Abstract: This endoscope light source apparatus can feed illuminating lights to a scope provided with a frame sequential type imaging device, a scope provided with a color mosaic type imaging device and a fiber scope. This endoscope light source apparatus has a frame sequential light source part which can output a plurality of color lights and a white light source part which can output a white light. This frame sequential light source part has a filter which can output a plurality of color lights.

Abstract: Thermotherapy apparatus used for performing a thermotherapy for a diseased part of a tumor such as a cancer of a living body. A heating portion is arranged in a distal end portion at the body cavity side of a probe which can be inserted in the body cavity through an endoscope or the like or a distal end portion at the body cavity side of an insertion portion of the endoscope. The heating portion has a far-infrared radiation ceramic member, and a heater for heating the far-infrared radiation ceramic member.

Abstract: A system provided with an electronic scope containing a solid state imaging device on the tip side of the insertable part and a television camera containing an solid state imaging device and fitted to the eyepiece part of an optical endoscope provided with an optical image transmitting device within the insertable part. The number of pixels of the solid state imaging device of the television camera is made larger than the solid state imaging device of the electronic scope.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus for inspecting an object including an insertion section insertable into the object and having a distal end and a proximal end, an image guide arranged within the insertion section and having entrance and exit ends arranged at the distal and proximal ends of insertion section, respectively, an objective lens system arranged at the distal end of insertion section for forming an optical image of the object onto the entrance end of image guide, an eyepiece lens system arranged at the proximal end of insertion section for projecting the optical image transmitted through the image guide onto an observating position, a first piezo-electric bimorph arranged at the distal end of insertion section for vibrating the entrance end of image guide in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the insertion section over a given distance, a second piezo-electric element arranged at the proximal end of insertion section for vibrating the exit end of image guide in the same direction and over the

Abstract: An endoscope system having an elongated insertion portion, an endoscope provided with an image guide disposed in the elongated insertion portion and adapted to transmit an optical image, and an ocular portion facing an emergence-end surface of the image guide. A transmission line for transmitting an image signal supplied from an imaging unit having an imaging means and capable of being mounted on the ocular portion is provided on the side of the endoscope, thereby eliminating the need for leading any cable out of the imaging unit.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which includes a first and a second optical guides inserted in an elongated insertion portion thereof, and which can transmit an optical image, and an optical system with a function of imaging at the end surface of the optical guide. By transmitting an illuminating light from the other end surface to the portion to be observed through one of the optical guides, the portion to be observed is illuminated. While, the optical image transmitted through the other optical guide is introduced into an ocular system or an imaging system. By changing the functions performed by these optical guides, the stereoscopic observation and stereoscopic imaging can be realized.

Abstract: This endoscope apparatus is provided with a plurality of kinds of endoscopes each having an elongate insertable part having an illuminating window and observing window in the tip part. An illuminating light transmitting system leads an illuminating light to the illuminating window. An imaging apparatus receives the returning light from an object entering from the observing window and imaging the object. A signal transmitting system is connected at one end to the imaging apparatus. An illumination connector is provided at the entrance side end of the illuminating light transmitting system and is different in at least one of the illuminating method and signal processing system. The endoscope apparatus is further provided with an illuminating apparatus having an illumination connector receptacle removably connectable with respective illumination connectors of the plurality of endoscopes and feeding illuminating light to the plurality of endoscopes.

Abstract: A system comprising a frame sequential type color imaging device, a color imaging device provided with a color filter, an illuminating light outputting device which can output illuminating lights corresponding to these different color imaging devices, a signal processing device processing the signals corresponding to the respective color imaging devices and a color monitor displaying the processed color video signals so that any color imaging device can be used.

Abstract: The endoscope signal processing apparatus is provided with a first signal processing device processing the signal for a field sequential type imaging device and a second signal processing device processing the signal for a synchronous type imaging device. One signal processing device has a circuit partly used in common with the other signal processing device. Both signal processing device have a common video signal output end from which video signals from both signal processing devices are output. This apparatus is further provided with a discriminating device discriminating the imaging system of the endoscope to be connected and an output switching device whereby the video signal transmitted through the video signal processing device corresponding to the imaging system discriminated by this discriminating device is led selectively to the common video signal output.

Abstract: An endoscope contains or is externally fitted with a color imaging device using a solid state imaging device and a signal processing device processing a signal for the endoscope. The color imaging device and solid state imaging device are provided so that the number of pixels and the kind of spectral characteristic of the color imaging device of the endoscope to be connected may be discriminated to process the signal even for the endoscopes having number of pixels and the spectral characteristic.

Abstract: A marking apparatus has a marking designation switch which is depressed when an image of interest appears on a monitor while a plurality of image data from a photographic unit are displayed on the monitor. In response to a marking designation signal generated upon depression of the marking switch, a mark signal is added to the image data corresponding to the marking designation signal and is stored in a frame memory.