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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Motokazu Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Masaaki Ueda, Sagamihara, JP;
Toru Shinmura, Hachioji, JP;
Keiji Shioda, Hachioji, JP;
Kyo Imagawa, Ome, JP;
Nobuaki Akui, Hino, JP;
Shigeyasu Kishioka, Kokubunji, JP;
Koji Yasunaga, Hino, JP;
Junichi Nozawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Takashi Fukaya, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshiya Sugai, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Shimomura, Hachioji, JP;
Hitoshi Karasawa, Hachioji, JP;
Kazutaka Nakatsuchi, Hino, JP;
Takeaki Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A surgical microscope apparatus incorporating a frame portion placed on a floor, a microscope body for stereoscopically observing a portion to be operated, an arm portion supported by the frame portion and arranged to suspend the microscope body, and an endoscope for observing a blind spot for a stereoscopic observation field of view. The frame portion has a light source unit for generating light for illuminating a portion observed with the endoscope and a camera control unit for processing an observed image of an observed portion obtained by the endoscope. A light guide fiber extending from the light source unit to the microscope body and capable of supplying light to the endoscope, and a camera cable for transmitting the image observed with the endoscope to the camera control unit extend in the arm portion. The microscope body is provided with an end of the light guide fiber for connecting the endoscope and a camera head connected to the camera cable.