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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2021
Micronvision Corp., Bellevue, WA (US);
Xiaolong Ouyang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shih-Ping Wang, Los Altos, CA (US);
MicronVision Corp, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An endoscopic system includes a single-use portion and a multiple-use portion. The two portions can be mated and un-mated. The single-use portion includes an elongated cannula that has a bendable section near its distal end providing a 'steerable' distal tip. The imaging system includes at least two separate cameras and two separate light sources. The camera and light sources are configured to simultaneously image a target object. By employing different illuminations, different filters and manipulating the spectral responses, different characteristics of the target object can be captured. According to some embodiments, a system processor can coordinate the cameras, the light sources and combine the resulting images to display to an operator an enhanced combined image the object.