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| 20080208006 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC ILLUMINATION AND VISION MODULE FOR ENDOSCOPY - Various embodiments for providing removable and pluggable opto-electronic modules for illumination and imaging for endoscopy or borescopy are provided. Generally, various medical or industrial devices can include one or more solid state or other compact electro-optic illuminating elements located thereon. Additionally, such opto-electronic modules may include illuminating optics, imaging optics, image capture devices, and heat dissipation mechanisms. The illumination elements may have different wavelengths and can be time synchronized with an image sensor to illuminate an object for imaging or detecting purpose or otherwise conditioning purpose. The optoelectronic modules may include means for optical and/or wireless communication. The removable opto-electronic modules may be plugged in on the exterior surface of a device, inside the device, deployably coupled to the distal end of the device, or otherwise disposed on the device. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080242936 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An electronic endoscope apparatus comprises: an intermediate member attached to a first cable of an electronic endoscope; a connector connected to a light source portion or to a processor portion; a second cable extending from the intermediate member and connecting to the connector; and a flexible outer-sheath for the second cable, the flexible outer-sheath comprising a flexible spiral tube and a resin outer skin provided on an exterior of the flexible spiral tube, wherein the flexible spiral tube is formed by spirally winding a strip body having engaging-projections respectively provided on its both side portions, so as to make the engaging-projections be engaged with each other and form a movable space which allows one of the engaging-projections to move with respect to the other one of the engaging-projections, and wherein an entirety of the flexible spiral tube is bendable with expansion and contraction of a space between the engaging-projections within the movable space. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080249368 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - When illumination light in an ultraviolet region and a visible light region is emitted from a light source lamp, a light quantity of the illumination light is adjusted by a first diaphragm mechanism and a second diaphragm mechanism, and sequentially irradiated to an observation target via a rotating filter. At this time, the first diaphragm mechanism adjusts the light quantities of excitation light and RGB light of a wavelength band of the illumination light, and the second diaphragm mechanism has a transmission property for light in the ultraviolet region and adjusts the light quantity of the RGB light without influencing the light quantity of the excitation light. Thereby, the light quantities of both the excitation light and RGB light emitted form one light source lamp are controlled, and optimal brightness balance can be obtained. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080262316 | Light Source Apparatus and Endoscope Provided with Light Source Apparatus - A light source apparatus of the present invention comprises a semiconductor light emitting device which emits light, a wavelength converting member which receives the light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting device and emits light of a wavelength longer than that of the original light, and a wavelength selecting member which is disposed between the semiconductor light emitting device and the wavelength converting member and reflects and transmits the incident light with different reflectivity and different transmittance depending on the wavelength of the incident light. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080269563 | Illumination light application structure and endoscope provided with the same - An illumination light application structure provided for irradiating an observation object with illumination light in an observation optical apparatus provided with an objective optical system inside a lens barrel whose top is configured into a slender shape, includes a wavelength converting element located in the proximity of a position of an entrance pupil of the objective optical system; a light source emitting light whose wavelength is converted by the wavelength converting element; and an irradiation device irradiating the wavelength converting element with the light emitted from the light source through the objective optical system. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090012366 | RIGID-TYPE ELECTRONIC VIDEOENDOSCOPE - Disclosed herein is a rigid-type videoendoscope, which can allow a doctor to easily examine a patient's affected part using an image capturing part mounted on an end portion of a support tube, which can easily turn on and off LEDs for emitting light for allowing a CCD or CMOS image sensor to capture an image of the patient's affected part, and which can reduce electric power consumption, thereby improving economical efficiency. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090012367 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH OLED ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE - A medical device such as a catheter or endoscope device includes an illumination light source having one or more organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The OLEDs are energized to produce illumination light that is received by an image sensor or camera to produce images of tissue within a patient's body. A heat conductive polymer conducts heat away from the illumination light source. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090018397 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090018398 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope has a solid image sensor introduced into a subject for picking up an image in the subject. The capsule endoscope includes a light-emitting unit for emitting illumination light for illuminating a view field of the solid image sensor; a lens frame for holding a lens to focus an image in the subject on a light-receiving surface of the solid image sensor, the lens frame having an upper end portion located at a position lower than an upper surface of the light-emitting unit; and a shield unit for shielding, from the illumination light, at least a partial area of the upper end portion of the lens frame which receives the illumination light. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090036742 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an insertion portion which is to be inserted into a subject, and an operation portion which is connected to a proximal end of the insertion portion, and held by a user. A light source is provided in the operation portion. A heat transmission frame is provided with the light source in the operation portion, is able to transmit heat generated by the light source, and is at least partially electrically insulated. An external heat radiation part is connected to the heat transmission frame, is at least partially exposed to the outside of the operation portion, and radiates heat transmitted to the heat transmission frame to the outside of the operation portion. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090062617 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE - A light source apparatus is provided with a diode as a light source that emits excitation light for exciting phosphors in an illuminator of an electronic endoscope. As excited, the phosphors emit fluorescent light, and the illuminator projects illumination light composed of the excitation light and the fluorescent light. The light source is driven by drive current supplied in the form of pulses in an exposure period of an imaging device of the endoscope. The number of pulses, the pulse width or the pulse amplitude is so controlled that the integral light volume and chromaticity of the illumination light are made proper regardless of individual variability in oscillation frequency of the light source. