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US 12,611,097 B2Granted
Surgical camera for laparoscopic surgery
AssigneeOrvue Surgical A/S
InventorsHenrik Bisgaard Poulsen, Peter Ladegaard Larsen
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Abstract
A surgical camera comprising a base, an image capturing element defining a field of view and configured to exchange image data with a monitor, a connector extending between the image capturing element and the base, and a manipulator configured for movement of the image capturing element relative to the base. To facilitate free hands of the surgeon, the surgical camera forms a contact surface which can be attached to an outer skin surface of the patient and thereby fix the camera to the patient.
Claims17
A surgical camera comprising:
- a base;
- an image capturing element defining a field of view and configured to exchange image data with a monitor;
- a connector extending between the image capturing element and the base;
- and
- a manipulator configured for movement of the image capturing element relative to the base,
- wherein the manipulator is at least partly encapsulated in a housing detachably attachable to the base,
- wherein the connector forms part of an inner assembly located in the housing and rotatable around a central axis relative to the housing via a first rotational joint,
- wherein the base forms a contact surface configured to be attached to an outer skin surface of a patient, and
- wherein the base comprises:
- an insertion tube extending outwards from the contact surface and forming a connector passage for receiving the connector through the insertion tube;
- and
- a duckbill valve arrange to seal the connector passage in the insertion tube, the duckbill valve being located in level with the first rotational joint.
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A surgical camera comprising:
- a base;
- an image capturing element defining a field of view and configured to exchange image data with a monitor;
- a connector extending between the image capturing element and the base;
- a manipulator configured for movement of the image capturing element relative to the base;
- and
- a first motor arranged for rotation of an inner assembly relative to a housing and a second motor arranged for rotation of a tilt actuating rotor-ring relative to the inner assembly,
- wherein the manipulator is at least partly encapsulated in the housing detachably attachable to the base,
- wherein the connector forms part of the inner assembly located in the housing and rotatable around a central axis relative to the housing via a first rotational joint;
- and
- wherein the first motor and the second motor each has a rotor axis, and the rotor axes are arranged with the same distance to the central axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.