Patent ID: 7212737
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A61B,G02B

Abstract:
1. A videoendoscopic system comprising an endoscope optical system and a camera portion, the endoscope optical system having an elongated shaft through which an optical image guide and a fiber light guide extend, and an end housing, which is proximally connected to the shaft and has an image exit window and a light entry window, the camera portion including a camera housing, extending from which are an image signal cable and a light guide cable, and an image entry window and a light exit window, the end housing and the camera housing carrying co-operating rotationally lockable coupling means arranged to couple the housings together and to lock the housing in a relative rotational position in which the image entry and exit windows are in alignment and the light entry and exit windows are in alignment, the coupling means including a cylinder with an end wall on one of the housings and a complementary bore with a base wall in the other housing, the windows being arranged in the end wall of the cylinder and the base wall of the bore.