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090093681 | ENDOSCOPE - The present invention has a configuration that an observing portion observing an area to be examined and first and second illumination portions performing irradiation of illumination light are disposed on a distal end face of an insertion portion to be inserted into the area to be examined, and a first lens which is a distal end observation lens of an observation window of the observation portion is disposed at a position projecting to a distal end side beyond the distal end face. With the abovementioned configuration, an endoscope provided with an observation optical system of an object contact type performing contact observation to a live body where a sharp observation image can be obtained is provided. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090105544 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus is provided and includes: an imaging section that repeatedly takes an image of a subject to obtain a plurality of subject images; a contrast calculating section that calculates a contrast of the image with respect to each of the plurality of subject images; a time trigger generating section that receives an operation during repeatedly taking the image at the imaging section and issues a time trigger representing a time at which the operation is received; and a display section that displays a subject image when the time trigger is issued from the time trigger generating section, in which the contrast of the subject image calculated by the contrast calculating section is the highest among a part of the subject images having image-taking times in a time region including the time represented by the time trigger. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090177042 | Color image acquisition with scanning laser beam devices - An apparatus may include an interface to allow a scanning beam device to be coupled. The apparatus may include at least four lasers optically coupled with the interface. Each of the at least four lasers may provide a different wavelength visible spectrum light to the scanning beam device through the interface. An actuator driver of the apparatus may be electrically coupled with the interface. The actuator driver may provide actuator drive signals to the scanning beam device through the interface. The actuator drive signals may be operable to cause the scanning beam device to scan a beam of the different wavelength lights over a surface. An image generation unit of the apparatus may generate an image of the surface. The image may be generated based, at least in part, on light from the beam that has been reflected from the surface and detected by at least one photodetector. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090187077 | Battery-powered light source device for endoscope - A battery-powered light source device | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090198106 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes: a long insertion portion that is inserted into an examination object; an illumination portion provided at a distal end portion of the insertion portion, that irradiates illumination light at the examination object; an image pickup portion provided inside the distal end portion, that picks up reflected light captured in the insertion portion; and a heat radiating member that radiates heat emitted from at least one of the illumination portion and the image pickup portion. A distal end of the heat radiating member is disposed on a further proximal end side of the insertion portion than a maximum external diameter portion of the image pickup portion within the distal end portion. Therefore, not only can heat be radiated from the distal end portion of the insertion portion, but the distal end portion of the insertion portion can also be formed with a narrow diameter. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090216086 | ENDOSCOPE AND MEDICAL SYSTEM - An endoscope of the invention includes: an insertion portion including in a distal end portion thereof an image pickup portion for picking up an image of an object in a living body; an operation portion connected to a proximal end side of the insertion portion; a cable including a connector portion connectable to a processor for performing signal processing on a signal outputted when the image of the object is picked up; a light source portion for emitting light to illuminate the object, the light source portion being provided in the connector portion; a light transmitting portion for transmitting the light emitted from the light source portion to the distal end portion to emit the light to the object; and a heat-radiating portion capable of radiating heat emitted from the light source portion, the heat-radiating portion being provided in the connector portion. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090221874 | CODED STRUCTURE LIGHT - The present invention is a system and method for creating a three-dimensional model of a surface comprising a light source | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090287058 | ENDOSCOPY SYSTEMS - An endoscope insertion assembly for performing endoscopy, including an endoscope insertion tube operative for passage through a body cavity, and an optical assembly operative for inspection of the body cavity, the optical assembly being selectably insertable within the endoscope insertion tube. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090306478 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR USE IN ENDOSCOPE - An illumination device for use in an endoscope includes a light source, an optical fiber and a wavelength conversion member. The optical fiber guides light to a tip end of an endoscope insertion portion of the endoscope. The wavelength conversion member is provided at an emission end of the optical fiber. The wavelength conversion member configured to be excited by the light source. The illumination device can provide white illumination light obtained by mixing light emitted from the optical fiber and light obtained by exciting the wavelength conversion member by the light emitted from the optical fiber. Also, the illumination device can provide illumination light being different from the white illumination light, by using other excitation light. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090326329 | BOX FOR ENDOSCOPE - In a light source box disposed to project in a predetermined direction from an endoscope operation section and mounting a rear supporting body on a front supporting body, a cylindrical conductive body forming a notch is disposed in a battery storage section of the rear supporting body. On the rotating switch disposed on the rear end of the rear supporting body, an engagement section is mounted which integrates a resilient connector for the battery connection and a switch movable connector disposed up to the inner side face of the battery storage section. The movable connector is placed in an OFF position by displacement to the notch and is placed in an ON position by connect with the side face of the cylindrical conductive body due to rotational operation of the rotating switch. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100004512 | COUPLING AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An object is to provide a coupling that prevents connection failure of a scope and a light source device and that is compatible with existing scopes as well as to provide an endoscope system having the same. A coupling employed includes a columnar plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted and connected. The plug has engaging projections that are radially projected from and retracted into an outer circumferential surface thereof. The socket has a connection surface to which an end surface of the plug is abutted, a pressing member having a through-hole that is slightly larger than the outside diameter of the plug, a coil spring that urges the pressing member along an insertion direction of the plug toward the connection surface, and stopper members that stop the pressing member so as to push it in a direction opposite to a direction toward the connection surface until the engaging projections pass through the through-hole in the pressing member. The stopper members stop pushing the pressing member after the engaging projections pass through the through-hole in the pressing member. