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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
David C. Shafer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dennis C. Leiner, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G02B 5/04 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00194 (2022.02); G02B 23/2415 (2013.01); A61B 1/000095 (2022.02); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/044 (2022.02); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); G02B 5/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stereoscopic endoscope comprises a first lens train; a second lens train; a prism; and a continuous image sensor surface. The first lens train directs light along a first path through the first lens train and the prism to be incident on a first region of the continuous image sensor, and the second lens train directs light along a second path through the second lens train and the prism to be incident on a second region of the continuous image sensor.