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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Karl Storz Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Dashiell A. Birnkrant, Worcester, MA (US);
Robert Shieh, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Karl Storz Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01);
Abstract
A focusable camera module for an endoscope, including a housing including a lens assembly in a distal end of the housing, a carrier disposed within the housing, the carrier having a distal end with an aperture, an image sensor attached inside the carrier adjacent to the aperture, a flexible circuit attached to an edge of the image sensor, and a motor slideably displacing the carrier between a retracted position and an extended position, the aperture adjacent to the lens assembly in the extended position, and an endoscope including the focusable camera module.