Patent ID: 6517479
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A61B,H04N

Abstract:
A stereoscopic endoscope comprising:a primary optical system for transmitting light, reflected by an object located near a first end of said primary optical system, to a second end of said primary optical system; a first secondary optical system comprising a first separator lens located in an exit pupil of said primary optical system for forming an image of the object using a first area of the light transmitted by said primary optical system and a first optical fiber bundle for transmitting the image formed by said first separator lens on a first end of said first optical fiber bundle to a second end of said first optical fiber bundle; a second secondary optical system comprising a second separator lens located in said exit pupil for forming an image of the object using a second area of the light transmitted by said primary optical system and a second optical fiber bundle for transmitting the image formed by said second separator lens on a first end of said second optical fiber bundle to a second end of said second optical fiber bundle; and a system that adjusts a position of said first separator lens and said first end of said first optical fiber bundle relative to a position of said second separator lens and said first end of said second optical fiber bundle.