US 2014/0155757 A1 · PORTABLE EXOSCOPE IMAGING DEVICE FOR THE HUMAN BODY

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable CCD camera imaging device for the human body, comprising: a handle-shaped main body (10); a tube body (20) projecting from the leading end of the main body (10) at an angle to the main body (10) and having a diameter that enables the insertion thereof into a hole in a human body; a CCD camera (30) inserted into the inner diameter of the tube body (20); LEDs (40) installed around the perimeter of the CCD camera (30); and a transmitting ring (50) transmitting light from the LEDs (40) at a uniform brightness, and having a convex portion (52) for diffusing the transmitted light.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A portable skin imaging system for the human body, comprising:

a main body (10) shaped to be easily gripped by the hand;
a pipe-like body (20), formed on the top of the main body (10), for putting in the cavity of the human body, the lengthwise axis being inclined against that of the main body (10), and the tip being protruded in the lengthwise direction from the main body (10);
a charge coupled device (CCD) camera module (30) installed inside the pipe-line body (20);
LEDs (40) installed sparsely around the CCD camera module (30);
and
a light transmission material ring (50) with a convex portion (52) for uniformly diffusing the light from the LEDs (40).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/233,916Filed 31 Aug 2011

Priority

KR 10-2011-007300722 Jul 2011

Published

5 Jun 2014

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

A61B 5/0084
Adapted for particular medical purposes: for introduction into the body, e.g. by catheters
A61B 1/00108
Constructional details of the endoscope body: characterised by self-sufficient functionality for stand-alone use
A61B 1/00188
Optical arrangements: with focusing or zooming features
A61B 1/051
Characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion: details of CCD assembly

Portable exoscope imaging device for the human body

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Portable exoscope imaging device for the human body

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Abstract

Claims6