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

Claim 15:
16. A ferrule for use with an image pickup apparatus of an endoscope, the ferrule comprising:
a ferrule body 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 first side surface, and each adjacent pair of the side surfaces being orthogonal to each other;
wherein the ferrule body 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 different side surfaces of the first, second, third and fourth side surface.