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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Karl Storz Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Inventor:
Vernon Hopkins, Charlton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Karl Storz Endovision, Inc., Charlton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G01M 3/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); G01M 3/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging scope includes an internal surface defining an internal cavity, a window permitting visual inspection of the internal cavity, a fluid in the internal cavity having a pressure different than ambient pressure, and a leak indicator transitionable between nonvisible and visible through the window when the pressure of the fluid changes toward ambient pressure.