Endoscopic system
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1. An endoscopic system adapted to examine a cavity of the body and, in particular, the surface of the inner eye, said system comprising:
- means for illuminating the inner eye surface;
a support member having a concave front face adapted to be directed toward the eye;
a plurality of lenses mounted on said face in spaced-apart relationship with their optical axes aligned to intersect within the eye in a manner such that when said concave face is directed towards the surface of the inner eye said lenses receive multiple distinct and partially overlapping images of adjacent portions of the inner surface of the eye;
a light conducting means associated at one of its ends with said plurality of lenses for transmitting said multiple images; and
a camera means for receiving said multiple images transmitted from the other end of said light conducting means and for displaying said multiple images.
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Abstract
An endoscopic system adapted to examine cavities, such as the inner eye includes a light source for directing at least one light beam toward the cavity to be examined to illuminate it, and a plurality of lenses for focusing the light reflected back outwardly away from the cavity along a plurality of spaced-apart paths in adjacent fields of view. A plurality of spaced-apart cameras receive the reflected light from the cavity via corresponding ones of the plurality of paths and for reproducing the adjacent fields of view.
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1. An endoscopic system adapted to examine a cavity of the body and, in particular, the surface of the inner eye, said system comprising:
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means for illuminating the inner eye surface; a support member having a concave front face adapted to be directed toward the eye; a plurality of lenses mounted on said face in spaced-apart relationship with their optical axes aligned to intersect within the eye in a manner such that when said concave face is directed towards the surface of the inner eye said lenses receive multiple distinct and partially overlapping images of adjacent portions of the inner surface of the eye; a light conducting means associated at one of its ends with said plurality of lenses for transmitting said multiple images; and a camera means for receiving said multiple images transmitted from the other end of said light conducting means and for displaying said multiple images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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