Abstract: A cooking temperature sensor having a controller including a thermal imaging camera which identifies at least one food item in a cooking environment. A display is in communication with the controller and the controller transmits data representative of the at least one food item for display. A selection is received in connection with the data and associates a temperature with the at least one food item. The controller monitors a thermal value of the at least one food item and generates an alert indicative of when the temperature is reached for the at least one food item.

Abstract: A modular food holding system includes a plurality of individual modularized food holding chambers, each of the plurality of food holding chambers being physically and communicatively removably connected to one another. Each of the food holding chambers includes a food holding cavity and at least one of a heating element and/or a cooling element for heating or cooling the food holding cavity. A chamber base is physically and communicatively removably connected to one of the food holding chambers and operation of at least one food holding chamber is controlled by the chamber base.

Abstract: This invention proposes a chopping accessory for chopping food ingredients, comprising: a chopping space having a side wall for containing the food ingredients to be chopped, said side wall having an inner surface facing the chopping space (41); the chopping accessory is arranged to cooperate with a rotatable chopping element (30) for chopping food ingredients in the chopping space during operation, the chopping element comprising at least one rotatable chopping knife (32), the chopping knife having a knife tip (35) at its distal end; and wherein the inner surface of the side wall of the chopping space comprises at least one groove for accommodating the knife tip during operation. By virtue of the proposed solution, the gap between the tip of the chopping knife and the inner surface of the side wall can be eliminated, thereby improving the chopping efficiency of the device.

Abstract: The is provided an appliance including a food preparation container, an agitator assembly for attachment to a blending container, the agitator assembly including: an agitator nut configured to secure the agitator assembly to the blending container, an agitator base including at least one agitator blade mounted thereon and configured to be seated in the agitator nut prior to the agitator assembly being secured to the blending container, a groove formed in an inner wall of the agitator nut, and a seal having an outer periphery that when inserted into the groove secures the agitator base into the agitator nut.

Abstract: An active foodware system includes a dining plate unit that provides visual stimuli by having a power source and a visual stimulating component to provide light emanating from the dining plate unit. Other devices can provide auditory and haptic stimuli, as well as sensing and processing. The dining plate unit can be a single component where the device and circuitry are all contained in the unit and protected from water, or can be two components: an upper translucent dining plate, and an underplate comprising the devices and circuitry for directing light through the upper translucent dining plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to an attachment (1) for handling a cooking utensil, comprising a rigid supporting element (4) which can be fastened directly or indirectly to the cooking utensil, and at least one elastically deformable shaping area (6). In order to ensure that the cooking utensil is fastened securely whilst adapting to the hand of the respective user, the shaping area (6) is formed by a plurality of lamellas (7) which are arranged at a distance to each other.

Abstract: A seal for a bathing enclosure includes a first structure having a first flange extending from an upper end thereof and a second structure having a second flange extending from a lower end thereof and a channel. The channel includes a first side surface extending upward from an end of the second flange, a second side surface opposing the first side surface, extending upward from the second flange, and an upper surface opposing the second flange, extending between the first side surface and the second side surface. The second flange defines a slot between the first side surface and the second side surface and the second flange is configured to interface with the first flange.

Abstract: An apparatus for pumping a selected sterilizing fluid by a user comprising: a fluid container, a pump assembly having a fluid delivery tube, the fluid delivery tube being manually drivable by the user in a downstream direction starting from a stationary start position and adapted to pump fluid upstream through an upstream end of the fluid delivery tube that is configured to receive and engage a complementary surface of an external device, the fluid delivery tube being drivable downstream from the start position by manually engaging the complementary surface of the external device against the upstream facing surface of the enlarged head and manually driving the external device in the downstream direction.

Abstract: An automatic back-cleansing apparatus for fixing to a vertical bath or shower surface includes a main housing section having a rotating head receiving section with gear teeth for engaging rotating heads on a rotating disk section adjacent the main housing section. The rotating disk section includes a drive shaft attached to a first drive gear and each rotating head includes a second drive gear engaging the gear teeth. Each of the rotating heads includes an interchangeable brush configured for removable fixation on a mushroom shaped projection torsionally coupled to the second drive gear, and a reservoir disposed in the main housing section dispenses a liquid soap onto at least one of the rotating heads.

Abstract: A brush comprising a first motor to control a rotation of a brush head, a second motor to control a vibration of the brush head. In one embodiment, the brush further comprises a controller to control of a ratio between the rotation and the vibration.

