US4853772A
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Electronic endoscope apparatus having isolated patient and secondary circuitry
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1988-02-22
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Granted: 1989-08-01
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Expires: 2008-02-22
Abstract
Abstract This electronic endoscope apparatus comprises an endoscope provided with an imaging apparatus converting a light information of an object to be imaged to an electric signal and a signal processing apparatus processing the output signal of the imaging apparatus to be a video signal. The signal processing apparatus has an isolating device isolating and transmitting the information from the imaging apparatus from the patient circuit side to the secondary circuit side and a converting device converting the signal from the imaging apparatus to a signal adapted to be transmitted by the isolating device and delivering it to the isolating device.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenichi Kikuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:15
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B1/00; A61B1/00002; A61B1/00004; A61B1/00009; H; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/50; H04N23/555; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/908
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus, comprising: an endoscope having an imaging means for converting a light information of an object to be imaged to an electric signal; and a signal processing means having an isolating means for isolating and transmitting the information from the imaging means from a patient circuit side to a secondary circuit side, and a converting means for converting the signal from said imaging means to a signal adapted to be transmitted by said isolating means and delivering the adapted signal to said isolating means, and processing the output signal of said imaging means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus, comprising: an endoscope having an imaging means for converting a light information of an object to be imaged to an electric signal; and a signal processing means having an isolating means for isolating and transmitting the information from the imaging means from a patient circuit side to a secondary circuit side, and a converting means for converting the signal from said imaging means to a signal adapted to be transmitted by said isolating means and delivering the adapted signal to said isolating means, and processing the output signal of said imaging means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said converting means has a modulating means modulating the signal from said imaging means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said converting means has an A/D converting means A/D converting the signal from the above mentioned imaging means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3 further having a noise reducing means for delivering a noise reduced signal to said converting means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said noise reducing means is a correlated double sampling circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said isolating means is a high frequency transformer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said isolating means is a photocoupler.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said isolating means is a light transmitting means using a light conductor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said light conductor is an optical fiber.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said isolating means is a pulse transformer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said isolating means is high in the pressure proofness on the basis of the safety standard of medical devices.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
An electronic endoscope according to claim 11 wherein said isolating means can endure a high voltage of at least 4 Kv.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electronic endoscope according to claim 2 further having a demodulating means taking out the original information from the modulated signal transmitted through the isolating means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said signal processing means has a means of separating a lumin signal and color carrier from the base band of the output signal of said imaging means and said modulating means modulates said luminance signal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said signal processing means has a means of separating respective color signals from the output signal of said imaging means and said modulating means is to modulate said respective color signals.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
57 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said signal processing means has a means of producing a luminance signal and two color difference signals from the output signal of said imaging means and a means of sequentializing said two color difference signals and said modulating means modulates said luminance signal and sequentialized color difference signals.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
54 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said signal processing means has a means of producing a luminance signal and two color difference signals from the output signal of said imaging means and a means of modulating at right angles-said two color difference signals and said modulating means modulates said luminance signal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 3 further having a D/A converting means for D/A converting the digital signal transmitted through said isolating means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 18 wherein said signal processing means has a digital signal processing means provided between said A/D converting means and said D/A converting means and an analogue signal processing means provided in the rear step of the above mentioned D/A converting means.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
29 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising an isolating means isolating the patient circuit side and secondary circuit side from each other and transmitting timing pulses.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electronic endoscope apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said signal processing means has a means of producing a luminance signal and sequentialized color difference signals from the output signal of said imaging means and said A/D converting means A/D converts respectively said luminance signal and sequentialized color difference signals.
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