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US 12,429,685 B2Granted
Medical borescopes and related tip assemblies
AssigneeXenocor, Inc.
InventorsJohn Langell, Lane Brooks
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Abstract
Laparoscopes and other medical borescopes. In some embodiments, a laparoscope may comprise an electrically conductive portion and a shield portion configured to provide electromagnetic interference shielding for the electrically conductive portion. A tip assembly may be positioned at a distal end of the laparoscope, which tip assembly may comprise an image sensor configured to take images through a distal end of the laparoscope.
Claims20
A laparoscope, comprising:
- an electrically conductive portion;
- a shield portion configured to provide electromagnetic interference shielding for the electrically conductive portion, wherein the electrically conductive portion and the shield portion are both part of a rigid tube of the laparoscope, and wherein the rigid tube is opaque to visible light;
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- a tip assembly positioned at a distal end of the laparoscope, wherein the tip assembly comprises an image sensor configured to take images through a distal end of the laparoscope.
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A laparoscope, comprising:
- a handle;
- a tube extending from the handle, the tube defining an axis, wherein the tube comprises at least a portion configured to reduce electromagnetic interference within the tube, wherein the at least a portion comprises a shielding portion defined by an electrically non-conductive material positioned over an electrically conductive portion of the tube;
- an articulable tip configured to articulate with respect to the axis;
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- a tip assembly positioned at the distal end of the articulable tip, the tip assembly comprising an image sensor configured to capture images through the distal end of the tube.
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A single-use, disposable laparoscope, comprising:
- a disposable portion, comprising:
- a tube comprising a distal end and extending along an axis, wherein the tube comprises at least a portion configured to reduce electromagnetic interference within the tube, wherein the at least a portion comprises a shielding portion defined by an electrically non-conductive material positioned adjacent to an electrically conductive portion of the tube;
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- a tip assembly comprising an image sensor configured to capture images through the distal end of the tube;
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- a non-disposable portion coupleable with the disposable portion and comprising an image processor configured to receive and process image data from the image sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.