Patent ID: 6735367
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An endoscope cable for use in an endoscope viewing apparatus for viewing an objective, the cable comprising:a cable body having a longitudinal cable body axis; an image viewing cable end portion for association with an image viewing means for viewing an image of the objective; a distal, image forming cable end portion including image forming means for forming an image of the objective, said image forming cable end portion having an image forming cable end portion axis; image transmission means for transmitting an image from said image forming means to said image viewing cable end portion; a plurality of illumination light conducting fibers extending from an illumination light receiving end proximate said image viewing cable end portion to an illumination light emitting end proximate said image forming cable end portion, each of said illumination light conducting fibers having an illumination light conducting fiber axis including an illumination light conducting fiber axis light emitting end portion adjacent said illumination light emitting end; and, a first of said illumination light conducting fibers has an illumination light conducting fiber axis including a first illumination light conducting fiber axis light emitting end portion and, said first illumination light conducting fiber axis light emitting end portion lies generally parallel to said image forming cable end portion axis; and, a second of said illumination light conducting fibers has an illumination light conducting fiber axis including a second illumination light conducting fiber axis light emitting end portion and, an extension of said second illumination light conducting fiber axis light emitting end portion intercepts said image forming cable end portion axis at an acute angle interior of said second illumination light conducting fiber's illumination light emitting end.