Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical module for endoscope, endoscope, and manufacturing method of optical module for endoscope
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Application No.: US17076185Application Date: 2020-10-21
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Publication No.: US11366304B2Publication Date: 2022-06-21
- Inventor: Yusuke Nakagawa , Youhei Sakai
- 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.
- Priority: WOPCT/JP2018/017101 20180426,WOPCT/JP2018/044981 20181206
- Main IPC: G02B23/24
- IPC: G02B23/24

Abstract:
An optical module for endoscope includes an optical element, an optical fiber, a ferrule including a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and a side surface, an opening of an insertion hole being present on the first principal surface, the insertion hole having a bottom surface made of a transparent material, the optical fiber being inserted into the insertion hole, the optical element being bonded to the second principal surface, an opening of a groove connected to the insertion hole being present on the first principal surface, the grove having a bottom surface made of the transparent material, and transparent resin disposed in the insertion hole and the groove of the ferrule.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210116696A1 OPTICAL MODULE FOR ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MODULE FOR ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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