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Title:
OPTICAL DEVICE, WIRELESS ENDOSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/028969
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an optical device, a wireless endoscope, and an endoscope system which have a thin tubular part and are capable of allowing illumination light to efficiently enter a light guide member inside the tubular part. An optical device (1) comprises a holding part (2) and a tubular part (3), the optical device (1) further including a light source (11), a light guide member (12) formed from a medium that has a refractive index greater than (1), and a light conversion member. The light guide member has a first light guide region (12') that has an incident end face (2a) and a second light guide region (12") that has an emission end face (12b), the incident end face (12a) has a diameter greater than the diameter of the emission end face (12b), and at least a portion of the second light guide region (12") is included in the tubular part.

Inventors:
ASAOKA NOBUYOSHI (JP)
TAMURA KAZUAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/031644
Publication Date:
February 18, 2021
Filing Date:
August 09, 2019
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B1/07; A61B1/00
Foreign References:
JP2012213562A2012-11-08
JPS52149133A1977-12-12
JPH09122065A1997-05-13
JP2001353124A2001-12-25
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAITO Keisuke (JP)
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