Patent ID: 7391433
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G01N,G02B,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An optical monitoring system for transmitting images from a hostile environment within the interior of a sealed chamber to the chamber exterior, the chamber having a wall and an access port extending through the wall, the monitoring system comprising: a flexible, generally tubular, elongated, hermetically sealed housing having a distal end, a proximal end and an interior, the housing being made of a non-porous, corrosive resistant material, the distal end of the housing including a sealed window, the proximal end of the housing being rigidly secured to the chamber wall at the access port to form a hermetic seal between the proximal end of the housing and the chamber, the interior of the housing being accessible through the access port, the interior of the housing including a transmission media for transmitting images of the interior of the chamber obtained through the window from the distal end of the housing to the proximal end of the housing and through the access port; and a monitor located outside of the chamber and connected to the transmission media for receiving and displaying the images of the interior of the chamber.