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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoshi Arakawa, Omiya, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128-6 ;
Abstract
An endoscope includes in the viewing head of its insertable section into a cavity of a living body an image sensor for generating a video signal which in turn is transmitted to a television display to be visualized thereon as a television picture. The image sensor with a shape such as a plate is located in a plane containing the longitudinal center line of the viewing head. According to the present invention, a mask having an opening formed at a position opposed to an image area of the image sensor is provided, so that any light other than the light contributing to the image formation can be prevented from falling into the image sensor.