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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 11716455 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023

Filed:

May. 17, 2021

Hermetically sealed stereo endoscope of a minimally invasive surgical system

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

David D. Scott, Oakland, CA (US);

David C. Shafer, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Dominique Brichard, San Jose, CA (US);

Peter M. Herzlinger, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Alford Law Group, Inc.

Vy H. Vu

Primary Examiner:

Clayton E LaBalle

Assistant Examiner:

Kevin C Butler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); H04N 13/20 (2018.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/20 (2018.05); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00114 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/00149 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/00167 (2013.01); A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/313 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); G02B 13/0015 (2013.01); G02B 23/2415 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.05); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); G02B 13/00 (2013.01); G02B 23/24 (2013.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for a stereo endoscope includes receiving electromagnetic radiation through an inner protective window; focusing the electromagnetic radiation with a left optical component toward a left pixel array of a stereo image sensor along an optical axis of the left optical component parallel with but offset from a center axis of the left pixel array; and focusing the electromagnetic radiation with a right optical component toward a right pixel array of the stereo image sensor along an optical axis of the right optical component parallel with but offset from a center axis of the right pixel array. The left pixel array and the right pixel array are offset from the center optical axis of the stereo endoscope to provide stereo image convergence.

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