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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kenji Yamazoe, Tochigi, JP;
Seiji Takeuchi, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
CANON U.S.A., INC., Melville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/055 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/4795 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); G01N 21/27 (2013.01); G01N 33/4833 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to apparatus and methods for endoscopy which includes a probe, a first and a second optical fiber to guide light, a third optical fiber to capture light; and a switch configured to operate the first optical fiber and second optical fiber. Light dispersed by the first optical fiber at least partially overlaps light dispersed by the second optical.