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US 11,529,044 B2Granted
Endoscope imaging device
AssigneePsip LLC
InventorsLex Bayer, Rupesh Desai, John Higgins
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Abstract
An endoscope includes a detachable wireless imaging device and an insertion tube having a distal end region. The attachment of the detachable wireless imaging device detachably attaches the detachable wireless imaging device to the distal end region of the insertion tube.
Claims32
An endoscope, comprising:
- a catheter designed to position a minimally-invasive procedural working device to the site of a procedure, and to carry manipulation commands to the working device;
- a first camera and first illumination source at or near the distal end of the catheter, designed to and positioned to the catheter to illuminate and capture video of a physiological region and of a minimally-invasive surgical procedure at the physiological region by the working device;
- a detachable camera apparatus comprising:
- a second camera and second illumination source designed to and positioned to the catheter to illuminate and capture video of the physiological region and procedure;
- an attachment designed to affix the detachable camera apparatus at or near the distal end of the catheter, and to hold the affixation against stresses typical to projecting an endoscope to a surgical site;
- a structural beam designed to project from the attachment beyond the distal end of the catheter, and to hold the second camera positioned to face proximally, back toward the distal end of the catheter, the structural beam having sufficient strength to maintain that positioning despite stresses typical to projecting an endoscope to a surgical site;
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- a wireless signal link designed to transmit video from the second camera to a receiver outside the patient;
- the structural beam being designed to hold the first and second cameras opposed to each other, designed to and positioned to capture opposing views of the procedure from opposite viewpoints at the physiological region;
- optical polarization filters arranged to reduce interference between the first camera vs. the second illumination source, and between the second camera vs. the first illumination source;
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- circuitry designed to attenuate the second illumination source at times when the first camera is capturing an image, and to attenuate the first illumination source at times when the second camera is capturing an image.
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An endoscope, comprising:
- a catheter designed to position a minimally-invasive procedural working device to the site of a procedure, and to carry manipulation commands to the working device;
- a first camera and first illumination source at or near the distal end of the catheter, designed to and positioned to the catheter to illuminate and capture video of a physiological region and of a procedure at the physiological region by the working device;
- a second camera and second illumination source designed to and positioned to the catheter to illuminate and capture video of the physiological region and procedure;
- the first and second cameras being positioned to the catheter opposed to each other, designed to and positioned to provide opposing views of the procedure from opposite viewpoints at the physiological region;
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- optical polarization filters arranged to reduce interference between the first camera vs. the second illumination source, and between the second camera vs. the first illumination source.
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An endoscope, comprising:
- a catheter designed to position a minimally-invasive procedural working device to the site of a procedure, and to carry manipulation commands to the working device;
- a first camera and first illumination source at or near the distal end of the catheter, designed to and positioned to the catheter to illuminate and capture video of a physiological region and of a procedure at the physiological region by the working device;
- a second camera and second illumination source designed to and positioned to the catheter to illuminate and capture video of the physiological region and procedure;
- the first and second cameras being positioned to the catheter opposed to each other, designed to and positioned to provide opposing views of the procedure from opposite viewpoints at the physiological region;
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- circuitry designed to attenuate the second illumination source at times when the first camera is capturing an image, and to attenuate the first illumination source at times when the second camera is capturing an image.
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A detachable camera apparatus, comprising:
- a camera and illumination source designed to illuminate and capture video at a minimally-invasive surgical procedure of a patient at the distal end of an endoscope;
- an attachment designed to affix the detachable camera apparatus at or near the distal end of the endoscope, and to hold the affixation against stresses typical to projecting an endoscope to a surgical site;
- a structural beam designed to project from the attachment beyond the distal end of the endoscope, and to hold the camera positioned to face proximally, back toward the distal end of the endoscope, the structural beam having sufficient strength to maintain that positioning despite stresses typical to projecting an endoscope to a surgical site, the structural beam designed to hold the camera of the detachable camera apparatus opposed to a camera at the distal end of the endoscope, so that the camera of the detachable camera apparatus and camera at the distal end of the endoscope capture opposing views of the procedure from opposite viewpoints of a physiological region;
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- a signal connection designed to transmit video from the camera to a receiver outside the patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.