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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Nanosurgery Technology Corporation, Sarasota, FL (US);
Sam Seiichiro Ochi, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Mark Walter, Sarasota, FL (US);
David Martin, Sarasota, FL (US);
NanoSurgery Technology Corporation, Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
An imaging needle apparatus, associated system, and method of use are described. The apparatus includes various interchangeable modules, including a trocar assembly, a blunt cannula assembly, and an arthroscope assembly, such as a nano-arthroscope. For example, using the imaging needle apparatus, a doctor can treat a patient by inserting the trocar assembly into the patient's body, inserting the blunt cannula assembly into the body via the trocar assembly, removing the trocar assembly, and inserting the arthroscope assembly into the blunt cannula assembly. Further, the imaging needle apparatus, in some embodiments, includes a light engine that provides a light source for a camera cannula of the apparatus, such as a camera cannula that is part of the arthroscope assembly.