ENDOSCOPE, IN PARTICULAR, HAVING STEREO-LATERAL-VIEW OPTICS
First Claim
1. An endoscope having a longitudinal axis comprising an endoscope shaft, and a solid state image-recording system disposed at a distal end region of said endoscope, said solid state image-recording system having lateral-view optics and provided with at least two solid state image recorders, wherein two of said at least two solid state image recorders are disposed in said distal end region of said endoscope side-by-side in a row along a direction of the longitudinal axis of said endoscope.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an endoscope having an endoscope shaft at the distal end of which a solid state image-recording system is disposed which is designed in the manner of lateral-view optics.
The present invention is distinguished by the solid state image recording system being provided with at least two image recorders, and by the endoscope shaft being deflect-able in the distal region in such a manner that the viewing direction of the solid state image-recording system or at least one image recorder being approximately parallel to the axis of the proximal part of said endoscope shaft.
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- 1. An endoscope having a longitudinal axis comprising an endoscope shaft, and a solid state image-recording system disposed at a distal end region of said endoscope, said solid state image-recording system having lateral-view optics and provided with at least two solid state image recorders, wherein two of said at least two solid state image recorders are disposed in said distal end region of said endoscope side-by-side in a row along a direction of the longitudinal axis of said endoscope.
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