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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.

Patent No.:

US 11116383 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2015

Articulated structured light based-laparoscope

Applicant:

Asensus Surgical Europe S.à.r.l., Lugano, CH;

Inventors:

Tal Nir, Haifa, IL;

Motti Frimer, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Gal Atarot, Kfar Saba, IL;

Assignee:

Asensus Surgical Europe S.à.R.L., Lugano, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Timothy J Neal

Assistant Examiner:

William B Chou

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/313 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 18/22 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G06T 7/337 (2017.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/742 (2016.02); A61B 2090/367 (2016.02); A61B 2090/373 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10136 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a structured-light based system for providing a 3D image of at least one object within a field of view within a body cavity, comprising: a. An endoscope; b. at least one camera located in the endoscope's proximal end, configured to real-time provide at least one 2D image of at least a portion of said field of view by means of said at least one lens; c. a light source, configured to real-time illuminate at least a portion of said at least one object within at least a portion of said field of view with at least one time and space varying predetermined light pattern; and, d. a sensor configured to detect light reflected from said field of view; e. a computer program which, when executed by data processing apparatus, is configured to generate a 3D image of said field of view.

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