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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Chemimage Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Treado, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Charles Gardner, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Shona Stewart, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Aaron Smith, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
CHEMIMAGE CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00167 (2013.01); A61B 1/046 (2022.02); A61B 1/0607 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0646 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01);
Abstract
An endoscope has an improved chip-on-tip configuration that includes both a first configuration of source illumination fibers and a second plurality of source illumination fibers, along with a camera chip. The combination of the camera chip and the source illumination fibers on the tip of the endoscope results in endoscopes with reduced size and weight.