Abstract: A wipe dispenser for holding and dispensing flushable toilet wipes that can slide onto a preexisting toilet roll bar as a replacement for traditional toilet paper rolls. More specifically, the wipe dispenser has a primary housing; a loading cap; at least one detent button located on the loading cap; at least one cap locking slot on the cap mounting lip that aligns with the at least one detent button; an inner roll bar having two ends; at least one roll bar adapter located on an end of the inner roll bar; a dispensing lid; a dispensing lid finger detent; a dispensing opening covered by the dispensing lid; at least one thin, solid layer protruding into the dispensing opening; a dispensing slot in the at least one thin, solid layer; and snap protrusions on a front of the dispensing lid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for automatically providing a disposable seating-surface cover for a toilet-seat, comprising: a) a first housing adapted to feed a disposable seating-surface cover roll installed therein, wherein said roll is a long strip layer that comprises plurality of similar apertures, each of which defines an individual seating-surface cover; b) a second housing adapted to receive and collect the roll by connecting an initial edge of said roll to a rotational mechanism situated in said second housing that is adapted to pull said roll such that each individual disposable seating-surface cover follows a preset displacing movement where one individual disposable seating-surface cover is positioned in a state of use, wherein when an individual seating-surface cover of the roll is in a state of use, it lies directly on a seating surface of a toilet-seat, such that the aperture of the individual seating-surface cover is parallel to an aperture of said toilet seat.

Abstract: A autonomous cleaner includes: a cleaner body including a wheel unit for autonomous traveling; a suction unit provided to protrude from one side of the cleaner body, the suction unit sucking air containing dust; a sensing unit provided at the one side of the cleaner body; a dust container accommodated in a dust container accommodation part formed at the other side of the cleaner body, the dust container collecting dust filtered from sucked air; and a dust container cover hinge-coupled to the cleaner body to be rotatable, the dust container cover being provided to cover a top surface of the dust container when the dust container cover is coupled to the dust container.

Abstract: A cleaner that includes: a main body; a suction assembly; and a coupling hose, wherein the main body includes: an air suctioning device, a case, a driving motor that is coupled to a first surface of the case and that is configured to generate driving force, a traveling wheel that is coupled to the first surface of the case and that is configured to rotate based on driving force generated by the driving motor, a motor cover that is configured to cover the driving motor such that the driving motor is located in a space between the first surface of the case and the motor cover, a rotating shaft that is coupled to the driving motor and that is configured to transfer driving force generated by the driving motor to the traveling wheel, and a coupling unit that couples the rotating shaft to the traveling wheel is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to a vacuum cleaner including a case detachably provided at a cleaner body to accommodate dust and of which an upper surface and a lower surface are opened; a cyclone provided inside the case to separate the dust; an upper cover configured to shield the upper surface of the case and having a suction port through which the dust is suctioned and a discharge port through which air separated from the dust is discharged; an upper locker rotatably installed at an outer surface of the case and configured to selectively restrict the upper cover; a lower cover configured to shield the lower surface of the case; and a lower locker slidably installed at the outer surface of the case and configured to selectively push and open the lower cover.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body that includes a suction motor, wheels that are configured to move the cleaner body, a driving motor that is configured to drive the wheels, a suction unit that is configured to communicate with the cleaner body, a connector coupled to the suction unit, the connector being rotatably connected to the cleaner body, a sensor that is disposed on the connector and configured to sense a movement of the connector, an elastic member that is configured to provide an elastic force to the connector toward an initial position of the connector, and a controller that is configured to control the driving motor based on movement information sensed by the sensor.

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a first housing including a controller and a driving wheel of which driving is controlled by the controller; a second housing provided at one side of the first housing, the second housing having a brush module or mop module mounted thereto; a front bumper provided at a front portion of the second housing, the front bumper configured to be movable to the inside of the second housing when the front bumper is in contact with an obstacle; at least one sensing means provided at the inside of the front bumper to sense a movement of the front bumper to the inside of the second housing; side bumpers respectively provided at left and right side portions of the second housing, the side bumpers each being configured to movable to the inside of the second housing when the side bumper is in contact with an obstacle; and a link member provided at the inside of the side bumper to allow the side bumper and the front bumper to interlock with each other such that, when the side bumper is moved to th

Abstract: A central vacuum cleaning system includes an inlet valve mounted at various locations in a structure or RV and connected to the inlet end of a vacuum conduit. A section of hose is slidably mounted within the conduit and extends from the inlet valve for cleaning an adjacent area. A pair of seals within the inlet valve retains a nozzle handle mounted on the end of the hose in a stored position when the hose is in a retracted position and provides an air seal between the handle and vacuum supply conduit. A locking mechanism mounted on one embodiment of the inlet valves automatically locks the hose in a selected extended position when manually pulled from the inlet valve by a locking finger engaging an adjacent section of the hose. An electric switch on the inlet valve enables a user to actuate the vacuum supply source. A mounting bracket enables the inlet valve to be mounted at various locations in the structure and a pair of seals enables the inlet valve to be open to the ambient atmosphere.

