US 11,982,846 B2
Medical apparatus and method of manufacturing medical apparatus
Kohtaro Amano, Tokyo (JP); and Yuichi Yamada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,676.
Application 17/492,676 is a continuation of application No. 16/490,079, granted, now 11,166,621, previously published as PCT/JP2017/038576, filed on Oct. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-044213 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022729 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/22 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3877 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00114 (2013.01); A61B 1/00117 (2013.01); A61B 1/00126 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 7/22 (2013.01); A61B 1/044 (2022.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector between an image processor and a camera head, the connector comprising:
a transmission cable that connects the image processer and the camera head, the camera head being configured to capture an observation image from a rigid endoscope and generate an imaging signal, the transmission cable configured to be connected to the camera head via a camera head connector and to the image processor via a video connector, the transmission cable being configured to transmit an optical signal from the camera head to the image processor, the transmission cable comprising:
a first optical fiber configured to transmit the optical signal;
a second optical fiber configured to transmit the optical signal;
a third optical fiber configured to transmit the optical signal;
a first optical connector configured to connect the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber;
a second optical connector configured to connect the second optical fiber and the third optical fiber;
an E/O converter configured to connect the first optical fiber, the E/O converter to convert the imaging signal output from the camera head into the optical signal;
a composite cable including:
a metal cable configured to transmit an electric signal from the video connector to the camera head connector, and
the first optical fiber, the metal cable and the second optical fiber forming a unit;
a first substrate on which the E/O converter and the first optical connector are mounted, wherein the first substrate is in the camera head connector; and
a second substrate on which the second optical connector is mounted, wherein the second substrate is in the video connector.