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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. 31, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dominck Danna, Syracuse, NY (US);
Assignee:
Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; H04N / ; H04N / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 76 ; 348 65 ; 348 68 ; 348 87 ; 600109 ; 600110 ;
Abstract
An endoscope including an insertion tube containing a TAB imager package in the distal end thereof. The imager is mounted in a complementary opening formed in a circuit board and the board is aligned along the central axis of the insertion tube. Fine pitch leads extend from between the imager and a transparent window covering the imager to both sides of the imager. The leads are bonded to traces on the board which connect the leads to circuitry mounted on the board. A reflecting surface optically couples the imager to a forward viewing lens system.