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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2009
Tomoaki Toriya, Sakura, JP;
Takashi Tsumanuma, Sakura, JP;
Keiji Kaneda, Sakura, JP;
Kenichi Nakatate, Sakura, JP;
Tomoaki Toriya, Sakura, JP;
Takashi Tsumanuma, Sakura, JP;
Keiji Kaneda, Sakura, JP;
Kenichi Nakatate, Sakura, JP;
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system of the present invention includes: an image fiber with an image fiber main body made of a plurality of cores for forming pixels and a cladding common thereto; and an optical system connected to an eyepiece side of the image fiber for causing laser light to enter the image fiber and for taking in an image from the image fiber, in which the image fiber has the cores arranged substantially uniformly over a cross-section of the image fiber main body, the cross-section being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the image fiber main body.