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100016673 | Ingestible Endoscopic Optical Scanning Device - An ingestible scanning device includes, in an embodiment, a capsule housing having a transparent window and sized so as to be ingestible, a photo-sensing array located within the capsule housing, a mirror located within the housing and oriented to direct an image from a surface outside the transparent window to the photo-sensing array, and a light source for illuminating the surface outside the transparent window. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100036203 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - It is possible to acquire a fluorescence distribution image for each fluorescent agent from a fluorescence image acquired in a mixed state, thus improving the diagnostic performance of cancer cells. There is provided an endoscope system ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100076269 | Systems and Methods for Treating Sinuses - Systems and methods for treating paranasal sinuses in a head of a patient include, for example, forming an opening through a canine fossa into a maxillary paranasal sinus and performing a procedure such as a balloon catheter dilation of the maxillary sinus ostium. In some embodiments, one or more procedures other than a balloon dilation procedure may be performed. In some embodiments, a combination of balloon dilation and one or more other procedures may be performed. Various approaches involve employing medical devices to accomplish alternative treatment modalities as well as taking alternative routes to the interventional site. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100125170 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE, SCANNING ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR, AND SCANNING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A scanning endoscope, comprising a first transmitter, an actuator, and a mirror, is provided. The first transmitter emits a beam of radiant light from the first emission end. The actuator moves the first emission end in a direction perpendicular to an emission direction. The mirror is arranged from the first emission end to the first direction. The mirror comprises a through-part and a reflection surface. The radiant light emitted from the first emission end passes through the through-part when the first emission end is within a first circumference. The reflection surface reflects the radiant light emitted from the first emission end toward the observation area around the first straight line when the first emission end is outside of the first circumference. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100179386 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE - A scanning endoscope comprising a light transmitter, a first actuator, a weight, and a second actuator, is provided. The light transmitter emits a beam of the light exiting the first emission end. The light transmitter is flexible. The first actuator is mounted near the first emission end. The first actuator bends the light transmitter in a second direction by pushing a side of the light transmitter toward the second direction. The weight is movable from the first actuator to the first emission end along the first direction. The weight changes a position of the center of mass of a protruding section by moving in unison with the light transmitter in the second direction when the first actuator bends the light transmitter. The second actuator moves the weight in either direction along the first direction. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100191060 | LIGHT GUIDE, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - Light from a light source enters a first small diameter fiber at an incident angle of 0°. Exit light from the first small diameter fiber has a substantially convex light intensity distribution in a diameter direction. Light from a light source enters a second small diameter fiber at an incident angle of 12°. Exit light from the second small diameter fiber has a substantially concave light intensity distribution in a diameter direction. The exit light from the first and second small diameter fibers enters a large diameter fiber via a fiber connector. Light inside the large diameter fiber has a substantially uniform light intensity distribution in a diameter direction with a light intensity not less than a predetermined value. The light is radiated as illumination light from a light exit section of the large diameter fiber. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100210910 | LIGHT-GUIDE, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - When light enters a first small diameter fiber at an incident angle of 0°, exit light from the first small diameter fiber has a substantially convex light amount distribution in a diameter direction. When light enters a second small diameter fiber at an incident angle of 12°, exit light from the second small diameter fiber has a substantially concave light amount distribution in a diameter direction. The exit light from the first and second small diameter fibers enters a large diameter fiber and is combined therein, making the light amount distribution uniform in the large diameter fiber. The large diameter fiber has a tapered core and a tapered clad in a light exit section. The light in the large diameter fiber is output from a light exit surface thereof and also leaked from the tapered clad. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100210911 | LIGHT GUIDE, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A large diameter fiber is composed of a multimode optical fiber and provided with a fiber body having a constant diameter in an optical axis direction XA and a tapered section tapered in diameter toward a light exit surface. An adhesive member attaches the large diameter fiber inside a retaining hole of a tubular housing such that an outer circumferential surface of a tapered clad of the tapered section is entirely exposed to air to a predetermined depth from the light exit surface. A light passing space is a ring-like space formed between the exposed outer circumferential surface of the tapered clad and an inner circumferential surface of the tubular housing. Light in the tapered section is output from the light exit surface and partially leaked to the tapered clad. A part of the leaked light is released from the light passing space. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100268033 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope includes a capsule body having a cylindrical section, and a transparent cover. In the capsule endoscope, a reflective optical system, an image forming optical system, LEDs, and an image sensor are contained. The cylindrical transparent cover is disposed in the middle of the cylindrical section in a longitudinal direction. Through the transparent cover, light is transmittable in 360 degrees around a central axis of the capsule body. The reflective optical system reflects the light that has entered the capsule body through the transparent cover to the image forming optical system. The image forming optical system forms a 360 degree image around the whole circumference of the cylindrical section on the image sensor. The 360 degree image is circular in shape. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268034 | SPECKLE REDUCTION OF MICROWHITE ENDOSCOPES - An endoscopic system with at least one light source for generating at least partially coherent light, for exciting fluorescent light, with at least one light-conducting element, where the at least one light source and the at least one light-conducting element are positioned in a proximal supply unit. It is further provided with an optical radiance transmission link in an insertion part and with at least one fluorescence converter for conversion into white light. According to the invention, at least one actuator is present, which is coupled with at least one light-conducting element and/or with the at least one light source and/or with the at least one fluorescence converter. With the help of the actuator, perturbations or fluctuations concerning the at least one light-conducting element and/or the at least one light source and/or the at least one fluorescence converter are generated and thereby reduce the speckles in the endoscopic image. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100280322 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR USE IN ENDOSCOPE - An illumination device for use in an endoscope includes a light source, an optical fiber and a wavelength conversion member. The optical fiber guides light to a tip end of an endoscope insertion portion of the endoscope. The wavelength conversion member is provided at an emission end of the optical fiber. The wavelength conversion member configured to be excited by the light source. The illumination device can provide white illumination light obtained by mixing light emitted from the optical fiber and light obtained by exciting the wavelength conversion member by the light emitted from the optical fiber. Also, the illumination device can provide illumination light being different from the white illumination light, by using other excitation light. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100317923 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE, AND DRIVING METHOD - An endoscope includes an elongated tube. An objective lens system is disposed in the elongated tube, for passing image light from an object. A fiber optic image guide includes plural optical fibers bundled together, has a distal tip, is inserted through the elongated tube, for transmitting the image light focused on the distal tip by the objective lens system in a proximal direction. A displacing device displaces the distal tip laterally and periodically upon receiving entry of the image light being focused by use of a piezoelectric actuator positioned outside the distal tip. An image sensor creates images in plural set positions of the distal tip. First to fourth images among the plural images created consecutively are combined to form a first synthesized image. Then second to fifth images among the plural images without use of the first image are combined to form a second synthesized image. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110009701 | OCT USING SPECTRALLY RESOLVED BANDWIDTH - The embodiments disclosed herein is related to a system for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid (i.e., scattering) materials utilizing multiple channels of information. The multiple channels of information may be comprised and encompass spatial, angle, spectral and polarization domains. More specifically, the embodiments disclosed herein is related to methods and apparatus for utilizing optical sources, systems or receivers capable of providing (source), processing (system) or recording (receiver) a multiplicity of channels of spectral information for optical coherence tomographic imaging of turbid materials. In these methods and apparatus the multiplicity of channels of spectral information that can be provided by the source, processed by the system, or recorded by the receiver are used to convey simultaneously spatial, spectral or polarimetric information relating to the turbid material being imaged tomographically. The multichannel optical coherence tomographic methods can be incorporated into an endoscopic probe for imaging a patient. The endoscope comprises an optical fiber array and can comprise a plurality of optical fibers adapted to be disposed in the patient. The optical fiber array transmits the light from the light source into the patient, and transmits the light reflected by the patient out of the patient. The plurality of optical fibers in the array is in optical communication with the light source. The multichannel optical coherence tomography system comprises a detector for receiving the light from the array and analyzing the light. The methods and apparatus may be applied for imaging a vessel, biliary, GU and/or GI tract of a patient. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110009702 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - The number of ACF can be readily counted without overlooking the existence of ACF to achieve reduced observation time. A fluorescence observation apparatus includes a light source unit inserted into a body cavity of a biological organism and emitting excitation light onto an inner wall of the body cavity; an image acquisition unit that acquires image information by acquiring an image of fluorescence generated when a fluorescent probe whose fluorescence characteristic changes by reacting with a molecule existing in an ACF formed in the inner wall of the body cavity is excited by the excitation light; a position control unit that moves the light source unit and the image acquisition unit relative to the inner wall of the body cavity; and a counting section that counts the number of fluorescence generation sites included in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110092772 | ENDOSCOPIC INSTUMENT WITH AN LED ILLUMINATION MODULE - An endoscopic instrument is provided with an LED illumination module having at least one LED arranged at the distal end of the instrument and having an electrical connection lead attached to this LED. The connection lead is a coaxial cable, which extends from the distal end to the proximal end of the instrument, and is designed for leading away the waste heat produced by the LED. At least one electrical conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to the LED in a heat-conducting manner. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110112369 | ENDOSCOPE SET - An endoscope ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110124966 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, SPECTROSCOPIC ELEMENT, OPTICAL UNIT AND OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical element includes a multilayer film which has a first transmittance characteristic in a first wavelength region, and has a second transmittance characteristic in a second wavelength region existing at the side where a wavelength is longer than that of the first wavelength region. The multilayer film has a transmittance characteristic where a first peak with a maximum transmittance exists in the second wavelength region. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110137126 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes a light source operable to generate coherent incident light, and a plurality of imaging optical fibres that are arranged in a fibre bundle, arranged to receive light at a proximal end of the fibre bundle, and arranged to transmit light to a distal end of the fibre bundle. The endoscope further includes a spatial light phase modulator between the light source and the fibre bundle, and arranged to receive the incident light from the light source and to adjust the relative phase of the incident light entering each of the plurality of imaging optical fibres. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110172492 | MEDICAL APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A medical apparatus includes a plurality of illumination windows which are disposed in a tip portion of an insertion unit to be inserted into a subject body and which emit light beams supplied from a plurality of light sources and having different spectra toward the subject body. The plurality of illumination windows include: a pair of first illumination windows; and a pair of second illumination windows which are disposed inside the pair of first illumination windows, respectively, and emit light beams having a shorter wavelength than light beams emitted from the pair of first illumination windows. The medical apparatus further includes an observation window through which to observe the subject body. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110208004 | ENDOSCOPIC LED LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM - An external endoscope light source system includes light emitting diodes for providing a light output to an endoscope. The light is provided to a fiber optic cable for transmission to the endoscope. A fiber optic receives a portion of the light output and provides the output to a color sensor for sensing color values. The color values are provided to a controller that adjusts power to the various LEDs to provide a white light output. Instead of a color sensor in the light source, the light source can receive a white balance signal from a video camera provided for an endoscope. The white balance signal varies intensity of light output from each of the LEDs to obtain a white light output. The camera also provides shutter speed of a camera image sensor to the light source. The shutter speed is used to pulse or modulate the light output only when the shutter of the camera is open. By modulating the light output by the light source, the amount of heat generated by the light source is minimized. