Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse: Here's All About Camera Employed To Get Visuals Of Trapped Workers

On the morning of 21 November 2023, 10 days after a tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand's Silkyara, trapping 41 workers inside, an endoscopic camera was able to capture the first visuals of the trapped workers.?

The video footage shows workers, wearing yellow and white helmets, receiving food items sent to them through a pipeline that was inserted on Monday.?The visuals were captured using an endoscopic camera sent in through the alternative 6-inch pipeline.?

Visuals of trapped workers from inside the collapsed tunnel/ PTI

Let us find out what an endoscopic camera is and its uses.?

What is an endoscopic camera??

An endoscopic camera, used in the medical profession, is a viewing device that captures and records videos in small, hard-to-reach places of the human body with limited to no visibility.?

Endoscopic camera

This type of camera is commonly used in a medical procedure called endoscopy, where a flexible or rigid tube with a light and camera at the end is inserted into a body cavity or organ.?

What are the uses/ applications of an endoscopic camera??

The uses of an endoscopic camera are:?

1. Medical practitioners use an Endoscopic camera to examine and inspect the interior of bodily organs, joints, or cavities for diagnosis and treatment purposes.?
   

   Endoscopic camera/ Hospital Buy

   
   
2. Endoscopic camera pictures visualisery or diagnostic procedures on a larger medical-grade screen, like a computer monitor.?
3. The most modern endoscope camera modules utilise a utiliseogy known as the "chip-on-tip" technology, where the lens and imaging electronics are combined into a miniature package located at the end of the device.?
4. Endoscopic cameras have built-in light sources to illuminate the area being examined. This is crucial for obtaining clear and detailed images. Endoscopic cameras illuminate the targeted area through fiber optics or LEDs on the tip, and the image signal is transferred out from the camera on an electrical cable.? ??

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