KR200305061Y1 - Endoscope camera having lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention converts the reflected light into an electrical signal (video signal) by irradiating light onto a subject (a subject of a subject refers to an affected part of a person or an animal), and then determines the state of the subject and analyzes the determined information. The present invention relates to an endoscope camera having a lamp that provides an accurate countermeasure or treatment.

The first embodiment of the present invention is made by configuring the lamp unit 7 in the endoscope adapter 5 coupled with the camera unit 2 and installing the lamp 8 therein.

In the second embodiment, the endoscope adapter 5 is coupled by the locking means 6 to the camera unit 2 in which the camera 1 and the camera cell 19 are incorporated.

The present invention as described above, first, by using the halogen lamp 35 or LED lamp 36 as a lamp means 8 can simplify the equipment can be produced at low cost, easy to use, storage and We can carry around conveniently.

Second, various types of endoscope adapters 5, which combine lenses and endoscopes suitable for each use, are separated and assembled by the locking means 6 so that the camera unit 2 can be used as a dedicated diagnostic device for each use. It is effective to make precise and accurate diagnosis for each use.

Description

Endoscope camera having lamp

The present invention relates to an endoscope camera having a lamp, and more particularly, the light reflected by irradiating light onto a subject (a subject of a subject refers to a human or animal affected part) as an electrical signal (video signal). The present invention relates to an endoscope camera having a lamp which converts to determine a state of a subject and analyzes the determined information to provide an accurate coping or treatment method.

In general, medical endoscopes are divided into flexible endoscopes and rigid endoscopes, and flexible endoscopes are composed of an operation part, a connector part, an insertion part (flexible part), a curved part (tip / angle part) and a light guide, a light source device, an optical fiber, an image output device, and the like. The light provided from the light source device is delivered to the tip of the endoscope inserted by the light guide composed of optical fiber (or glass fiber), and the internal structure of the body is combined with the medical image output device. An electronic or fiber scope that is used to observe and diagnose the digestive tract (or ear canal, bifoin, bronchus, abdominal cavity, etc.).

Hard endoscope consists of eyepiece, insertion part, light source device connection part (light guide), light source device, optical fiber, image output device, etc., and the light provided from the light source device like the flexible endoscope is connected to the light guide composed of optical fiber (or glass fiber). It is delivered to the distal end of the endoscope inserted by the electronic scope or fiber scope used to observe and diagnose the sinus, joints, bladder, use, etc. by combining the internal structure of the body with a medical image output.

However, the above-mentioned conventional flexible and rigid endoscopes all transmit light and irradiate a subject using optical fibers.

Therefore, when the optical fiber is used, the light source device and the light guide must be used, and thus, the equipment is complicated and expensive, complicated operation is inconvenient to use, and storage and transportation are cumbersome.

Therefore, the present invention is designed to solve the conventional problems as described above, the first object of the present invention is to simplify the equipment by using only the lamp means to produce a low cost and simplify the use Provided is an endoscope camera having a lamp such as which can be conveniently stored and transported.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an endoscope camera having a lamp that can replace an endoscope adapter for another use in a camera unit in which the camera of the "endoscope camera with a lamp" is incorporated.

As a means for achieving the first object of the present invention for constructing a lamp unit in the endoscope adapter of the "endoscope camera with a lamp" and to install a halogen lamp or LED (LED) lamp therein for dissipating heat of the lamp The heat sink and the case for preventing burns are installed and configured, and a plurality of contact terminals for applying power to the lamp are installed and configured.

As a means for achieving the second object of the present invention, the endoscope and the endoscope unit provided with a lens suitable for each use in the camera unit with a built-in camera can be replaced by the locking means to be used as a dedicated diagnostic device, the locking means The stopper ball is inserted into and installed in the front of the body of the camera unit, and the stopper ring and the elastic spring are inserted into the outer part of the body in front and rear thereof, respectively, and the lock having protrusions on the outside of the stopper ring and the elastic spring. And a release adjusting knob is inserted into the lens housing, and a lens housing is formed at a rear portion of the lens adapter, and a lock groove is formed at an outer portion thereof to lock the stopper ball.

