Processor module for video inspection probe
CA 2105757 A1 · Owner: Welch Allyn, Inc. · Inventors: Wood, Robert J.; Pasik, Gregory E.; Pileski, Michael J.
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Invention: PROCESSOR MODULE FOR VIDEO INSPECTION PROBE Inventors: Robert J. Wood, Michael J. Pileski and Gregory E. Pasik, Abstract of the Invention:, A plug-in module for a video probe has a housing which contains video processing circuitry to receive a video output from a miniature video imager and produces a video signal suitable to apply, without further processing to a video monitor. The module plugs into a mating socket of a power and illumination unit. A fiber optic bundle extends into a sleeve protruding from a proximal face of the module, and is positioned at the focus of a small high efficacy lamp assembly. The housing of the plug-in module environmentally seals the electronic …
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- Filed September 8, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 8, 2013.
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