Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical connection module for endoscope, endoscope, and endoscope system
-
Application No.: US17117507Application Date: 2020-12-10
-
Publication No.: US11304591B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Kamee , Satoshi Ohara
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/07 ; F21V8/00

Abstract:
An optical connection module for an endoscope includes: an optical fiber having a fiber end surface and configured to guide a part of emitted light emitted from a light source and incident on the fiber end surface; a ferrule having a ferrule end surface with an opening of a through-hole into which the optical fiber is inserted, the ferrule including a scatterer configured to scatter, in an inside of the ferrule, a part of the emitted light incident on the ferrule end surface, the ferrule being configured to emit scattered light generated by scattering from a side surface; and an optical sensor arranged in the periphery of the side surface of the ferrule and configured to receive the scattered light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210085160A1 OPTICAL CONNECTION MODULE FOR ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
Information query