IP Library Granted Patent US 8,328,715
Granted Patent B2
US 8,328,715 · App. 12/072,640 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Adaptor optical system for endoscopes and endoscope

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Patent No.
US 8,328,715
App. No.
12/072,640
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system which can be detached and attached is constituted such that it is arranged at the object side of an objective optical system for endoscope in which an incidence pupil is arranged, and a middle image of the objective is formed at its inside, and in the arrangement state, the incidence pupil of the objective optical system for endoscope is relayed at a predetermined position which is more projected toward the utmost object side than a surface at the object side in the endoscope. (An incidence pupil which is conjugate with an incidence pupil is arranged at a position which is more projected toward the object side by a predetermined amount than a surface which is at the utmost object side in the endoscope).

Claims (10)

1. An endoscopic adapter optical system configured to be arranged on an object side of an endoscopic objective optical system that has, inside thereof, an entrance pupil,

wherein, in a state where arranged on the object side of the endoscopic objective optical system, the endoscopic adapter optical system forms, at a position inside thereof, an intermediate image of an object, and relays the entrance pupil of the endoscopic objective optical system to a predetermined position that is closer to the object side than a most object-side surface of the endoscopic adapter optical system.

2. The endoscopic adapter optical system according to claim 1 , wherein an optical element having a side surface with diffusivity is arranged at the position of the intermediate image.

3. The endoscopic adapter optical system according to claim 1 , wherein an optical element having a side surface with light absorbing material is arranged at the position of the intermediate image.

4. An endoscope comprising:

an endoscopic objective optical system having, inside thereof, an entrance pupil; and

a top part optical system arranged on an object side of the endoscopic objective optical system,

wherein the top part optical system is configured to form, at a position inside thereof, an intermediate image of an object, and to relay the entrance pupil of the endoscopic objective optical system to a predetermined position that is closer to the object side than a most object-side surface of the top part optical system.

5. The endoscope according to claim 4 , wherein an optical element having a side surface with diffusivity is arranged at the position of the intermediate image.

6. The endoscope according to claim 4 , wherein an optical element having a side surface with light absorbing material is arranged at the position of the intermediate image.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062492/0267 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036276/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2008
From: TAKAHASHI, SUSUMU
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 020631/0021 →