Abstract: A cleaner includes: a cleaner body having therein a module mounting portion; a rotation driving portion provided at one side of the module mounting portion; and a cleaning module detachably mounted to the module mounting portion through one side of the cleaner body, wherein the cleaning module includes: a holder linearly inserted into or withdrawn from the module mounting portion in a side direction of the cleaner body; and a cleaning member supported by the holder so as to be inserted or withdrawn into or from the module mounting portion, together with the holder when the holder is inserted thereinto or withdrawn therefrom, and the cleaning member rotated by a driving force provided from the rotation driving portion.

Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction motor that generates suction force; a dust separation unit that separates dust from air sucked by the suction force; a motor housing that covers the suction motor; a flow guide that surrounds an outer side of the motor housing and guides air discharged from the dust separation unit to the suction motor; and a body that forms an external appearance by surrounding the flow guide and guides air discharged from the suction motor together with the flow guide.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes an inhalation unit to generate inhalation force to inhale air into a main body, the inhalation unit comprising: an impeller that is rotatable; an impeller cover having an inlet damper formed therein; and a return channel that is coupled to the impeller cover so that the impeller is capable of being accommodated in the return channel and that is directly coupled to the impeller so that air passing through the impeller is capable of being introduced into the return channel, the return channel comprising: an inner frame; and an outer frame at an outer side of the inner frame so as to be spaced apart from the inner frame.

Abstract: A mobile robot of the present disclosure includes a first pattern emission unit configured to emit a first patterned light downward and forward from the main body on a floor of an area to be cleaned; and an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of first patterned light emitted by the first pattern emission unit and is incident on an obstacle, so as to determine an obstacle based on a pattern detected from the acquired image. Accordingly, based on the information on the nearby obstacles, by determining whether the mobile robot is in a stuck state where traveling of the mobile robot is limited by a plurality of obstacles, and by setting up an escape for traveling, traveling state of the mobile robot and obstacles may be determined rapidly and a corresponding operation may be performed, thereby enabling effective traveling to escape from the stuck state.

Abstract: A floor washer cleaning device is mounted inside an opening cavity arranged at a bottom of a dustbin of the floor washer. The floor washer cleaning device comprises a roller brush assembly rotatably arranged inside the opening cavity, and a scraping board fixed at the bottom of the dustbin and located at an edge of a side of a bottom of the opening cavity. The scraping board, an inner wall of the opening cavity, and the roller brush assembly cooperatively enclose to form a negative pressure cavity communicating with the dustbin, and a suction nozzle communicating with the negative pressure cavity is formed between an inner side of the scraping board and the roller brush assembly.

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body; a suction unit sucking air containing dust to be introduced into the cleaner body; and a dust container detachably coupled to the cleaner body, the dust container collecting dust filtered from the air introduced into the cleaner body, wherein the dust container includes: an external case including at least one cyclone filtering dust in air introduced into the dust container; an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the external case, the upper case including an upper opening corresponding to a space into which air passing through the cyclone is discharged; an upper cover detachably coupled to the upper case to open/close the upper opening; and a filter mounted on a rear surface of the upper cover, the filter covering the discharged space of the air passing through the cyclone when the upper cover is coupled to the upper case, to filter dust in the air passing through the cyclone.

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a wheel unit for autonomous traveling and a suction unit sucking air containing dust; a sensing unit disposed at one side of the cleaner body; a dust container accommodated in a dust container accommodation part formed at the other side of the cleaner body, the dust container collecting dust filtered from sucked air; and a dust container cover disposed to cover a top surface of the dust container, wherein an upper end of the sensing unit is formed at a position protruding upward from a top surface of the cleaner body and a top surface of the dust container cover.