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110218404 | LIGHT SENSING SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - The medical instrument includes an optical fiber sensor in which a plurality of FBG sections are formed, a reflector that forms reference light, a light source that outputs light by stepwise changing light beams of wavelengths of a predetermined interval, a coupler that splits light and generates interference light, a detection section that detects the interference light and a calculation section that calculates amounts of deformation of the FBG sections based on the detection result of the detection section. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110230722 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, ENDOSCOPE HAVING ILLUMINATION UNIT AND ILLUMINATION PROBE HAVING ILLUMINATION UNIT WHICH IS INSERTED INTO ENDOSCOPIC CHANNEL - An illumination unit includes a distal end frame member having a through opening, a plurality of illumination sections, and a holding member which is arranged in the through opening and holds the illumination sections to incline the illumination sections at a desired angle with respect an opening surface of the through opening and to form a cascade along the axial direction of the through opening. The illumination unit includes a reflective member which is configured to reflect the illumination light emitted from the illumination sections toward the opening surface, the reflective member being held by the holding member to face the illumination sections and to apply the illumination light externally emitted from the illumination sections from the inside of the through opening via the opening surface. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110245616 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An illumination device ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110257483 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light source device includes: a light emission part in which a plurality of illuminants are arranged on a support body; a light guide member in which light emitted from the light emission part is introduced into an incidence surface at one end of the light guide member; and a light collecting member which is located between the light emission part and the light guide member. The light collecting member comprises a plurality of tapered columnar bodies tapered toward the incidence surface of the light guide member. The plurality of tapered columnar bodies are placed so that base end portions thereof are each opposed to an associated one of light emission surfaces of the illuminants. A light emission window is formed at a position of the device, which is opposed to the incidence surface of the light guide member. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257484 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light source device includes: a light emission part in which a plurality of illuminants are arranged on a support body; a light guide member in which light emitted from the light emission part is introduced into an incidence surface at one end of the light guide member; and a light collecting member which is located between the light emission part and the light guide member. The light collecting member includes a plurality of tapered columnar bodies, which are placed so that tip portions thereof are opposed to the incidence surface of the light guide member and base end portions thereof are opposed to light emission surfaces of the illuminants. A selective translucent member for limiting transmission of an infrared component is located along an optical path leading from the light emission part to the incidence surface of the light guide member. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110263942 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - The present invention discloses an endoscope apparatus comprising a tube body, a cover, a first image capture module, a second image capture module and a connecting tube. The first image capture module captures an image with a first view, and the second image capture module captures an image with a second view. A first flexible printed circuit board (PCB) is disposed inside the tube body, and a second flexible PCB is disposed inside the connecting tube. The connecting tube is connected with the tube body via the connecting between the first flexible PCB and the second flexible PCB, so as to transmit the images captured by the first image capture module or the second image capture module. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110263943 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus that captures images of a target using returned light from the target irradiated with irradiation light. The endoscope apparatus comprises a first optical system that has an axial chromatic aberration and respectively focuses light in different wavelength regions contained in the irradiation light at different positions on an optical axis thereof; a second optical system that focuses first returned light in a different wavelength region than light contained in the irradiation light and second returned light in a different wavelength region than the first returned light at substantially the same position on an optical axis thereof, the first returned light and the second returned light being returned from focal positions of the irradiation light focused in the target by the first optical system; and a light receiving section that receives the first returned light and the second returned light focused by the second optical system. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110313254 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An object is to provide a light source device that can readily synchronize the lighting cycle of light sources and the rotation cycle of a light guide rod. Provided is a light source device ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120004508 | SURGICAL ILLUMINATOR WITH DUAL SPECTRUM FLUORESCENCE - In a minimally invasive surgical system, an illuminator includes a visible color component illumination source and a hardware non-visible fluorescence emission illumination source. Thus, the illuminator outputs target image illumination light in a first spectrum where the first spectrum includes at least a portion of the visible spectrum. The illuminator also outputs target image illumination light in a second spectrum, where the second spectrum includes non-visible light with a wavelength the same as a wavelength in an emission from a fluorophore. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120123212 | Endoscope with adjustable viewing angle - An endoscope with adjustable viewing angle includes a light outlet device on the distal end of the endoscope to radiate illuminating light at an angle of illumination and a light conductor to transmit illuminating light to the light outlet device such that the light outlet device can be moved to adjust the angle of illumination in relation to the endoscope and such that a flexible portion of the light conductor is configured and positioned in order to be elastically reshaped when the light outlet surface is moved. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123213 | ILLUMINATION UNIT AND ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An illumination unit includes semiconductor light sources, a target light quantity setting unit for setting a target light quantity for a total outgoing light quantity, a light quantity ratio setting unit for setting an outgoing light quantity ratio among the semiconductor light sources, an amplitude value setting unit for setting amplitude values of driving signals for the semiconductor light sources based on the set outgoing light quantity ratio and a driving signal generating unit for generating the driving signals by use of common pulse modulation control while keeping the set amplitude values. When the target light quantity is set, a driving pulse signal corresponding to the target light quantity is set in common among the semiconductor light sources. The driving pulse signal is formed to have amplitude values corresponding to the outgoing light quantity ratio to generate individual driving signals for driving the semiconductor light sources respectively. