Development of inexpensive endoscopic system to familiarize endoscopically-assisted oral surgery

为了熟悉内窥镜辅助口腔颌面外科手术，我们研制了便携式内窥镜系统样机，通过USB电缆与笔记本电脑相连。作为口腔颌面外科的内窥镜，我们研制了直径0.9 mm、0°的内窥镜。该内窥镜系统的进一步完善使临床应用成为可能。图像与商用唾液内窥镜(直径0.9 mm，0°内窥镜，德国Karl Storz)相同。需要进一步的研究来开发几种口腔手术的内窥镜。

To familiarize endoscopically-assisted oral and maxillofacial surgery, we developed the prototype of portable endoscopic system connected to laptop computer byuniversal serial bus(USB) cable. As an endoscope for oral and maxillofacial surgery, we developed 0.9 mm diameter, 0°endoscope. More improvement of this endoscopic system enables clinical application. The images are as same as commercial sialendoscope(0.9 mm diameter, 0°endoscope ; Karl Storz, Germany). Further study is necessary to develop endoscopes for several oral surgeries.