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a wheel unit and a controller controlling driving of the wheel unit a suction unit disposed in the cleaner body, the suction unit sucking air containing dust and a sensing unit disposed at the front of the cleaner body in which the suction unit is disposed, wherein the sensing unit includes a first sensing part disposed respectively inclined with respect to side and top surfaces at an upper corner portion of the cleaner body to simultaneously photograph front and upper parts of the cleaner body.

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a dust container accommodation part formed to be recessed toward the front from the rear thereof; a suction unit mounted in the cleaner body to suck air containing dust; a dust container accommodated in the dust container accommodation part, the dust container collecting dust filtered from sucked air; and an exhaust port formed at an end portion of one rear side of the cleaner body, which surrounds the dust container accommodation part, to discharge filtered air to the outside, the exhaust port disposed along the height direction of the cleaner body.

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a wheel unit and a controller controlling driving of the wheel unit; a dust container accommodation part having a shape recessed toward the front from the rear thereof to be opened to the rear; a dust container detachably coupled to the dust container accommodation part, the dust container have a portion protruding rearward of a rear end of the cleaner body in a state in which the dust container is accommodated in the dust container accommodation part; and a dust container cover rotatably coupled to the cleaner body to cover the dust container, wherein the dust container cover is accommodated in the dust container accommodation part in a state in which the dust container cover is disposed to cover the dust container, and a portion of the dust container cover protrudes rearward of the rear end of the cleaner body.

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a controller, the cleaner body having a dust container accommodation part formed therein; a wheel unit mounted in the cleaner body, the wheel unit of which driving is controlled by the controller; and a dust container detachably coupled to the dust container accommodation part, wherein a first opening and a second opening are disposed at the same height in an inner wall of the dust container accommodation part, wherein the dust container includes: an entrance and an exit, disposed side by side along the circumference of the dust container, the entrance and the exit, respectively communicating with the first opening and the second opening when the dust container is accommodated in the dust container accommodation part; and a flow separating part extending downwardly inclined along the inner circumference of the dust container, the flow separating part separating the flow of air introduced into the entrance from the flow of air discharged toward the exit to b

Abstract: A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a controller, the cleaner body having a dust container accommodation part formed therein; a wheel unit mounted in the cleaner body, the wheel unit of which driving is controlled by the controller; a suction unit mounted in the cleaner body to suck air containing dust; a dust container detachably coupled to the dust container accommodation part, the dust container filtering and collecting dust from sucked air; and a dust container cover including a hinge part rotatably coupled to the cleaner body, the dust container cover detachably coupled to the dust container to cover a top surface of the dust container.

Abstract: A robot cleaner of the present disclosure comprises a main body configured to travel in a cleaning zone and to suction a foreign substance on a floor in the cleaning zone, an image sensor provided on the main body and configured to obtain an image of a predetermined area at a front side of the main body, a first light source provided on the main body and configured to emit a first pattern of light to a first sub-area of the predetermined area and a second light source provided on the main body at a position below the first light source and configured to emit a second pattern of light to a second sub-area of the predetermined area, the first sub-area being located lower than the second sub-area.

Abstract: A mobile robot of the present disclosure includes a first pattern emission unit configured to emit a first patterned light downward and forward from the main body on a floor of an area to be cleaned; and an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of first patterned light emitted by the first pattern emission unit and incident on an obstacle. A pattern is detected from the acquired image to determine an obstacle, and a cliff is detected based on at least one of a shape or a position of the pattern in the image. The mobile robot may identify a travel path that does not lead to the cliff.

Abstract: (EN) The purpose of the present invention is to provide a water absorbent article that has high water absorbency and high flexibility and, when used as a cleaning sheet, shows excellent ability to collect waste and dust even on a wet floor, etc. The method according to the present invention for manufacturing a water absorbent article (1) is characterized by comprising: a fiber lamination step for laminating a flexibility-imparting layer (6) having water absorbency on a liquid-permeable surface sheet layer (5) to form a sheet body (35); an emboss processing step for embossing the sheet body (35), said sheet body (35) being in a non-wet state, to form a bulky part provided with a number of peaks and valleys in the sheet body (35); and a binder impregnation step for, after the emboss processing step, supplying a binder to the sheet body (35) from an external surface side and thus impregnating the sheet body (35) with the binder.

