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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Hans David Hoeg, Vancouver, WA (US);
Eric L. Hale, Vancouver, WA (US);
Douglas S. Kirk, Ventura, CA (US);
William S. Schnorr, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Nathan Jon Schara, Washougal, WA (US);
Hans David Hoeg, Vancouver, WA (US);
Eric L. Hale, Vancouver, WA (US);
Douglas S. Kirk, Ventura, CA (US);
William S. Schnorr, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Nathan Jon Schara, Washougal, WA (US);
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A deployable endoscopic imaging module and endoscopic surgical system having an imaging system with solid state variable direction of view navigation features, and manipulated by direct contact force, mechanical linkage and/or magnetic force. A deployable endoscopic imaging module or endoscopic imaging system equipped with solid state variable direction of view image navigation features and software. A deployable imaging system having image navigation software and solid state variable direction of view technology which can be incorporated into a percutaneous housing for performing surgery through a patient's skin.