ENDOSCOPIC LIGHT SOURCE SAFETY AND CONTROL SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL SENSOR

摘要

Disclosed is an endoscope light source safety system including visible light transmitted along an illumination path; a source for providing radiati on along at least a portion of the illumination path; an illumination attenuato r connectable to the illumination path for receiving said visible light and th e radiation; a first reflector connected to said illumination attenuator for reflecting at least a portion of the radiation received by said illumination attenuator; a combiner for combining the radiation from said source into the illumination path; and a detector for receiving at least a portion of the radiation reflected from said first reflector and for generating a signal indicative o f the receipt of visible light by said illumination attenuator.