Abstract: Described herein is a rotary mop and a rotary structure of a mop handle of the rotary mop. The rotary structure comprises a rotary cylinder of which the inner wall is provided with spiral grooves and a lifting rod penetrating through the rotary cylinder, wherein the lifting rod is provided with a unidirectional rotary one-way bearing, bulges matched with the spiral grooves are apart arranged outside the one-way bearing, when the lifting rod is pressed downwards, the one-way bearing stops rotation, and the bulges and the spiral grooves are mutually matched to drive the rotary cylinder to rotate; and when the lifting rod is pulled upwards, the one-way bearing idly rotates along the spiral grooves. The bottom of the rotary cylinder is provided with a bottom plate for sealing the rotary cylinder, and lubricating oil or lubricating grease is provided in the rotary cylinder.

Abstract: A grill cleaning tool for scraping a grill having a plurality of spaced apart parallel rods is disclosed. The tool includes a scraper member attached to one end of an elongated handle at an approximate ninety degree angle such that when the tool is engaged to a grill rod, the plane of the scraper member is approximately perpendicular to the engaged grill rod while the elongated handle portion of the tool is disposed approximately parallel to the grill surface. The scrapper member includes at least one C-shaped grill receiving slot opening along one of its long edges, which is sized to receive at least one grill rod of a predetermined size. The grill cleaning tool is adapted to clean the entire surface of a grill rod by combining an intuitive longitudinally reciprocating motion along the grill surface and a simple pivoting of the tool about the grill rod.

Abstract: Spray arm assemblies and dishwasher appliances are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a spray arm assembly is provided. The spray arm assembly includes a first housing and a second housing having a mating wall. The first housing includes a first wall defining a groove that comprises an undercut, a second wall having an inner surface, and a channel defined by the first and second walls. The mating wall has a mating inner surface, defines a protrusion shaped complementary to the groove of the first wall, and fits within the channel to join the first and second housings. Further, the mating wall has an interference fit with the first wall and the second wall such that the mating inner surface of the mating wall fits against the inner surface of the second wall and the protrusion of the mating wall fits within the groove of the first wall.

Abstract: A dishwasher may include a spray arm arrangement and a washing chamber. The spray arm arrangement may include a spray arm arranged to rotate around a first axis of rotation within said washing chamber. The spray arm may be provided with one or more spray nozzles arranged to spray washing liquid into said washing chamber. The dishwasher may also include a mechanical switch for detecting an angular position of said spray arm. The spray arm arrangement may further include an activating device arranged to rotate with said spray arm, which activating device may include at least one activating structure arranged to cyclically activate said mechanical switch during rotation of said spray arm.

Abstract: A rack for a domestic dishwasher includes a frame and a base. The base can be swung and folded out in order to increase a loading volume of the rack. The base includes a first portion articulated to a first side of the frame via a first articulation, and a second portion articulated to a second side of the frame opposite the first site via a second articulation, and articulated to the first portion via a third articulation. The second portion is configured to change its length between the second and third articulations.

Abstract: A lower rack for a domestic dishwasher is constructed for being liftable and includes a fixed lower rack element, and a removable lower rack element connectable to the fixed lower rack element and constructed for removal from the fixed lower rack element to thereby unblock access to a bottom area of a washing container of the domestic dishwasher.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes: a light source unit configured to emit partially coherent light having a coherence length that is equal to or more than inverse of a scattering coefficient of a light scattering body and shorter than half of inverse of a reduced scattering coefficient of the light scattering body; an illumination unit configured to irradiate an illumination area on a surface of the light scattering body, with the partially coherent light emitted from the light source unit; a detection unit configured to detect, in a detection area including the illumination area, a signal of scattered and returned light from the light scattering body; and an interference component extracting unit configured to extract an interference component by excluding a noninterference component from the signal of the scattered and returned light detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A medical power supply system includes: a medical device including an elongated insertion section, a power receiving unit including a power receiving member and movable relative to the insertion section in a longitudinal direction of the insertion section, and a biasing unit biasing the power receiving unit toward a distal end side of the insertion section; and a guide unit including a power transmitting unit including a power transmitting member, the insertion section being inserted into the guide unit. When the insertion section is inserted into the guide unit to a predetermined amount, the power receiving unit comes in contact with the power transmitting unit with being biased by the biasing unit, and the power transmitting member and the power receiving member face each other in an axial direction of the insertion section and have a positional relation in which wireless power transmission is possible.