1 is an overall combined configuration of the "endoscope camera with a lamp" according to the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing a separated state of the "camera unit" and the "endoscope adapter" in the "endoscope camera having a lamp" according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a separate example of the "lamp cover unit" and "lamp socket unit" by extracting the "endoscope adapter" according to the present invention is a view showing another example of the lamp.

Figure 4 is a state of use of the "endoscope camera with a lamp" according to the present invention.

<Simple explanation of the symbols according to the main parts of the drawings>

1: camera 2: camera unit

3: endoscope 4: lens

5: endoscope adapter 6: lock means

7: lamp unit 8: lamp

9: Body 10: Stopper Ball

11: Stopper ring 12: Spring

13: lock and release adjustment knob 14: lens housing

15: Lock Home 16: Camera Housing

17: cap 18: fixing member

19: camera cell 20: guide

21: Spiral guide groove 22: Focusing knob

23: Guide protrusion 25 ~ 25i: 1st-10th contact terminal

26: body 27: lamp cover unit

28: lampholder unit 29: case

30: heat sink 31: case

32: heat release hole 33: cap

35: halogen lamp 36: LED lamp

Hereinafter, described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings shown as a preferred embodiment as follows.

First, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the endoscope adapter 5, in which the endoscope 3 and the lens 4 for each application, are installed in the camera unit 2 in which the camera 1 is incorporated, is replaced and coupled by the locking means 6. The endoscope adapter (5) constitutes a lamp unit (7) and installs the lamp (8).

The locking means 6 for replacing and coupling the endoscope adapter 5 to the camera unit 2 has a stopper ball 10 inserted into the front of the body 9 of the camera unit 2 as shown in FIG. The front and rear of the stopper ring 11 and the elastic spring 12 are inserted into the outer portion of the body 9, respectively, and the outer side of the stopper ring 11 and the elastic spring 12 are locked and released. The adjustment knob 13 is inserted and installed to form a projection 13a for pushing the stopper ball 10 to the inner side of the lock and release adjustment knob 13.

The protrusion 13a is inserted between the stopper ring 11 and the elastic spring 12 to prevent the lock and release adjustment knob 13 from being separated.

In addition, a lens housing 14 is formed at a rear portion of the endoscope adapter 5, and a lock groove 15 is formed at an outer portion of the lens housing 14 to lock the stopper ball 10.

The camera unit 2 constitutes a camera housing 16 and a cap 17 at a rear portion thereof, and the camera 1 is installed inside the camera housing 16, but the camera 1 is a CCD camera. It is preferable to use.

The front part of the camera 1 is provided with a camera cell 19 for converting a signal of light into an electrical signal (image signal) by the fixing member 18 and focusing the subject.

The focusing means of the camera cell 19 forms a guide hole 20 at one side of the body 9 and installs a focus adjusting knob 22 having a spiral guide groove 21 at an outer side thereof. The fixing member 18 protrudes to form a guide protrusion 23 to penetrate the guide hole 20 so as to be inserted into the spiral guide groove 21.

First and second contact terminals 25 and 25a are provided in front of the camera cell 19 by holders 24.

The endoscope adapter 5 has a built-in lens 4 inside the lens housing 14 configured in the rear portion, the lens 4 is installed a lens for each purpose.

The lens housing 14 is coupled to the body 26 and the endoscope 3 is configured to be coupled to the front of the body 26, and the third and fourth contact terminals 25b are disposed at the rear of the lens housing 14. Install (25c).

The endoscope (3) is composed of a plurality of lens groups inside the front end portion (3a) of the front, and the optical fiber for lighting is embedded, the outer shell is made of stainless steel, which is not toxic and durable, and guides the illumination light to the subject It serves to transmit the light reflected from the subject to the camera (1).

The lamp unit 7 is configured below the endoscope 3, and the lamp unit 7 is configured to separate the lamp cover unit 27 and the lamp socket unit 28 from each other.

