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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Josef Paul Fengler, North Vancouver, CA;
Robert Anthony Stead, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); G01J 1/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/58 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G01J 3/36 (2006.01); G01J 3/44 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 1/00186 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); G01J 1/00 (2013.01); G01J 1/58 (2013.01); G01J 3/0205 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/021 (2013.01); G01J 3/0248 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/36 (2013.01); G01J 3/4406 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 27/1013 (2013.01); G02B 27/106 (2013.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/11 (2023.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.05); H04N 2209/049 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor assembly includes at least one upconverter configured to detect light in a NIR waveband that is received from an object to be imaged and generate, based on the detected light, upconverted light that is outside of the NIR waveband; and at least one image sensor configured to detect the upconverted light.