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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Micron Vision Corp., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaolong OuYang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shih-Ping Wang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
MicronVision Corp., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/00144 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope in which a reusable part is inserted into a sheath of a single-use portion that includes a needle with an imaging module at its tip and a part of the reusable portion that is not covered by the sheath is covered with a flexible cap that initially was sterile and covered the open end of the sheath, whereby the entire reusable portion is covered and sealed from the environment by the cap and the sheath during a medical procedure.