The lamp cover unit 27 is made of a synthetic resin material on the outer side of the case 29 is configured to prevent burns, the inside of the case 29 is provided with a heat sink 30 to release heat made of aluminum material, Fifth and sixth contact terminals 25d and 25e are provided at a lower side of the heat sink 30.

The lamp socket unit 28 is composed of a cap 33 having a case 31 and a heat dissipation hole 32 for dissipating heat. Contact terminals 25f and 25g are provided, and the lamp 8 is provided by the ninth and tenth contact terminals 25h and 25i at the center of the holder 34.

1 and 2, the lamp 8 is preferably provided with a halogen lamp 35, and the halogen lamp 35 is preferably a small halogen lamp.

As another embodiment of the lamp 8 may be installed as an LED (LED) lamp 36 as shown in FIG.

Endoscope adapter (5) as described above can be used to replace the endoscope adapter (5), such as for otolaryngology, colon and anterior department, gynecology, dermatology, dental use by configuring the lens 4 in the lens for each use.

As described above, the "endoscope camera having a lamp" according to the present invention is used in connection with a monitor 37 for outputting a subject to an image screen and an adapter 38 for power applied electrically.

If necessary, the printer 39 may be configured to be electrically applied to print the image screen of the subject.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

1 and 4, when power is supplied from the power adapter 38 to the camera unit 2 and the endoscope adapter 5, the first to tenth contact terminals 25, 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e, 25f, 25g, 25h, and 25i are contacted so that light is emitted from the halogen lamp 35 that is configured as the lamp 8, and the light is irradiated to the subject through the endoscope 3 and reflected from the subject of each characteristic. Light is received by the lens 4 and transmitted to the camera cell 19, and the signal of the light is converted into an electrical signal (video signal) in the camera cell 19 and introduced into the camera 1, which is a monitor 37. By transmitting to the monitor 37 to diagnose the state of the subject.

If necessary, the image screen of the subject may be printed through the printer 39.

As described above, the "endoscope camera having a lamp" of the present invention has a built-in lens suitable for each use in the camera unit 2, and replaces and combines only the endoscope adapter 5 having various types of endoscopes, and a dedicated diagnostic device for each use. It can be used as.

That is, the locking means 6 may be replaced by the camera unit 2 and the endoscope adapter 5 suitable for each use. What is necessary is just to replace the endoscope adapter 5 comprised for each use, such as a dentist.

If the endoscope adapter 5 is installed in each lens suitable for the characteristics of each application can be precise and accurate diagnosis for each application.

Referring to the operation of separating and assembling the camera unit 2 and the endoscope adapter 5 by the locking means 6, first, the camera unit 2 and the endoscope adapter 5 are separated as shown in FIG. In order to assemble the control unit, the lock and release adjusting knob 13 of the camera unit 2 is pushed backward to release the protrusion 13a abutted from the stopper ball 10, and then the endoscope adapter 5 The lens housing 14 is pushed into the body 9 of the camera unit 2 and inserted.

On the other hand, when the lock and release control knob 13 is pushed backward, the elastic spring 12 is compressed while the elastic force is generated.

When the lens housing 14 is pushed back into the body 9 of the camera unit 1, the stopper ball 10 is inserted into the lock groove 15 of the lens housing 14 as shown in FIG. In this case, if the force pushing backward from the lock and release adjusting knob 13 pushed backward is removed, the lock and release adjusting knob 13 is compressed by the elastic force of the elastic spring 12 which is compressed and generated elastic force. ) Advances again and the projection 13a blocks the stopper ball 10 from being separated outward.

The endoscope adapter 5 is coupled to the camera unit 2 by the locking means 6 as described above.

Then, in order to replace the endoscope adapter for another use, the endoscope adapter 5 may be separated in the reverse order when the above-mentioned combination is to be detached from the camera unit 2.

The stopper ring 11 serves to prevent the lock and release control knob 13 from being separated from the front.

The camera cell 19 can focus the focus of the subject. When the focus adjusting knob 22 is turned left or right, the guide protrusion 23 is guided along the spiral guide groove 21, and in this case, the fixing member. The camera cell 19 fixedly installed at 18 may move back and forth to adjust the focus of the subject.

