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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2020
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Lance Adam Freeseman, Greenfield, MN (US);
Danielle Frankson, Dayton, MN (US);
Benn Horrisberger, Blaine, MN (US);
Kenneth Gunter, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mark D. Wood, Sterling, MA (US);
Paul D. Aquilino, Walpole, MA (US);
James P. Rohl, Prescott, WI (US);
James A. Klos, Bay City, WI (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, a visualization device may include an image sensor, a lens for focusing light onto the image sensor, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a lateral wall surface extending between the first end and the second end, and a coating on the lateral wall surface. The coating may include at least one of an electrically-insulating layer and a light-blocking layer, and may be deposited on the lateral wall surface using, for example, physical vapor deposition (PVD).