section has determined that the observation state is a second observation state. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20140221753 | OBJECTIVE LENS ARRANGEMENT FOR CONFOCAL ENDOMICROSCOPY - An apparatus for imaging an anatomical structure(s) can be provided. For example, a housing arrangement can have a shape of a pill and can be to be delivered to the anatomical structure(s). An imaging arrangement can be configured to generate a microscopic image of the anatomical structure(s), wherein the imaging arrangement can include a variable focus lens, and can be provided in the housing arrangement. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20150045622 | SPECTRALLY-ENCODED ENDOSCOPY TECHNIQUES, APPARATUS AND METHODS - Exemplary apparatus for obtaining information for a structure can be provided. For example, the exemplary apparatus can include at least one first optical fiber arrangement which is configured to transceive at least one first electro-magnetic radiation, and can include at least one fiber. The exemplary apparatus can also include at least one second focusing arrangement in optical communication with the optical fiber arrangement. The second arrangement can be configured to focus and provide there through the first electro-magnetic radiation to generate the focused electro-magnetic radiation. Further, the exemplary apparatus can include at least at least one dispersive third arrangement which can receive a particular radiation (e.g., the first electro-magnetic radiation(s) and/or the focused electro-magnetic radiation), and forward a dispersed radiation thereof to at least one section of the structure. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20160374543 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING A DISTAL ELECTRICAL FEED-THROUGH, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope having a distal electrical feed-through, the endoscope including: an endoscope shaft having a distal objective unit comprising an electromagnetic actuator and a distal optical assembly that can be shifted in a longitudinal direction by actuation of the actuator, the endoscope shaft having a proximal unit having a proximal optical assembly arranged after the distal optical assembly in the direction of incident light, the objective unit is rotatable relative to the proximal unit about a longitudinal axis during assembly of the endoscope and is fixed rotationally relative to the proximal unit after assembly; and a cable for supplying current to the actuator, the cable being fed from the proximal unit to the objective unit, the cable having an excess length at a transition from the proximal unit to the objective unit, such excess length being at least half of the outer circumference of the objective unit. | 12-29-2016 |
