Anthony E Martin

US Patent:

61265918, Oct 3, 2000

Filed:

Apr 1, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/053306

Inventors:

Eugene McGarry - Greenlawn NY
Anthony Martin - Trabuco Canyon CA

International Classification:

A61B 104

US Classification:

600102

Abstract:

A remote visual inspection system having a video endoscope, a mounting post and a mount. The mount, to which a video monitor is attached, can also accommodate, at any one time, either the video endoscope or the mounting post. The video endoscope has an insertion tube and a scope body. The mount includes a sleeve which defines a central opening into which the scope body and mounting post may extend and has a slot, extending from a first end of the sleeve to a second end of the sleeve, through which the insertion tube may pass. The scope body is provided with a first part (e. g. , a pin hole) of a locking mechanism and a first part (e. g. , an alignment projection) of an alignment mechanism. The mounting post also has a first part (e. g. , a pin hole) of the locking mechanism and a first part (e. g.

US Patent:

60438428, Mar 28, 2000

Filed:

Dec 31, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/775311

Inventors:

Michael D. Tomasch - Massapequa Park NY
Anthony G. Martin - Trabuco Canyon CA

Assignee:

Olympus America Inc. - Melville NY

International Classification:

H04N 718

US Classification:

348164

Abstract:

A remote surveillance system including an imaging device and an IR light source for surveying a relatively dark area, a remote surveillance system including an imaging device and an insertion tube guide, and an insertion tube guide for receiving an insertion tube of an imaging device.