Video camera housing for an endoscope

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10085625-B2
Application number	US-201314425955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2013
Priority date	Sep 5, 2012
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A housing for accommodating optical and electronic components of a video camera of a medical video endoscope. The housing including: a first housing part, a second housing part, the housing parts assembled together to form inner chambers for mounting the optical and electronic components and an axial passage for optically connecting the inner chambers; a window disposed in an end opening in the assembled housing parts, electrical connectors disposed in a wall in the assembled housing parts, wherein, in an unassembled configuration, the inner chambers are accessible from a surface substantially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the housing parts, and the first and second housing parts are configured to mate with each other in such a way that the inner chambers are hermetically sealed from an exterior of the assembled first and second housing parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing for accommodating optical and electronic components of a video camera of a medical video endoscope, the housing comprising:
a first housing part,
a second housing part, the first and second housing parts assembled together to form inner chambers for mounting the optical and electronic components and axial passages for connecting the inner chambers;
a window disposed in a distal end opening in the assembled first and second housing parts,
one or more electrical feedthroughs disposed to be hermetically sealed in a proximal end wall in the assembled first and second housing parts, and
an imaging sensor disposed within one of the inner chambers, the imaging sensor being electrically connected to the one or more electrical feedthroughs;
wherein, prior to assembly and after disassembly of the first and second housing parts, the inner chambers are accessible from a direction substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the first and second housing parts and, after assembly of the first and second housing parts, the first and second housing parts are configured to mate together with each other in such a way that the inner chambers are hermetically sealed from an exterior of the assembled first and second housing parts; and
the second housing part is a cylindrical tube and, in an assembled state, the first housing part is disposed within the cylindrical tube.

2. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the distal end opening is arranged on a distal end side of the second housing pall.

3. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the proximal end wall is arranged on a proximal end side of the first housing part.

Assignees

• Winter & Ibe Olympus

Inventors

• Stuehle Sebastian
• Scherr Patrick
• Jungbauer Sebastian

Classifications

• H04N23/555

  for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes · CPC title

• H04N23/54

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title

• A61B1/00126

  optical, e.g. for light supply cables · CPC title

• A61B1/051

  Details of CCD assembly · CPC title