Endoscope light source apparatus
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1. An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- a first endoscope having a light guide means which can transmit an illuminating light and can radiate said illuminating light onto an object and an observing means wherein an image of said object illuminated by said light guide means can be observed;
a second endoscope having a light source which can emit a light of a single wavelength band and can radiate said light onto an object and an observing means wherein an image of said object can be observed;
a light source apparatus having a light guide light source which can feed an illuminating light to said light guide means and a power source which can feed an electric power to said light source provided in said second endoscope and capable of being selectively connected with said first endoscope and said second endoscope.
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The endoscope light source apparatus of this invention can be selectively connected with an endoscope having a light guide means which can transmit an illuminating light for an object and an endoscope having a light source which can illuminate an object. The endoscope connected to the endoscope light source apparatus is discriminated by a scope discriminating circuit outputting a signal which can control a light guide light source and a power source which can feed an electric power to the light source provided in the endoscope.
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7 Claims
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1. An endoscope apparatus comprising:
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a first endoscope having a light guide means which can transmit an illuminating light and can radiate said illuminating light onto an object and an observing means wherein an image of said object illuminated by said light guide means can be observed; a second endoscope having a light source which can emit a light of a single wavelength band and can radiate said light onto an object and an observing means wherein an image of said object can be observed; a light source apparatus having a light guide light source which can feed an illuminating light to said light guide means and a power source which can feed an electric power to said light source provided in said second endoscope and capable of being selectively connected with said first endoscope and said second endoscope. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An endoscope light source apparatus which can be selectively connected with a endoscope having a light guide means which can transmit an illuminating light for an object and an endoscope having a light source which can illuminate an object, comprising:
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a light guide light source which can feed an illuminating light to said light guide means; and a power source which can feed an electric power to said light source provided in said endoscope. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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