Video Cameras Catalogue

Endoscopy Video cameras are widely used for documenting and better visuality of operations and observations. A detailed catalog  for all types of endoscopes cameras is available.  Those cameras are used in laparoscopy, otoscopy and other areas.

TV Camera in Veterinary Practice

Why are TV cameras used in veterinary? 

Vets answer today: "It is very convenient!" You can attach the camera with a special coupler to any endoscopes with a standard eyepiece. Just after a short period of time when the camera is connected  you will receive magnified area of the examination on your screen. It produces great outcomes and makes operation much easier. 

Please check out the new TV Video borescope camera with CCD video camera chip, which provides 760x490 resolution and over 470 TV lines and analog output RCA to connect the camera unit to your TV monitor or USB capture box. Power is provided by a 12 volt power adapter, and all of these video cameras feature a 28mm focus universal eyepiece coupler to connect to all sorts of rigid endoscopes,  fiberscopes. 

New Generation of Illuminators

Illuminator is a extremely bright LED light source. During any kind of procedures or operation illumination is very important. 
The more illumination - the easier control of tools and organs. Light is generated and transmitted to the endoscope by a special light cable or light guide that connects the illuminator and borescope. Such illuminators can be Halogen, Xenon, Metal Halide or LED. They all have their own pros and cons. Halogen, metal halide and xenon light sources have a high intensity, but the life span of their bulbs is generally very limited, some hundreds of hours. Spare bulbs are costly.

Today LED light sources are very popular. Due to achievements of LED technology, LED-based illuminator get more light intensity and now it equals or exceeds halogen or xenon illuminators.

A new LED illuminator represents the next generation of powerful light sources for the widest application. Now you can stop using fragile and sensitive halogen, xenon, or metal halide light sources. This unit is a very cost-effective solution with extremely long life expectancy (>60 000Hrs, longer than a 250W halogen, or 100W Xenon bulb), while at the same time the light output, at 650K Lux, easily replaces even the 250W halogen light sources.
Light intensity is controlled via a dimmer switch with an LCD display, which provides you with a quantified number for the illumination intensity.

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We offer a wide variety of medical and veterinary endoscopic equipment and accessories.

Our webpage provides all information and product description about endoscopy.

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Xtreme LED light source for all borescopes

Portable Spark LED Light Sources are a convenient, easy to use, substitute for bulky halogen or metal halide light sources. These Light Sources feature a high intensity 3W LED, which produces well over 50,000 Lux of illumination, and an adjustable intensity control lever, to vary the illumination for different inspection areas, or areas with reflective surfaces.

These portable Xtreme LED work with flexible and rigid endoscopes/ borescopes, and some flexible fiberscopes too. They produce a focused bright white light, not an unfocused yellow light like some halogen light sources. Power is provided by a rechargeable lithium ion battery, and at full power these units will run continuously for 45 minutes. Charging take 2 hours, but the LED should be good for over 1,000,000 hours of lamp life per bulb.

Additional features include an adapter nut to connect to the endoscopes/borescopes, and special adapters for some fiberscopes. The Xtreme LED is also rated IPX7 for protection against water, and cleaning solutions, allowing you to full submerge these light sources into water, or disinfecting solutions to clean them, or perform inspections. This also means these light sources are available for both industrial and medical use.

Three-dimensional, miniature endoscope opens new diagnostic possibilities

BOSTON - October 18, 2006 - Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a new type of miniature endoscope that produces three-dimensional, high-definition images, which may greatly expand the application of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In the October 19 issue of Nature, the team from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at MGH describes their prototype device and a demonstration of its use in a mouse model.

"This new ultraminiature endoscope is the first to allow three-dimensional imaging of areas inside the body, " says Guillermo Tearney, MD, PhD, of the MGH Wellman Center, the report's senior author. "Its ability to go places that other imaging tools cannot reach opens new possibilities for medical diagnosis and eventually treatment."

Standard miniature endoscopic devices - which give physicians access to hard-to-reach internal organs and structures - utilize bundles of optical fibers to supply light to and transmit images from the areas of interest. Larger endoscopes that use image sensors to produce high-quality, two-dimensional images can be a centimeter or more in diameter. Existing miniature endoscopes using smaller fiber bundles may be more flexible but have difficulty producing high-quality images.

The new device developed at MGH-Wellman uses a technology called spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE). Multicolored light from a single optical fiber - introduced through a probe about the size of a human hair - is broken into its component colors and projected onto tissue, with each color illuminating a different part of the tissue surface. The light reflected back is recorded, and the intensity of the various colors decoded by a spectrometer, which analyzes the wavelengths of light. Another device called an interferometer, which calculates structural information based on the interaction between two waves of light, provides the data required to create three-dimensional images.

Worm inspires 'comfortable' test for endoscopy

Scientists are developing a new way of carrying out internal examinations on patients - based on a wriggling worm.
In an endoscopy, a long flexible tube is fed into the body. It can be very uncomfortable.
But a team from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, found the ragworm, which lives in seashores, could offer a model for a more comfortable test.

They say their device would be able to "pull" itself along, rather than having to be forced into the body.
The team have developed a prototype device, named the Bioloch 1st, which imitates the undulating motion of the ragworm, also known as the paddleworm.
" Ultimately our idea is to turn the current ordeal of the colonic endoscopy procedure into something akin to a pleasurable experience! "
Professor Julian Vincent, University of Bath
The worm, which is often used as fishing bait, moves in wet environments containing large amounts of solid and semi-solid material - similar to that often found inside the body.
The prototype consists of a simple worm with a flexible central spine and paddles sticking out either side along the worm's body. The team are now working on a more advanced version of the device in which the paddles themselves can also move as well as the central spine. Eventually, the device will be motorized.
The team are liaising with a biologist to work out the exact mechanisms for how the ragworm moves.
Paolo Dario, who led the research, said: "The basic concept is to develop a replacement for the current colonic endoscope, which is quite large and stiff, and has to be pushed inside a patient.
"If you can pull a device rather than push it, you can reduce the bending forces and so lessen the chance of damage to a patient's internal organs.
"We looked to nature for a model and chose the paddleworm because it is capable of 'swimming' with ease through relatively soft, unstructured environments."
He said the prototype was quite slow, taking 30 minutes to reach the end of the colon instead of the 10 minutes the conventional type takes.
But he said making the paddles move as well as the central spine of the device should help speed up the 'worm' endoscopy technique.
Versatile
Professor Julian Vincent of the University of Bath, who also worked on the research, said the rag worms have a very different way of moving compared to earthworms.
He said: "The advantage from our point of view is that the paddle worm has a much greater variety of styles of moving, since it can remain straight and just move the paddles, wriggle and keep the paddles still, or wriggle and move the paddles as well. "This gives more versatility in speed and general control. The paddle worm can also build burrows very rapidly.
"So the chances are that a robotic motor based on this design will be more versatile and faster than most others." "Ultimately our idea is to turn the current ordeal of the colonic endoscopy procedure into something akin to a pleasurable experience!