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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventors:
John Hygelund, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David D'Alfonso, Gaviola, CA (US);
Bruce Laurence Kennedy, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00059 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/0002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00062 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopic camera system has an endoscope having a field stop encoded with endoscope information; a camera head coupleable to the endoscope, the camera head generating image data including the endoscope information; and a camera control unit coupleable to the camera head to receive image data from the camera head; and wherein the camera control unit is configured to analyze the endoscope information to identify the endoscope coupled to the camera head.