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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2018
Applicant:

The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);

Inventors:

Chandrakanth Are, Omaha, NE (US);

Madhuri Are, Omaha, NE (US);

Dennis Alexander, Lincoln, NE (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00108 (2013.01); A61B 1/00013 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A portable laparoscope is disclosed. In implementations, the portable laparoscope includes a housing and an elongated tube coupled to the housing. A lighting source and a camera are disposed proximate to an end of the elongated tube opposite the housing. The camera is configured to capture an image in a viewing area that is illuminated by light provided by the lighting source. The portable laparoscope includes an image display apparatus configured to display the images acquired by the camera and/or to transmit the images to a remote display device. The housing may be configured to hold and position an insufflator.


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