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120130175 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A light source apparatus includes a first rotational filter section that can place a blue filter, a green filter and a magenta filter in a light path, a second rotational filter section that can place a yellow filter in the light path and a band selection filter section that can place an NBI filter that limits blue and green light to a narrow band, wherein the first and the second rotational filter sections are controllable so that in the case of normal light imaging, the yellow filter is placed in the light path when the magenta filter is placed in the light path and in the case of narrow band imaging, the NBI filter is placed in the light path LP and the yellow filter is placed in the light path when the green filter is placed in the light path. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120149986 | MEDICAL APPARATUS EMPLOYING FLEXIBLE LIGHT STRUCTURES - A method of manufacture and medical apparatus that provides an apparatus useful in illuminating at least a portion of a lumen of a body. The apparatus includes an elongated flexible member and a polymer encasement portion encasing a plurality of light emitters. The light emitters may be electrically coupled to one another without the use of wire bonds, and in some embodiments may be coupled without intervening electrical paths or traces. A maximum cross-sectional dimension of the polymer encasement portion may be less than twice a dimension of one of the light emitters. In some embodiments the maximum cross-sectional dimension is less than or equal to the sum of the dimension of one of the light emitters and a marginal dimension by which an outer portion of the polymer encasement portion extends beyond the light emitter. Light emitters may be arranged linearly, helically or in partially overlapping back-to-back relation. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120157774 | ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM - An endoscopy system includes a lighting section for emitting blue narrow-band light, green band light and red band light, an endoscope using an image pickup device for splitting light into blue, green and red spectral bands for photometry, and a processing section for generating a special light inspection image and a normal light inspection image from images produced by the image pickup device. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120232348 | Disposable Medical Fiber Optic Light Guide Tube - A disposable attachment to a medical inspection or speculum device is disclosed that improves control of a fiber optic light source utilized in conjunction with the medical device to provide illumination within an internal body cavity. The attachment comprises a hollow guide tube and support having an attachment mechanism, wherein the attachment is adapted to affix to a medical device while the guide tube allows the fiber optic light to be fed therethrough and into the body cavity of interest. The guide tube provides physicians with a readily attachable and disposable alternative to existing methods of handling light sources, which often require diligent guidance and sterilization after each patient. In use, the device allows physicians to accurately inspect and diagnose conditions within a cavity by providing a stable light source to an existing instrument, whereafter the guide tube may be removed and discarded, and further the light may remain sterile. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120238820 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE, MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE - Provided is a nonlinear optical device capable of alleviating, without the need for a complicated compensation mechanism, temporal broadening and the waveform distortion resulting from a group-velocity dispersion slope, to thereby irradiate an object with short optical pulses having high peak power. The nonlinear optical device includes a short optical pulse source ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120245420 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - To prevent excitation light output from an output end of a light guiding portion causing damage to the eye when the light guiding portion which guides the special light output from a light source is detached from the insertion portion. Provided is an endoscope apparatus including: an insertion portion that is inserted into a body so as to irradiate special light to a subject observation portion inside the body and receives light output from the subject observation portion by the irradiation of the special light; and a light guiding portion that is optically connected to the insertion portion and guides the special light output from a light source to the insertion portion, wherein an output end for the special light in the light guiding portion is equipped with a diffusing portion that diffuses the special light guided by the light guiding portion. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120310047 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a first light source for emitting first light which is inputted to alight guide section that guides light to an examination area and projects the light onto the examination area and a second light source for emitting second light which is inputted to the light guide in which exit angles of the first and second light are changed simultaneously by an exit angle changing section, the first and second light being guided by the light guide section and projected onto the examination area. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130178706 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A scanning endoscope apparatus includes: a light source; first and second polarization sections; third and fourth polarization sections; a first wavelength separation section; a second wavelength separation section; a first detection section; and a second detection section. The scanning endoscope apparatus further includes: a first judgment section comparing light intensities of at least two of the light having a first wavelength band transmitted through the first wavelength separation section, the light having a second wavelength band transmitted through the first wavelength separation section, the light having the first wavelength band transmitted through the second wavelength separation section and the light having the second wavelength band transmitted through the second wavelength separation section to observe the return light on a surface area; and a second judgment section comparing light intensities of two which are not used by the first judgment section to observe the return light in a deep-part area of the subject. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130231536 | IN-VIVO IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS - An in-vivo imaging device and method for performing spectral analysis include inserting the in-vivo device into a patient's lumen, illuminating the tissue lumen and collecting the light scattered and reflected from the tissue. The device may comprise at least six illumination sources for illuminating the tissue. At least two of the six illumination sources illuminate at a different wavelength in the blue spectral region, at least two illuminate at a different wavelength in the green spectral region, and at least two illuminate at a different wavelength in the red spectral region. The illumination sources are adapted to illuminate in groups of three, wherein each group of three illumination sources comprises one illumination source that illuminates in the blue spectral region, one in the green spectral region, and one in the red spectral region. Each group of three illumination sources illuminates simultaneously. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130267781 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A light source device includes a first semiconductor light source, a second semiconductor light source, and a wavelength converter. The first semiconductor light source emits light in a first wavelength range. The second semiconductor light source emits light in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range. The wavelength converter absorbs the light in the first wavelength range to emit light in a third wavelength range different from either of the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range, and transmits the light in the second wavelength range substantially entirely. