# US 11,992,191 B2 · Connected medical devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,992,191 B2 - Document ID: US11992191B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/448,078 - Filed: 2021-09-20 - Published: 2022-03-31 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-25 - Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. - Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. - Inventors: Amanda England - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11992191B2 ## CPC - A61B 1/00121: {Connectors, fasteners and adapters, e.g. on the endoscope handle} - A61B 1/0125: {Endoscope within endoscope} - A61B 1/00009: {of image signals during a use of endoscope} - A61B 1/0005: {combining images e.g. side-by-side, superimposed or tiled} - A61B 1/00066: {Proximal part of endoscope body, e.g. handles (A61B1/0052 takes precedence)} - A61B 1/00114: {Electrical cables in or with an endoscope} - A61B 1/00124: {electrical, e.g. electrical plug-and-socket connection} - H04N 23/555: {for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes} - A61B 1/00011: {characterised by signal transmission} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A medical assembly comprising a first imaging device comprising a first handle and a first shaft extending distally from the first handle, a second imaging device comprising a second handle and a second shaft extending distally from the second handle, and an imaging unit, wherein the first imaging device further comprises a first imager at a distal end of the first shaft, a first cable extending from the first handle for connection to the imaging unit, and a first connector, wherein the second imaging device further comprises a second imager at a distal end of the second shaft and a second connector, and wherein the first connector and the second connector are configured to connect, thereby transmitting imaging data from the second imager to the imaging unit via the first cable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical assembly, comprising: a first imaging device comprising a first handle and a first shaft extending distally from the first handle; a second imaging device comprising a second handle and a second shaft extending distally from the second handle; and an imaging unit, wherein the first imaging device further comprises a first imager at a distal end of the first shaft, a first cable extending from the first handle for connection to the imaging unit, and a first connector, and wherein the first connector is embedded in the first handle, wherein the second imaging device further comprises a second imager at a distal end of the second shaft and a second connector, and wherein the first connector and the second connector are configured to connect, thereby transmitting imaging data from the second imager to the imaging unit via the first cable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the first connector is electrically connected to the first imager, and the second connector is electrically connected to the second imager. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the imaging unit includes a single physical unit housing a controller configured to process the imaging data from the first imager and the imaging data from the second imager. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medical assembly of claim 3, wherein the imaging unit further includes at least one display configured to display images from the first imager and images from the second imager simultaneously and/or sequentially. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the connection between the first connector and the second connector is a male-female connection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the first connector is fixed to a body of the first handle, and the second connector is fixed to a body of the second handle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The medical assembly of claim 6, wherein the first connector is one of a male connector and female connector, and the second connector is the other of the male connector and the female connector. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the first imaging device includes a second cable having a first end in electrical communication with the first cable and a second end including the first connector. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medical assembly of claim 8, wherein the second imaging device further includes a tertiary cable extending from the second handle, wherein the tertiary cable includes a first end coupled to the second handle and a second end including the second connector, and wherein the first connector is one of a male connector and female connector, and the second connector is the other of the male connector and the female connector. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the second imaging device is electrically connected to the imaging unit via the first cable. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the medical assembly includes only one single, physical imaging unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the first handle includes a port, and the port receives the second shaft of the second imaging device. ### Claim 13 A medical assembly, comprising: a first imaging device comprising a first handle, a first shaft, and a first imager at a distal end of the first shaft; and a second imaging device comprising a second handle, including second shaft, and a second imager at a distal end of the second shaft; wherein the first imaging device further comprises a first cable extending from the first handle for connection to an imaging unit, and a first connector embedded in the first handle, the first connector being electrically connected to the first imager, wherein the second imaging device further comprises a second connector on the second handle, the second connector electrically connected to the second imager, and wherein the first connector and the second connector are configured to connect to transmit imaging data from the second imager to the imaging unit via the first cable of the first imaging device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The medical assembly of claim 13, further comprising the imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit includes a single physical unit housing a controller configured to process the imaging data from the first imager and the imaging data from the second imager, and at least one display configured to display images from the first imager and images from the second imager simultaneously and/or sequentially. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The medical assembly of claim 13, wherein the first connector is one of a male connector and female connector, and the second connector is the other of the male connector and the female connector. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The medical assembly of claim 13, wherein the first handle includes a port, and the port receives the second shaft of the second imaging device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, wherein the first cable is an only cable of the first imaging device and the second imaging device for connection to the imaging unit.