Medical Probe
AssigneeEDA Medical Devices Technology, Inc.
InventorsTai-An Chiang, Tzeng-Ming Uen
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Abstract
A medical probe includes a hollow needle body, a light-transmitting optical module and an imaging module. The hollow needle body defines a needle passage extending along an axis of the needle body, and includes an outer tubular wall surrounding the needle passage. The outer tubular wall includes a penetrating section formed with a forward penetrating end, and a needle opening formed in the penetrating section and communicated with the needle passage. The light-transmitting optical module is disposed inside the needle passage, includes a light entering region and transmits the light within the needle passage. The imaging module is disposed in the needle passage to receive and process the light transmitted through the light-transmitting optical module.
Claims12
A medical probe for examining a body cavity during surgery, the medical probe comprising:
- a hollow needle body defining a needle passage extending along an axis of said hollow needle body, and including an outer tubular wall surrounding said needle passage, said outer tubular wall including a penetrating section that is formed with a forward penetrating end and that has a cross-section smaller than a remainder of said outer tubular wall, and a needle opening formed in said penetrating section and communicated with said needle passage;
- a light-transmitting optical module disposed inside said needle passage, and including a light entering region that extends to and is exposed from said needle opening to receive light from the body cavity, said light-transmitting optical module transmitting the light within said needle passage;
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- an imaging module disposed in said needle passage to capture an image carried by the light transmitted through said light-transmitting optical module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.