Abstract: An enhanced flexible robotic endoscopy apparatus includes a main body and flexible elongate shaft. The main body comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a housing that extends to the proximal end and the housing comprises a plurality of surfaces and a plurality of insertion inlets which reside on at least one of the surface of the housing at the proximal end of the main body, through which a plurality of channels for endoscopy are accessible. Each of the insertion inlets has insertion axis corresponding thereto, along which flexible elongate assemblies are insertable, with the insertion axes of the insertion inlets being parallel to the central axis of the flexible elongate shaft at the proximal end of the flexible elongate shaft.

Abstract: An insertion device includes a thin and elongated insertion section, a rotating body which is rotated to advance or retreat the insertion section, a driving force supply source which supplies a driving force to the rotating body, a variable stiffness section provided for the insertion section and permitting stiffness of the insertion section to be varied, a stiffness detector which detects the stiffness of the insertion section varied by the variable stiffness section, and a controller which controls the driving force supply source in accordance with the stiffness of the insertion section detected by the stiffness detector.

Abstract: A first connector for a medical instrument has one or more first channels extending through a first surface, and terminating at respective ends. A second connector has opposing second channels for coupling with the first channels. A first power transfer element is mounted on the first connector, and defines a first cross-sectional shape that encompasses at least one of the one or more first channels and has a first central axis extending through the first surface. A second power transfer element on the second connector defines a second cross-sectional shape that encompasses at least one of the one or more second channels and has a second central axis extending through the second surface. The first power transfer element may instead be on a side surface of the first connector, and may couple with a paired element on a receptacle or extension of the second connector.

Abstract: An ocular device for a surgical instrument having an ocular mount for an optical assembly. The ocular device including: an optical flat; and a holder for accommodating the optical flat, wherein the holder is configured to be connected to the ocular mount; wherein the optical flat having a widened side edge provided with a first contact surface for the ocular mount and a second contact surface for the holder, and a surface normal of the optical flat and the first contact surface of the optical flat facing the ocular mount form an angle different than 0° relative to each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a spinal endoscope comprising an imaging device and an elongate rigid tube coupled to the imaging device, wherein the tube receives therein: a lens coupled to the imaging device to allow observation of a tissue; at least one irrigation channel to allow injection of a cleaning liquid to secure a view for surgery; a working channel to allow passage of a surgery-tool therethrough to a target location, and an optical fiber to allow irradiation of light beams, the spinal endoscope being characterized in that the working channel includes a first portion with a circular arc cross-sectional shape face-contacting and partially corresponding to an inner circumference of the elongate rigid tube, and a second portion with a linear cross-sectional shape, wherein the second portion connects both ends of the first portion.

Abstract: A cannula with a proximally mounted camera provides visualization of the brain during minimally invasive surgery. The device comprises a cannula with a camera mounted on the proximal end of the cannula with a view into the cannula lumen and the surgical field below the lumen. A prism, reflector or other suitable optical element is oriented between the camera and the lumen of the cannula to afford the camera a view into the cannula while minimizing obstruction of the lumen.

Abstract: A medical camera system includes a video medical scope defining an enclosed space within a distal portion and a proximal portion that a user can attach and detach to each other. The two portions both have an interface for coupling to each other allowing communications across a patient isolation barrier. Power transfer elements provide for power transfer across the patient isolation barrier. The communication and power transfer may allow rotation of the distal portion with respect to the proximal portion while in use.

Abstract: A video processor that is connectable to an endoscope and an external light source device that supplies illumination light to a light guide of the endoscope includes: a connection detector that detects a presence/absence of connection between the video processor and the light guide of the endoscope; an internal light source unit that supplies the illumination light to the light guide of the endoscope; a communication controller that performs communication with the external light source device, and obtains device data of the external light source device; and a utilized light source determination unit that determines a light source that supplies the illumination light to the light guide of the endoscope in accordance with a detection result of the connection detector or a state of obtainment of the device data of the communication controller.

Abstract: An endoscope optical system unit according to the present invention, includes, an endoscope illuminating optical system which includes, a light-emitting section, and a first optical-path deflecting prism group which takes in illumination light emitted from the light-emitting section, and irradiates light to a subject upon deflecting an optical path, and the first optical-path deflecting prism group includes three prisms in order from an object side which are, a first prism, a second prism, and a third prism, and the first prism, the second prism, and the third prism are disposed to be mutually adjacent, and a direction of irradiation of the illumination light is let to be variable to a first direction by rotationally moving the first prism with respect to the second prism, and the direction of irradiation of the illumination light is let to be variable to a second direction which differs from the first direction, by rotationally moving the first prism and the second prism integrally, with respect to the third