Endoscope LED Support Block Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional endoscope devices with LED illumination face challenges in efficiently integrating LED chips with objective lens groups, leading to increased diameter and complexity, which affects optical characteristics and ease of assembly and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
The endoscope device separates the objective lens group into two parts, with one part mounted on an LED supporting block, allowing for easier placement of LED chips and reducing the outer diameter of the LED supporting block, while enabling easy attachment and detachment of the LED supporting block from a lens supporting block via a positioning device and electrical connection system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If LED chips are directly mounted on a separate supporting block from the objective lens group, then the outer diameter of the LED supporting block can be reduced, but the device complexity increases due to separate mounting structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the LED supporting block and lens supporting block into a single integrated structure. The LED chips are mounted on the front surface of the supporting block, while the objective lens group is mounted on the rear surface, eliminating the need for separate mounting structures and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining compact dimensions
2Ease of operation
If the objective lens group is separated from the LED supporting block, then assembly and maintenance become easier, but the optical characteristics may be affected
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting block is divided into distinct functional regions: a front surface for LED chip mounting and a rear surface for objective lens group mounting. This segmentation allows independent assembly and maintenance of LED components and optical components while maintaining precise relative positioning through the integrated block structure, preserving optical characteristics
3Volume of moving object
If multiple components are integrated into a single supporting block, then the overall device diameter is reduced, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating both LED mounting and lens mounting functions into a single supporting block, the patent reduces the overall device diameter. The block's rigid structure provides stable, pre-defined mounting positions that simplify the manufacturing process compared to coordinating multiple separate components, thereby managing precision requirements effectively
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration reduces the outer diameter of the LED supporting block and lens adaptor, simplifies assembly and maintenance, and allows for flexible adjustment of observation specifications by enabling the use of interchangeable LED and lens blocks with optimized optical characteristics.
Implementation Method 1
an illumination device that is provided at a distal end of the insertion portion and illuminates the subject using LED
Data Source
AI summary
An endoscope device includes an objective lens group that is provided at a distal end of an insertion portion that is inserted into a lumen of a subject and is used to observe or photograph the subject, and an illumination device that is provided at a distal end of the insertion portion and illuminates the subject using LED. The illumination device is provided with LED chips and an LED chip supporting block that supports these LED chips, and at least a portion of the objective lens group is mounted on the LED supporting block.