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130331654 | Transmission-Efficient Light Couplings and Tools and Systems Utilizing Such Couplings - Couplings designed and configured to optically couple light conductors in light-conducting cables to tools that require light at working regions of the tools. Examples of such tools include endoscopes and microscopes. Each coupling couples one or more pairs of light conductors, for example, optical fibers, with each other by locating the ends of each pair in confronting relation and by holding the light conductors so that their optical axes are substantially coaxial with one another. In this manner, light is efficiently transmitted through the confronting ends to minimize losses across the interface. Each coupling can include one or more pairs of mechanically interengaging alignment structures for ensuring that the light conductors are aligned properly. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130345517 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A light source apparatus for supplying an endoscope with light includes at least one light source unit for generating the light. A transparent light homogenizer includes an entrance end face, disposed on a proximal side in an optical axis direction, for receiving entry of the light, an exit end face, disposed on a distal side in the optical axis direction, for exiting the light traveling from the entrance end face, and a reflective interface, formed in a tubular shape between the entrance end face and the exit end face, for total reflection of the light in an internal manner and for directing the light in the optical axis direction. A photo sensor is disposed on the reflective interface, for measuring a light amount of the light. The light homogenizer regularizes the light amount of the light from the exit end face in a radial direction. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140031628 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE OF ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF ENDOSCOPE IMAGE - Illumination light for highlighting vessels and measurement light for measuring oxygen saturation level is applied alternately to a subject. A color image sensor images the subject illuminated with the illumination light and acquires a first blue signal, a first green signal, and a first red signal. The color image sensor images the subject illuminated with the measurement light and acquires a second blue signal, a second green signal, and a second red signal. An oxygen saturation level of hemoglobin in blood is calculated using the second blue signal, the first green signal and the first red signal. The first blue signal changed in accordance with the oxygen saturation level, the first green signal, and the first red signal are assigned to respective B, G, and R channels of a display. The display displays a “high-contrast vessel image with oxygen saturation level” that varies with the oxygen saturation level. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140046136 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING EFFECTS OF VIDEO ARTIFACTS - A method for reducing an effect of a video artifact includes adjusting a phase of a second imaging device's video clock signal so that a phase of the second imaging device's video synchronization signal matches a phase of a first imaging device's video synchronization signal. An endoscopic system includes a first imaging device, a second imaging device, a light source, and a controller that reduces an artifact in an image produced by the first imaging device. In some embodiments, the first imaging device faces the light source. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140100426 | BLUNT TIP CANNULA FOR INJECTION OF A MATERIAL INTO A PATIENT - Cannulas that are particularly configured for the injection of a fluid such as a dermal filler into the deep/sub-dermal tissue of a patient. The cannulas may include a substantially transparent cannula wall to facilitate visibility of fluids, including aspirated blood, within the cannula. The cannulas may also include palpation elements to facilitate palpation of the cannula when the cannula is inserted into the deep/sub-dermal tissue of a patient. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140100427 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE THEREOF, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - First to fourth narrow band light N1 to N4 is sequentially applied to an observation object by rotating a rotary filter for special observation set in an optical path of a broad band light source. A blood vessel enhanced image in which a superficial blood vessel and a middle to deep-layer blood vessel are enhanced is produced based on reflection images of the first and fourth narrow band light N1 and N4. An oxygen saturation image, which images an oxygen saturation level of hemoglobin in blood, is produced based on reflection images of the second to fourth narrow band light N2 to N4. The produced blood vessel enhanced image and the oxygen saturation image are displayed side by side on a monitor. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140128680 | FLUORESCENCE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A fluorescence endoscope apparatus includes a light source that radiates excitation light and reference light onto an examination target; a fluorescence-image generating portion that generates a fluorescence image by capturing fluorescence generated at the examination target due to irradiation with the excitation light; a reference-image generating portion that generates a reference image by capturing return light that returns from the examination target due to irradiation with the reference light; a division-image generating portion that generates a division image by dividing the fluorescence image generated by the fluorescence-image generating portion by the reference image generated by the reference-image generating portion; and a corrected-image generating portion that generates a corrected image based on the division image and the fluorescence image, wherein the corrected-image generating portion generates a corrected image in which a region that has relatively high luminance and that the division image and the fluorescence image have in common is emphasized. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140180011 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A scanning endoscope apparatus includes: a light source section that emits illuminating light; an optical fiber that guides and applies the illuminating light from a distal end, the illuminating light having directionality; a drive element and a scanning drive section that scan the distal end of the optical fiber; a light detecting section that detects light from a subject; a shutter and an intermittent light output control section that controls a light application period and an interruption period for the illuminating light; an extrinsic light component removal section that outputs a result of an average value of a plurality of light detection results obtained in the interruption period being subtracted from each of a plurality of light detection results obtained in the light application period; and an image processing section that forms image information for display, based on the result outputted by the extrinsic light component removal section. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140187867 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE - An electronic endoscope has a light source configured to emit normal light toward an object and a rotating filter configured to be positioned in the path of light that passes from the light source to an image sensor. The rotating filter has an optical band-pass filter and a ND filter. The electronic endoscope has further a rotation controller that synchronizes a light-path traverse-interval of the band-pass filter and a light-path traverse-interval of the ND filter with a field/frame interval; and an image generator that generates a normal image from broadband image-pixel signals and generates a spectral image from specific-band image-pixel signals. The image generator has a brightness adjuster that increases a brightness level of the spectral image. Then, the ND filter reduces an amount of light emitted from the light source to an amount of light that corresponds to an increased brightness of the spectral image. