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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Matsumoto, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/002 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0623 (2013.01); A61B 1/002 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope of the present invention includes a first positive lens configured to concentrate light emitted from a light source onto an internal focus point and to emit the concentrated light to irradiate an object. The focus point is located on an incidence side from an intermediate point on an optical axis of the first positive lens.