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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2007
Applicant:
Mitsujiro Konno, Hino, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsujiro Konno, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging module for endoscopes includes a convex lens and an image sensor in which mutual positions are fixed and a plurality of optical modules that are selectively mountable with respect to the fundamental module so that the observation condition is switched in accordance with an optical module selectively mounted. The imaging module for endoscopes is constructed so that when each of the optical modules is mounted to the fundamental module, an image position and an angle of oblique incidence of light of an observation image on the image sensor are practically unchanged.