Surgical imaging device
AssigneePower Medical Interventions, Inc.
InventorMichael P. Whitman
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Abstract
A surgical imaging device and method configured to be inserted into a surgical site. The surgical imaging device includes a plurality of prongs. Each one of the prongs has an image sensor mounted thereon. The image sensors provide different image data corresponding to the surgical site, thus enabling a surgeon to view a surgical site from several different angles. The prongs may be moveable between a first position, suitable for insertion though a small surgical incision, and a second position, in which the prongs are separated from each other. In addition, the prongs may be bendable.
Claims53
A surgical imaging device configured to be inserted into a surgical site, comprising:
- a plurality of legs, each one of the legs extending in a first direction;
- a plurality of prongs, each one of the plurality of prongs having at or near a distal tip a respective image sensor for providing different image data corresponding to the surgical site, each one of the plurality of prongs extending from a respective one of the legs and bendable from a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to a direction that is not substantially perpendicular to the first direction, each image sensor oriented transversely to the respective prong.
A method for employing a surgical imaging device during a surgical procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a plurality of prongs of a surgical device into a surgical site, each of the plurality of prongs attached to a respective one of a plurality of legs that extends in a first direction, each of the plurality of prongs bendable from a direction substantially perpendular to the first direction to a direction that is not substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
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- providing via image sensors mounted at or near to a distal tip of each one of the plurality of prongs different image data corresponding to the surgical site, each image sensor oriented transversely to a respective prong.
A surgical imaging device configured to be inserted into a surgical site, comprising:
- a body portion;
- a plurality of legs extending through the body portion in a first direction;
- a plurality of prongs, each one of the plurality of prongs extending from a respective one of the legs and bendable from a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to a direction that is not substantially perpendicular to the first direction and including at least one of a lens system and a light guide, the at least one of a lens system and light guide being oriented transversely to the respective prong;
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- at least one image sensor located in the body portion and coupled to the at least one of a lens system and a light guide, the image sensor configured to provide different image data corresponding to the surgical site.
A surgical imaging device comprising:
- at least one leg extending in a first direction;
- at least one prong insertable into a surgical site, each prong extending from a respective leg and bendable from a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to a direction that is not substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- a light source mounted on the at least one prong and configured to provide light at the surgical site, the light source oriented transversely to the respective prong;
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- a control line connected to the light source and configured to control an intensity of the light provided by the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.