Coupler for coupling a camera to an endoscope
Granted 20 Dec 2016 · 4 office actions
Assignee: SinuSys Corporation
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Inventors: William L. Gould, William Jason Fox, Curtis Leslie Rieser · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2921 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of…
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a coupler for coupling a camera to an endoscope, showing our new design.
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the coupler, showing the opposite side from FIG. 1 .
FIG. 3 is a top elevational view of the coupler.
FIG. 4 is a bottom elevational view of the coupler.
FIG. 5 is a distal end elevational view of the coupler.
FIG. 6 is a proximal end elevational view of the coupler.
FIG. 7 is a distal perspective view of the coupler, shown coupled to a camera and an endoscope.
FIG. 8 is a distal perspective view of the coupler, from the opposite side shown in FIG. 7 , shown coupled to a camera and an endoscope.
FIG. 9 is a proximal perspective view of the coupler, shown coupled to a camera and an endoscope; and,
FIG. 10 is a proximal perspective view of the coupler, from the opposite side shown in FIG. 9 , shown coupled to a camera and an endoscope.
The features shown in broken lines in the drawings depict environmental subject matter and are for illustrative purposed only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
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