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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4775887 | Observation apparatus for artificial organs An observation apparatus for an artificial organ such as an artificial heart includes a first casing having the artificial heart and a video signal generating and transmitting apparatus therein and a second casing independent and remote from the first cas... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4773396 | Endoscope This electronic endoscope is provided with a flexible insertable part formed to be small in the diameter. A plurality of components provided in parallel are included within the insertable part tip. A second largest component which has a contour smaller th... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4759346 | Endoscope device This endoscope device is provided with two kinds of electronscopes different at least in the length of the insertion part and each housing a solid state imaging device on the tip side of the insertion part and a camera controlling unit making the respecti... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4757805 | Endoscope An endoscope according to the present invention comprises an insertion section which as a distal structure. An objective optical system is disposed in the distal structure so as to be substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. A solid-state ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4741327 | Endoscope having bent circuit board An endoscope of this invention includes a solid-state image sensor in a hard distal end portion of an insertion section thereof. A body cavity can be observed by utilizing the solid-state image sensor and an image reproduction apparatus. An objective opti... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4720178 | Optical system for endoscope An optical system is disclosed for an endoscope having a generally tubular distal end in which an objective lens assembly and a solid-state video camera are internally housed so that an image formed by the lens assembly is focussed upon the video camera. ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4711979 | Microwave oven video viewing device A microwave viewing device and, more particularly, an arrangement facilitating the internal viewing of a microwave oven during the preparation of a food product or the like in a microwaving process. The viewing device incorporates a tubular support which ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4692608 | Compact optical imaging system A compact optical imaging system with application to a viewing head of an endoscope. A lens assembly gathers and focuses light into parallel rays which are turned 90° from the lens assembly optical axis. A planar image sensor is oriented parallel to the ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4667656 | Endoscope apparatus having nozzle angularly positioned image sensor An endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope and a drive device connected to the endoscope and having a light source. In the distal-end surface of the insertion section of the endoscope, an observation window and an illumination window are provided. A sol... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4643170 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus includes an insertion section adapted to be inserted into a desired region. A distal end structure is fixed to the distal end of the insertion section. The structure has a support portion on which a solid-state image sensor is mount... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4641635 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope has an insertion section extended from an operation section. An observation window and an illumination window are formed in the distal end of the insertion section. The observation window is positioned nearer the distal end of the insertion s... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4633303 | Two-dimensional bandwidth compensating circuit for an endoscope using a solid state image pick-up device In an endoscope using for an imaging means a solid state image pick-up device with light receiving elements arranged two-dimensionally, deterioration of the imaging resolution two-dimensionally is prevented by providing frame memories to read the imaging ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4625714 | Endoscope having a control for image stand still and photographing the image An endoscope used for observing the interior of a cavity and the like of a living human body. The endoscope according to the present invention is of such an arrangement that an image sensor is provided in the forward end of an insertion section and an obj... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4622954 | Endoscope having a plate-like image sensor for forming images An endoscope includes in the viewing head of its insertable section into a cavity of a living body an image sensor for generating a video signal which in turn is transmitted to a television display to be visualized thereon as a television picture. The ima... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4621618 | Dual viewing and control apparatus for endoscope An endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope of the motor drive type which includes at least an image pickup means within an insertable portion thereof and are operable by giving operating orders to drive units for bending, air and water feed operations. ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4618884 | Image pickup and observation equipment for endoscope The resolution in observing or picking up the image of a subject is improved by providing a driving means to vibrate part of the optical observation system of an endoscope using the image guide made of fiber bundle or the image-forming optical system of a... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4615330 | Noise suppressor for electronic endoscope A noise suppressor is provided for an electronic endoscope which incorporates a diathermic cutter or an ultrasonic diagnosis system. The electronic endoscope utilizes a solid-state camera, and in order to prevent noises from being superimposed upon the si... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4597381 | Apparatus for monitoring an artificial internal organ The apparatus is intended to monitor operation of an artificial internal organ, such as an auxiliary heart, which is to be attached to the patient's body on the outer side. An optical fiber for image pick-up and another optical fiber for illumination are ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4590923 | Arthroscope-video camera assembly An arthroscopic assembly in which a video camera is enclosed in a tubular sterile housing formed, for example, of stainless steel, and which may be autoclaved for multiple procedures. The assembly includes a arthroscope detachably plugged into a mounting ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4590924 | Endoscope system An endoscope system includes an endoscope, an endoscope camera and a light source device. The light source device has an error detection unit for detecting an error of communication data and an error recovery unit for performing an error recovery operatio... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4573450 | Endoscope This disclosure depicts an endoscope inserted into a cavity in a human body or a component such as an engine, for observing the interior thereof. In the endoscope according to the present invention, a face plate-shaped image sensor provided on the forward... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4538542 | System for spray coating substrates A system for spray coating a substrate such as a plastic container with a gas barrier coating of a polymer dispersion. The system includes a spray coating booth or chamber including spray nozzles dispensing a spray of a coating material onto the surface o... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4532544 | Line-scan panoramic camera The present invention in general relates to a television camera for digital on-line image processing, comprising an optical imaging system which images an object area sensed by the camera into an image area adapted to be scanned element by element, and a ... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4503854 | Laser surgery A laser surgical system for use in the operating room is suspended on the ceiling and can be moved horizontally in an X-Y direction. The system has the laser tubes, power supplies and cooling unit in the suspended assembly. A carbon dioxide laser for cutt... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4480636 | Endoscope with image correction means In an endoscope for displaying an image of an object on a monitor screen, a static induction transistor (SIT) image sensor having a number of light receiving elements is arranged at a light emitting side of an image guide bundle. In order to eliminate dea... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4475540 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus is composed of an endoscope unit, a light source unit and a camera unit. The light source unit has a control station transmission circuit which becomes a control station. When the camera unit is mounted in the endoscope unit and the... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4473841 | Video signal transmission system for endoscope using solid state image sensor A video signal transmission system for an endoscope converts an electrical video signal produced by a solid state image sensor into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal to a control section through a fiber optic cable or like light carrying ... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4467361 | Image pick-up apparatus An apparatus for picking-up an image of an object including a solid state image sensor having a number of image sensing elements and an objective lens for projecting the image of the object onto the image sensor is disclosed. In order to remove a curvatur... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4327738 | Endoscopic method & apparatus including ultrasonic B-scan imaging Endoscopic method and apparatus are provided for the simultaneous visual and ultrasonic imaging of internal body parts through use of a probe insertable into a body cavity. The probe includes a rectilinear transducer array acoustically coupled to the body... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4301790 | Endoscope with electric image transmission In an exemplary embodiment a head with an installed television camera is present which head is connected in a plug-in fashion to a mobile tube section. The control of the orientation of the head during video exploration is effected by a system of hydrauli... | 11/24/1981 |
