Encasement platform for smartdevice for attachment to endoscope
AssigneeEndoluxe Inc.
InventorsNeal Patel, Philip Zhao
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Abstract
A case or encasement for use with a smartdevice, such as a smartphone or tablet and an endoscope is disclosed. The encasement includes a power supply, logic for controlling wireless communications, a light source, and other accessories, for use with an endoscope. In an embodiment, the encasement includes a power supply that may be used to charge a smartdevice, power a light source and a wireless communications module. Other embodiments include a mechanism for communicating between the smartdevice and the encasement to control the light source and any other accessories coupled to the encasement.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a case having a rear cover, wherein the case is configured to encase a mobile computer having a display and a camera;
- a tube extending from the rear cover, wherein the tube is configured to be coaligned with the camera when the case encases the mobile computer;
- and
- a clamp attached to the tube, wherein the clamp is configured to clamp an eyepiece of an endoscope such that the eyepiece and the camera are optically coupled to each other via the tube thereby enabling the endoscope to convey an image to the mobile computer to be displayed on the display when the case encases the mobile computer.
A method, comprising:
- manufacturing a device, comprising:
- a case having a rear cover, wherein the case is configured to encase a mobile computer having a display and a camera;
- a tube extending from the rear cover, wherein the tube is configured to be coaligned with the camera when the case encases the mobile computer;
- and
- a clamp attached to the tube, wherein the clamp is configured to clamp an eyepiece of an endoscope such that the eyepiece and the camera are optically coupled to each other via the tube thereby enabling the endoscope to convey an image to the mobile computer to be displayed on the display when the case encases the mobile computer.
A method, comprising:
- accessing a device including a case, a tube, and a clamp, wherein the case has a rear cover, wherein the tube extends from the rear cover, wherein the clamp is attached to the tube;
- and
- operating (i) a mobile computer having a display and a camera and (ii) an endoscope having an eyepiece, such that the case encases the mobile computer, the tube is coaligned with the camera, and the clamp clamps the eyepiece to enable the eyepiece and the camera to be optically coupled to each other via the tube thereby enabling the endoscope to convey an image to the mobile computer to be displayed on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.