Walter B Kobyra

US Patent:

46994637, Oct 13, 1987

Filed:

Nov 1, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/794491

Inventors:

Frank D. D'Amelio - Naugatuck CT
Dominick G. Esposito - Mamaroneck NY
Walter B. Kobyra - Bronx NY

Assignee:

Circon Corporation - Santa Barbara CA

International Classification:

G02B 606

US Classification:

350 9626

Abstract:

An elongated, tubular inspection instrument characterized as having a control head at its proximal end and an objective assembly at its distal end. Flexible fiber or rigid optics extend between the control head and the objective assembly for the purpose of transmitting to the control head an image viewed from the distal end. Optics located at the objective assembly can be manipulated at the control head to provide, rapidly in succession, either a forward looking view or a sideward looking view. The sideward looking view is always at a positively positioned predetermined angle from the forward looking view.

US Patent:

46591958, Apr 21, 1987

Filed:

Jan 31, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/824846

Inventors:

Frank D. D'Amelio - Naugatuck CT
Michelle d. Maxfield - Stamford CT
Dominick G. Esposito - Mamaroneck NY
Walter B. Kobyra - Bronx NY

Assignee:

American Hospital Supply Corporation - Evanston IL

International Classification:

G02B 700

US Classification:

350574

Abstract:

An inspection system in which a fiber optic borescope has an elongated flexible body extending between a control head at a proximal end and an objective assembly at a distal end. The distal end is slidably inserted through a tubular elongated flexible guide member which has an operating head at a near end and a distal collar at a remote end capable of deflecting in four discrete directions. The objective assembly of the borescope is capable of deflecting in two discrete directions. A telescoping rigid support member connects the control head to the operating head and slidably receives the flexible body of the borescope. When the support member is retracted, the control head is proximate to the operating head and the objective assembly extends far beyond the distal collar. When the support member is extended, the control head is distant from the operating head and the objective assembly lies proximate to the distal collar. Cables for operating the distal collar extend between the near end and the remote end and each cable is operatively connected to the distal collar at one end and at the other end to an actuating element on the operating head for manual operation of the distal collar.