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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371209 | Endoscope head The invention relates to an endoscope head which is equipped with a plurality of function-related units such as an optical/lens system, illuminating elements, rinsing nozzles and the like. The endoscope head substantially comprises a plurality of modular plug-in or ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7101451 | Tire building drum with a turn-up device and method for production of green tires A tire building drum with a turn-up device for production of unvulcanized tires, consisting of a horizontally disposed central bearing hollow shaft (1) with a driving spindle extending through the centre of the bearing hollow shaft, around which there are arr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6106456 | Device for examining cavities using an endoscope An endoscope assembly for stereoscopic observation of cavities has a head support, an observation system controllably mounted on the support to be aligned with an eye axis of an examining person, and an endoscope with an eyepiece funnel mounted on the hea... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5827172 | Optical system for electronic endoscopes An optical system for electronic endoscopes which makes it possible to thin tips of endoscopes and minimize illumination ununiformities. In this optical system, a prism having a half transmissive mirror film formed thereon is disposed on a rear side of an... | 10/27/1998 |
| 4517963 | Image-erecting barrel rotator for articulated optical arm An articulated optical arm adapted to optically link an endoscopic telescope to a viewing station through a series of mechanically interhinged and optically intercoupled arm sections, the last arm in the series being coupled to a terminal eyepiece through... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4369767 | Endoscope system An endoscope system comprises an endoscope, a camera unit, and a light source unit. A light splitting unit with a combined prism element for splitting light transmitted through an image guide is attached to an ocular section of the endoscope, and an eyepi... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4248213 | Articulated optical coupler An articulated coupler which, when inserted between an endoscope and a suspended television camera, allows all rotations of the endoscope to occur while automatically avoiding image rotation on the television screen. The coupler includes first and second ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 3994557 | Optical systems A dual viewing optical system, for attachment to an optical instrument, hng beam splitting means which can provide first and second beams of light, a first viewing position at which the first beam can be viewed, attached to the beam splitting means a fir... | 11/30/1976 |
