Patent ID: 8314835
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope adapter including a light emitting diode comprising: an adapter side detachable portion configured to be attached to an adapter attaching portion provided on a distal end portion of an insertion portion of an endoscope, the insertion portion including, inside the distal end portion thereof, at least one image-forming optical system; an adapter main body having a connection portion hole and holding an adapter side observation optical system whose optical axis is coincident with an optical axis of the image-forming optical system inside the distal end portion of the insertion portion; an exterior member having a cylindrical shape in which the adapter main body is disposed and having an opening on a proximal end side thereof on which the adapter side detachable portion is arranged; a contact pin unit fixed in the connection portion hole of the adapter main body, the contact pin unit comprising an adapter side insulating portion and an electrical connection member which includes a coil spring, a contact pin and a case body; the case body being a conductive member having a pipe shape, and provided with a caulked portion at an entire periphery of an end portion of the case body for preventing the contact pin from falling off so that the coil spring and the contact pin are retained and configured to be slidable inside the case body; the coil spring being a conductive member and configured for urging the contact pin slidably arranged in the case body, the contact pin being a conductive member which has a flange portion slidably movable in the case body and brought into contact with the caulked portion by being urged by the coil spring in an axial direction, and has a contact portion configured to be brought into contact with a surface of a contact surface portion of a terminal member included in an endoscope side connection portion provided at the distal end portion of the insertion portion, the adapter side insulating portion integrally covering a pair of the electrical connection portions to be parallel and insulated from each other, a flat connection flexible substrate provided between a substrate on which the light emitting diode is mounted and the contact pin unit, the flat connection flexible substrate being provided with first contact portions configured for electrical connection with a pair of the electrical connection members and second contact portions for electrical connection with the substrate on which the light emitting diode is mounted, the flat connection flexible substrate having a width larger than an interval of the pair of the electrical connection members; and a determination resistor arranged in a space formed in the endoscope adapter and configured to determine a type of the endoscope adapter, wherein a part of the contact pin unit and the flat connection flexible substrate are arranged in a D-shaped space formed by an inner peripheral surface of the exterior member and a plane defining an outer profile of the adapter side observation optical system which is disposed in an optical hole of the adapter main body, so that power supply to the light emitting diode is enabled to be turned on through the contact pin unit fixed in the connection portion hole of the adapter main body when the adapter side detachable portion is attached to the adapter attaching portion.