Patent ID: 7773122

Claim:
Image pick-up module, comprising: an endoscope shaft having a longitudinal axis; an electronic image sensor including an image pick-up surface transverse to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, said image sensor having contact fingers; a circuit board electrically bonded to said image sensor, said circuit board comprising first and second sections, said first and second sections each having a first end bonded to said image sensor and a second end, wherein said first and second sections extend longitudinally from said image sensor substantially perpendicular to the image pick-up surface of said sensor and substantially in parallel to one other, wherein said contact fingers are electrically bonded to said first section and to said second section; and a third section having a substantially V-shaped configuration integrally formed with the second end of said second section, said third section having a first leg and a second leg, said first and second legs extending obliquely to said first and section sections; at least one cable electrically bonded to said circuit board and leading away from said circuit board, wherein said at least one cable being electrically bonded to said first and second legs.