G02B23/243

APPARATUS FOR HOMEOTHERMIC MANIPULATION OF LIVE ANIMAL FOR MICROSCOPIC IMAGING OF INTERNAL TISSUE
20230052607 · 2023-02-16 ·

The present invention relates to a fixation and body temperature maintaining apparatus for fixing a small animal in order to generate a high-resolution micro image of a predetermined tissue of the small animal within a biomicroscope with an object lens, which includes: a plate heater with a heat wire installed therein, on which the small animal is enabled to be directly placed; a glass heater holder fixed to a hole of the plate heater; and a glass heater fixed to the glass heater holder, and located above the tissue of the small animal and maintaining flatness of the tissue, and increasing a temperature of the tissue itself, in which a cover glass serving to adjust a refractive index of the object lens and a heat wire heater are integrally formed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a body temperature of a live small animal which is an object to be observed with a biomicroscope is maintained to be constant.

Objective optical system for endoscope
11576564 · 2023-02-14 · ·

An objective optical system for endoscope consists of a front group having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, and a rear group having a positive refractive power. The front group consists of a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power. The rear group consists of a third lens having a positive refractive power, a cemented lens of a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power. A shape of the second lens is a meniscus shape having a convex surface directed toward an image side. The sixth lens is cemented to a plane parallel plate, and the following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied:
1.0<f3/d6<2.8  (1)
1.7<|f1/f1<10  (2).

LENS UNIT
20230043603 · 2023-02-09 ·

A lens unit includes: a lens including a lens part formed at the center of the lens, and a flange part that extends radially outward from the periphery of the lens part and includes a rear end surface on its rear side; a transparent spacer that is disposed behind the lens in the optical axis direction and used for focusing the lens part, the spacer including a front end surface that opposes to the rear of the lens, a spaced-apart part that opposes to the lens part and is spaced apart rearward in the optical axis direction from the lens part, and a bonded peripheral part that extends radially outward from the periphery of the spaced-apart part; and an adhesive that is disposed between the rear end surface of the flange part and the bonded peripheral part and bonds the lens and the spacer.

IMAGE CAPTURING ASSEMBLY AND RELATED ENDOSCOPE
20230042245 · 2023-02-09 · ·

An image capturing assembly is provided and includes an image sensing device, a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a lens assembly. The image sensing device includes an electrical connecting component. The first circuit board includes a first contact. The image sensing device is mounted on the first circuit board, and the electrical connecting component is electrically connected to the first contact. The second circuit board includes a second contact. The second circuit board is affixed with the first circuit board and perpendicular to the first circuit board, and the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact, so that the second contact is electrically connected to the electrical connecting component by the first contact. The lens assembly is assembled with the image sensing device. Furthermore, a related endoscope is provided.

Compact multi-viewing element endoscope system

Endoscopes of this disclosure, such as colonoscopes, provide a broader field of view and allow extended access of surgical tools, and also enable efficient packing of all necessary elements in the tip section, while maintaining their functionality. Methods and systems of this disclosure include for capturing and displaying still and video images using an endoscope corresponding to a left-side looking viewing element, a front-looking viewing element, and a right-side looking viewing element of an endoscopic tip generated in a native aspect ratio.

ENDOSCOPE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE
20180003944 · 2018-01-04 · ·

An endoscope magnification optical system includes, in order starting from an object side, a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having positive power, and a third lens group including at least a meniscus lens with a concave surface facing the object side and a positive lens, and the endoscope magnification optical system is configured to magnify an optical image by moving at least the second lens group in an optical axis direction with respect to the first lens group, which is a fixed lens group, while a distance from a lens surface located the closest to the object of the first lens group to an image plane is kept constant.

ENDOSCOPE
20180013937 · 2018-01-11 ·

An endoscope includes at least one lens having a circular exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as length of a diameter of the lens, a sensor cover that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as one side length of the image sensor, a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the lens, the optical axis of the lens coinciding with a center of the imaging area.

Rod Lens Relay System With Reduced Chromatic Aberration
20230236411 · 2023-07-27 · ·

Improved fluoresced imaging (FI) endoscope devices and systems are provided to enhance use of endoscopes with FI and visible light capabilities. An endoscope device is provided for endoscopy imaging in a white light and a fluoresced light mode. A relay system includes an opposing pair of rod lens assemblies positioned symmetrically with respect to a central airspace. The rod lens assemblies include a meniscus lens positioned immediately adjacent to a central airspace and with the convex surface facing the airspace, a first lens having positive power with a convex face positioned adjacent to the inner face of the meniscus lens, a rod lens adjacent to the first lens having positive power and an outer optical manipulating structure selected from various designs providing chromatic aberration correction.

DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPE TO ROTATE
20230023413 · 2023-01-26 ·

A device for controlling an endoscope to rotate, relating to the technical field of non-destructive inspection, comprises a display device, a control assembly, a coiler and a lens, and further comprises a drive assembly disposed at a joint of the coiler and the lens, and electrically connected to the control assembly to allow users to adjust the angle of the lens by controlling the drive assembly. The drive assembly comprises: a low-speed drive element disposed at an end, away from the display device, of the coiler, and a rotating lever connected to an output shaft of the low-speed drive element. The lens is disposed on a side, away from the low-speed drive element, of the rotating lever. The low-speed drive element is a low-speed motor. The lens comprises a lateral lens and a front lens. The device for controlling an endoscope to rotate has the following advantages: the lens can be rotated to a suitable inspection position without manual operation or other auxiliary location devices, the display angle can be adjusted, using is convenient, and operation is easy.

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING
20230225599 · 2023-07-20 ·

An imaging system includes a first optical system configured to receive an imaging beam from a surgical region. The imaging beam including a first wavelength band and a second wavelength band. The imaging beam is directed along a first optical axis. The first optical system includes a dichroic beam splitter, and the first optical system is configured to direct a first optical beam associated with the first wavelength band along a first direction and direct a second optical beam associated with the second wavelength band along a second direction. The imaging system also includes a first sensor located along the first direction and configured to capture a first image associated with the first optical beam. The image system further includes a first relay lens system located along the second direction downstream from the first optical system and configured to receive the second optical beam.