Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜装置
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Application No.: US12907297Application Date: 2010-10-19
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Publication No.: US08597179B2Publication Date: 2013-12-03
- Inventor: Mitsutaka Kokubo
- Applicant: Mitsutaka Kokubo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-172420 20090723
- Main IPC: A61B1/04
- IPC: A61B1/04

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes an insertion portion inserted into a body, an optical member arranged exposed from an outside surface at a distal end of the insertion portion, an objective optical system that condenses light impinged from the optical member, an electronic image pickup circuit that photoelectrically converts the light condensed by the objective optical system, a heat absorbing section arranged in the vicinity of the electronic image pickup circuit for absorbing heat generated from the electronic image pickup circuit, a heat transfer section extending toward the optical member side for transferring heat of the heat absorbing section, a heat radiation section arranged in the vicinity of the optical member for radiating heat transferred by the heat transfer section to the optical member, and a heat transfer member that is formed by patterning a metal foil on an insulating, flexible film member and includes the heat absorbing section, the heat transfer section and the heat radiation section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110092769A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-04-21
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