Patent ID: 7108657
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic visualization apparatus, comprising: a housing; a first imaging system covering a first image field, said first imaging system being arranged in said housing and having a first electronic imager; at least a second imaging system covering a second image field, said second imaging system being arranged in said housing and having a second electronic imager, wherein said first imaging system and said second imaging system are significantly different with regard to at least one optical parameter, and wherein said first image field and said second image field overlap one another only partially, and wherein a signal line for reading out and for the voltage supply of said imagers are jointly used by said first imager and said second imager, and wherein said first imager is provided with first connecting pads and said second imager is provided with second connecting pads, and wherein said first and second connecting pads are connected in a mirror-image fashion relative to one another and direct mutual contact is made between the first and second connecting pads.