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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an illumination optical system for endoscope having high light utilization efficiency. The illumination optical system for endoscope which is provided in contact with an end surface of a light guide at a distal end portion of an insertion part of an endoscope, includes a diffusion plate that is provided on the end surface of the light guide and that diffuses light from the light guide, in which the diffusion plate has a diffusion surface that is formed on a surface on a side of the light guide and a light guide unit that guides light diffused on the diffusion surface, the diffusion surface consists of a holographic diffusion plate, and the light guide unit consists of sapphire glass.