In order to reduce costs for endoscopic examinations and to enable new operating concepts, an image recording arrangement is provided in which an adapter that enables bi-directional communication between a camera control unit and an image generation unit which has an image sensor. A standardized data interface is configured between the camera control unit and the adapter. The adapter is defined for use with a specific type of image generation unit. Accordingly, the adapter has a communication apparatus which translates control and adjustment commands transmitted by the camera control unit into a format processable by the image generation unit and provides image data from the image sensor in a format processable by the camera control unit. The camera control unit can therefore access, control and adjust the image generation unit and can display image data from the image generation unit without adaptation to the image generation unit connected to the adapter and therefore without knowledge of said image generation unit.

An endoscope includes a shaft having proximal and distal ends and a longitudinal axis therebetween. A handle is coupled to the proximal end of the shaft, and an image sensor is carried on the distal end of the shaft. A channel extends through at least a distal shaft portion and has a channel diameter, and a section of the channel is re-configurable between a constricted shape and a non-constricted shape to accommodate tools introduced therethrough. The combined diagonal dimension and channel diameter is usually greater than the outer shaft diameter. The image sensor may be connected to a connector on the housing by a first slack flex circuit and a lights source on the shaft may be connected to a connector on the housing by a second slack flex circuit.

An electronic device may include a shaft insertable into a target area, and an electronic component configured to generate a signal. The electronic component may be on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include at least one antenna on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include a receiver operatively coupled to the antenna. The receiver may monitor an electrical characteristic of the antenna to identify an effect of an electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna. The electronic device may also include a processor communicatively coupled to the receiver. At least one of the receiver and the processor may predict an effect of the electromagnetic field on the signal generated by the electronic component, based at least in part on the effect of the electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna.

A medical apparatus and a method of manufacturing the medical apparatus, which have an advantage in cost performance, are provided even if optical fibers are used therein. The medical apparatus includes, therein, a first optical fiber 6322 configured to transmit an optical signal, a second optical fiber 651 configured to transmit an optical signal, and a first optical connector 66 configured to connect the first optical fiber 6322 and the second optical fiber 651.

An imaging module includes an electric cable including a plurality of wirings, an imager having an imaging surface intersecting an axial direction of a distal end of the electric cable, and a flexible wiring board configured to electrically connect the imager and the electric cable. The wiring board includes a plurality of extending portions that extend from at least three portions of a connection portion connected with the imager. At least one wiring pad to which at least one of the plurality of wirings of the electric cable is connected is provided in each of the plurality of extending portions.

A distal end unit for endoscope is provided in a distal end portion of an insertion portion and includes: an electronic module including an optical system and an electrode; a substrate including a connection portion electrically connected to the electrode of the electronic module, and including a connection land on which an electronic component is mounted; a holding member holding the electronic module and the substrate connected to the electrode; and a distal end frame body made of resin, on which the electronic module, the substrate and the holding member are integrally mounted via insert molding by loading the holding member holding the electronic module and the substrate in a mold such that an entrance surface of the optical system is exposed at an outer surface of the distal end frame body and the connection portion extends to a proximal end side.

The invention concerns a handle for a video endoscope for medical or industrial applications, comprising a housing and an interface portion, where the interface portion includes a first connector element at its distal end connected to an electric transmission element that is connectable to a connector element of an associated elongate shaft to form a detachable electrical and/or mechanical connection between the handle and the associated shaft. The includes an electrical connection assembly arranged at an exterior of the interface portion forming an electrical connection between the electric transmission element and a stationary electric and/or electronic component of the handle. The handle also includes at least a first bearing for rotatably supporting the interface portion in and/or at the housing, such that when the shaft and handle are connected the shaft is rotatable via the rotatably supported interface portion relative to the housing of the handle.

The present invention provides a detection packaging structure and an in-vivo detection apparatus that are based on a flexible tube. A detection circuit board and a main circuit board that are perpendicular to each other are used, a first conducting material is disposed on a first side surface of the detection circuit board, a second conducting material capable of being conducted to the first conducting material is disposed on a second side surface, and when a detection component is connected to the first side surface of the detection circuit board, a wiring terminal of the detection component is capable of being welded to the first conducting material. In this way, based on the present invention, difficulty of welding operations is reduced, welding strength and reliability are enhanced, and welding stability in a plurality of motion statuses is satisfied. Based on the present invention, stable mounting and use of the detection component are further ensured through assembly of the main circuit board and the detection circuit board, so that the detection component is not impacted by external force. In addition, the detection circuit board is perpendicularly disposed on a first side surface of the main circuit board, which helps rationalize space utilization, thereby facilitating reduction of an overall size of the structure.

An endoscope camera system and an image signal transmission method thereof are aimed at resolving a problem that an existing endoscope camera system cannot ensure a normal image output. The system may include a camera module, an image processing module, a front panel function switching module, a front panel control module, and a plurality of signal forwarding modules; when image signal transmission between an external monitor and the image processing module is abnormal, a signal forwarding module m is configured as a signal forwarding station that is used for bridging the image signal transmission between the image processing module and the external monitor. After receiving an image signal, the signal forwarding module m reprocesses the image signal and continues to send the image signal to the external monitor, thereby effectively avoiding signal attenuation and signal interference during the image signal transmission, and achieving an effect of ensuring a normal image output.

An endoscope includes an opto-electric composite module, an optical fiber, and a plurality of electric cables each including a core wire and a shielding wire. The opto-electric composite module includes a light emitting device, a wiring board including a plurality of bonding electrodes to which the plurality of core wires are bonded, a ferrule causing the optical fiber inserted into a first through hole to be optically coupled to the light emitting device, and a cable holder having grooves to which the plurality of core wires are fixed with the plurality of core wires so disposed as to be bonded to the plurality of respective bonding electrodes. The cable holder is a holder conductor electrically connected to a ground potential electrode of the image pickup device, and the shielding wires in the electric cables are bonded to the holder conductor of the cable holder via an electrically conductive member.