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Endoscope having microscopic and macroscopic magnification

  • US 6,530,882 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/2000
  • Issued: 03/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An endoscope assembly comprising:

  • a housing, an elongated lens tube having one end secured to said housing, said lens tube adapted for insertion into a cavity of a body, a tube lens assembly contained in said lens tube which optically relays an image from a free end of the lens tube to said housing, a housing lens assembly which receives the image from said lens tube, camera means which receive the optical image from said housing lens assembly for converting said optical image to an electronic signal, means for switching said housing lens assembly between microscopic and macroscopic magnification.

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