Patent ID: 11918179
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An image pickup apparatus for use with an endoscope, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to output an image pickup signal;
a ferrule having a rectangular parallelepiped including a front surface, a rear surface opposing the front surface, and side surfaces including first, second, third and fourth side surfaces, each of the side surfaces connecting the front and rear surfaces, each of the side surfaces being orthogonal to the front surface, and each adjacent pair of the side surfaces being orthogonal to each other;
wherein the ferrule further comprising:
one or more insertion through holes extending in a thickness direction from the front surface to the rear surface,
a first electrode disposed on the front surface, and
one or more trenches extending in the thickness direction and being provided on at least two adjacent side surfaces of the first, second, third and fourth side surfaces;

one or more optical fibers respectively inserted into the one or more insertion holes; and
one or more optical elements having a light emitting region configured to output an optical signal to the one or more optical fibers, respectively, the one or more optical elements having an external electrode disposed on a light emitting surface and electrically connected to the first electrode, such that the image pickup signal output from the external electrode is input to the first electrode.