Guide structure for electronic endoscope systems

• US 5,830,124 A
• Filed: 04/19/1996
• Issued: 11/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Shigeo, Okada, Fujio
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HATTON, IRA R
• Application Number:
  US08/634,881
• Time in Patent Office: 928 Days
• Field of Search: 600/109, 600/132, 600/134, 439/620, 439/628, 439/944
• US Class Current: 600/134
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00124 electrical, e.g. electrical plug-and-socket connection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00128 mechanical, e.g. for tubes or pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/042 characterised by a proximal camera, e.g. a CCD camera
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/719 specially adapted for high frequency, e.g. with filters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/555 for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes

Abstract

A connector guide structure for electronic endoscope systems capable of efficiently eliminating high-frequency noises which are allowed by a connector guide functioning as an antenna to mix by way of sheath members and a console. The connector guide structure comprises a connector guide for connecting a connector disposed on an electronic endoscope to a main unit, and noise eliminating capacitors are connected between the connector guide and a console of the main unit. A capacitor for eliminating noises produced by a radio knife and a plurality of capacitors for eliminating noises produced by clock-frequency signals are used as the capacitors. Feet of the capacitors are directly connected within an interval of 4 mm to 20 mm which is reserved between the connector guide and the console. Accordingly, the connector guide structure is capable of favorably eliminating not only the noises produced by the radio knife but also the noises produced by providing clock-frequency signals.

Claims

1. A connector guide structure for electronic endoscope systems comprising:

a main unit of an electronic endoscope system;

a connector disposed on an electronic endoscope;

a connector guide which is disposed for connecting said connector on the electronic endoscope to said main unit and electrically insulated from a console of the main unit;

a noise eliminating capacitor disposed between said connector guide and said console of the main unit; and

wherein an interval within a range from 4 mm to 20 mm is reserved between said connector guide and said console of the main unit for connecting said noise eliminating capacitor.

2. A connector guide structure for electronic endoscope systems comprising:

a main unit of an electronic endoscope system;

a connector disposed on an electronic endoscope;

a connector guide which is disposed for connecting said connector on the electronic endoscope to said main units and electrically insulated from a console of the main unit;

a noise eliminating capacitor disposed between said connector guide and said console of the main unit; and

wherein used as said noise eliminating capacitor is a capacitor which has resonance points at frequencies integral times as high as frequencies of noises produced from a radio knife and functions to eliminate the noises produced from the radio knife.

3. A connector guide structure for electronic endoscope systems comprising:

a main unit of an electronic endoscope system;

a connector disposed on an electronic endoscope;

a connector guide which is disposed for connecting said connector on the electronic endoscope to said main unit and electrically insulated from a console of said main unit; and

a capacitor which is disposed between said connector guide and said console of the main unit, and has a high-frequency characteristic exhibiting minimum impedance at frequencies integral times as high as a clock frequency for eliminating noises produced by clock-frequency signals.

4. A connector guide structure for electronic endoscope systems according to claim 3 wherein a capacitor for eliminating noises produced by a radio knife is used in combination with said capacitor for eliminating the noises produced by the clock-frequency signals.

5. A connector guide structure for electronic endoscope systems according to claim 3 wherein a plurality of capacitors having high-frequency characteristics different from one another are used for eliminating the noises produced by the clock-frequency signals.