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140194690 | CHEMICALLY-SELECTIVE, LABEL FREE, MICROENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM BASED ON COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SCATTERING - An endoscopic microscopic system for collecting and processing a sequence of images. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140194691 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A scanning endoscope apparatus includes a light source section that emits illumination light, an optical fiber that irradiates the illumination light from a distal end to a subject with directivity, a drive element and a scanning drive section that perform scanning by the distal end of the optical fiber, a first light detection section that detects light from a direction of the distal end of the optical fiber, a second light detection section that detects light from an entire scanning range, and an image processing section that forms image information to be outputted to a display section based on a result of addition of a detection result corresponding to an external factor light component in a first light detection result and a second light detection result. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140194692 | ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope has an insertion portion inserted through a living body, an illumination fiber arranged at a distal end of the insertion portion and irradiates the living body with illumination light, a detection fiber which detects return light from the living body, an actuator which swings a free end of the illumination fiber, and a ferrule which has a through-hole based on a diameter of the illumination fiber and is arranged between the illumination fiber and the actuator. The actuator has an actuator arranged at a first side face of the ferrule and an actuator arranged at a second side face of the ferrule that is different from a face point-symmetric to the first side face with respect to an axial direction of the illumination fiber. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140221754 | SURGICAL LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - The present invention concerns a sterilisable and sterile distributor platform ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140275789 | SURGICAL LIGHT - A surgical light that uses multiple LEDs to produce superior illumination. Heat sinks are used to help dissipate heat produced from the LEDs. The light from the LEDs is directed, using collimizers, into fiber optic cables. The fiber light from the optic cables, using an LED combiner, is then combined and focused on a working area. The LED combiner may include an adjustable lens so that the device's illumination may be focused at multiple focal distances and with varied areas of illumination. The LEDs may be powered by a battery and may comprise one or more red LEDs, one or more blue LEDs, and one or more green LEDs. The surgical light may be used configured for use with headlamps, surgical scopes and the like. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140296644 | PANORAMIC ORGAN IMAGING - An imaging apparatus, including a pattern projecting device that projects a pattern onto a wall of a body cavity, the pattern including at least a first section and a second section. The apparatus also includes an illumination device that directs an illumination light onto the wall of the body cavity and an imaging device that, while in a first orientation directed to the first section of the pattern projected onto the wall, acquires a first image of the first section, and while in a second orientation directed to the second section of the pattern projected onto the wall, acquires a second image of the second section. The apparatus further includes a processor controlling the pattern projecting device and the illumination device such that the imaging device acquires the first and the second images during the use of the illumination light, and stitching the first image to the second image. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140303442 | LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICE - The invention is a laparoscopic device comprising an internal light source located at the distal end of the handle section, a central core comprising an optical system, and a light guide in the form of a cylindrical tube that is slipped over the central core. The light guide is adapted to cause the light emitted by the internal light source to propagate through it by internal reflection until light exits the light guide at the distal end of the laparoscope. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150119646 | Lead Implantation Method - A method of laparoscopically implanting an electrically stimulating lead proximate the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) of a patient includes delivering the lead through a port of a laparoscope inserted into the abdominal cavity of the patient through an incision in the abdominal wall. The stimulating electrode is implanted in or proximate the muscularis layer of the lower esophageal wall to treat esophageal reflux disease (GERD). The lead includes a needle and suture at its distal end for pulling the electrode into the muscular wall of the LES. Clips are applied to the suture attached to the distal end of the lead to prevent retrograde movement of the electrode. The lead also includes an anchoring member for anchoring the portion of the lead proximal to the electrode. The method and lead used with the method allow the surgeon to work within the confined anatomy present at the gastroesophageal junction and prevents backwards movement and dislodgment of the electrode. The implantation procedure can be combined with a hiatal hernia repair to repair the hernia and prevent recurrence of a hiatal hernia. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150141758 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM - A light source system includes an endoscope having an illumination section and an illumination control section connected to the endoscope and provided with a drive circuit that generates drive pulses for driving the light source, the light source system including: a type information generating section that generates type information regarding the endoscope; a signal generating section generates a signal indicative of a duty ratio of the drive pulses which is permitted to the illumination section; a light adjusting section that outputs light-adjusted drive pulses having a duty ratio not greater than a permissible duty ratio based on the type information and a limiting section that limits the light-adjusted drive pulses to have a duty ratio not greater than a duty ratio based on the signal from the signal generating section, and provides limited pulses to the drive circuit. | 05-21-2015 |
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| 20160066775 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY - Imaging spectrometers can be used to generate hyperspectral images for medical diagnoses, contaminant detection, and food safety inspections, among other applications. An exemplary imaging spectrometer includes an integrated position sensing array that measures the relative positions of the interferometer components based on an interference pattern generated by illuminating the interferometer with a reference beam. Such an imaging spectrometer includes a processor that controls the interferometer component position by actuating a voice coil and several piezo-electric elements to align the components with respect to each other and to provide a desired optical path length mismatch between the interferometer arms. In some cases, the processor may use feedback and feed forward control, possibly based on the actuators' transfer functions, for more precise positioning. The processor may also implement adaptive and recursive spectral sampling to reduce the image acquisition period. | 03-10-2016 |
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