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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:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Katsurada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128-6 ; 439577 ; 439909 ;
Abstract
A connector apparatus for an endoscope comprising a light guide connector for connecting an incident end of a light guide fiber bundle to alight source apparatus. An electrical connector is removably attached to the light guide connector to provide electrical connection with an external device. A flexible cable is connected at one end thereof to the electric connector and at the other end thereof to the light guide connector.