Meanwhile, the lamp cover unit 27 and the lamp socket unit 28 of the lamp unit 7 may be separately assembled in the endoscope adapter 5 of the present invention, so that the lamp 8 may be easily replaced.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when the lamp cover unit 27 and the lamp socket unit 28 are separated and assembled by screwing, the lamp socket unit 27 is separated from the lamp cover unit 28. ) Can be easily replaced.

On the other hand, one feature of the present invention is the configuration of the lamp (8) in the lamp unit (7).

The lamp 8 may be a halogen lamp 35 or an LED lamp 36 as shown in FIG. 3 to emit light to illuminate the endoscope 3.

By using the lamp 8 as a lighting means as described above, it is possible to simplify the equipment by omitting a separate light source device and light guide.

Therefore, it can be produced at low cost, can be easy to use, and can be easily stored and transported.

In addition, the heat dissipation plate 30 of the lamp cover unit 27 smoothly discharges unnecessary heat generated from the lamp 8 and heat dissipation holes formed in the cap 33 of the lamp socket unit 28. 32) to release heat to the outside.

The case 29 formed on the outside of the heat sink 30 is made of a synthetic resin material to prevent the risk of burns when used.

The lamp 8 according to the present invention may be used as an object in which the camera unit 2 and the endoscope adapter 5 are not assembled separately, but also in an integrated type as described above. It can also be configured and used.

The present invention as described above can obtain the following effects.

First, using the halogen lamp 35 or LED lamp 36 as the lamp 8 can simplify the equipment to produce at low cost, simplify the use, convenient storage and transport Can be.

Second, various types of endoscope adapters 5, which combine lenses and endoscopes suitable for each use, are separated and assembled by the locking means 6 so that the camera unit 2 can be used as a dedicated diagnostic device for each use. It is effective to make precise and accurate diagnosis for each use.

Claims (10)

An endoscope camera having a lamp, characterized in that the lamp unit (7) is configured in the endoscope adapter (5) coupled to the camera unit (2) and the lamp (8) is installed and configured. An endoscope camera with a lamp according to claim 1, characterized in that the lamp (8) consists of a halogen lamp (35). An endoscope camera with a lamp according to claim 1, characterized in that the lamp (8) consists of an LED (LED) lamp (37). The endoscope camera having a lamp according to claim 1, wherein the lamp unit (7) is configured to be assembled separately from the lamp cover unit (27) and the lamp socket unit (28). 5. An endoscope camera having a lamp according to claim 4, wherein a heat dissipation plate (30) for dissipating heat is provided in the lamp cover unit (27), and a case (29) is installed outside the lamp cover unit (27). An endoscope camera having a lamp, characterized in that the endoscope adapter (5) is coupled to the camera unit (2) in which the camera (1) and the camera cell (19) are incorporated by the locking means (6). 7. The lock means (6) is provided with a stopper ball (10) inserted into the front of the body (9) of the camera unit (2), and the stopper ring (11) and the elastic spring (12) in front and rear thereof. ) Are respectively inserted into the outer portion of the body (9), and the lock and release adjusting knob (13) having the projection (13a) is inserted into the outside of the stopper ring (11) and the elastic spring (12), An endoscope camera having a lamp, characterized in that the rear portion of the endoscope adapter (5) is configured with a lens housing (14) and the outer portion thereof is formed by a lock groove (15) into which the stopper ball (10) is inserted and locked. 7. The focusing means of the camera cell (19) according to claim 6, wherein the focusing means of the camera cell (19) is provided with a focusing knob (22) having a spiral guide groove (21) outside the body (9) of the camera unit (2). Endoscope camera having a lamp, characterized in that configured to be installed so as to be inserted into the guide groove 21 of the spiral to form a protrusion (23) for coupling with the fixing member 18 for fixing the). 7. The camera unit 2 and the endoscope adapter 5 are provided with first to tenth contact terminals 21, 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e, 21f, 21g, 21h, 21i. Endoscope camera having lamp characterized by being old. The endoscope camera having a lamp according to claim 6, wherein the endoscope adapter (5) is formed by combining a lens and an endoscope suitable for each use.