Patent ID: 8313428
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. A side-viewing endoscope structure, comprising: a front tubular section including a tube, a reflector holder, and a reflector; an intermediate tubular section being a long tubular shell having a front and a rear open end; a length of the intermediate tubular section at the front open end having a reduced outer diameter to match an inner diameter of the coupling portion of the tube, so as to fitly insert into the coupling portion and become fixed thereto; and the intermediate tubular section being provided on one side of a peripheral wall thereof with a through opening to serve as a light window; a rear cap being an enclosure having a front open end for correspondingly extending into the rear open end of the intermediate tubular section; and the rear cap having a rear wall that is provided with a cable hole; and an optical imaging unit being axially extended into and fixedly located in the intermediate tubular section and the rear cap; the optical imaging unit including a flexible printed circuit board, a camera lens located at a front end of the flexible printed circuit board to correspondingly immovably fit in the front open end of the intermediate tubular section, a light source component located on the flexible printed circuit board behind the camera lens to correspond to the light window provided on the intermediate tubular section, and a cable for transmitting images connected to a rear part of the flexible printed circuit board and rearward extended through the cable hole on the rear cap.