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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Clarus Medical, Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas Donald Chandler, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Steven Edward Lombardi, New Brighton, MN (US);
Mark Francis Brown, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Justin Andrew Hawley, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jerome Steven Stepanek, Eden Prarie, MN (US);
Clarus Medical, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device inspection system includes a console and a flexible imaging scope. The console includes a housing, a video processor, a light source, a visual display on the housing, and an outlet with two ports. The flexible imaging scope is removably connected to the console via the outlet and includes a CMOS image sensor, an optical fiber bundle, and a connector assembly mounted to a proximal end of the imaging scope. The connector assembly includes an electrical image connector and a light source connector, which plug into the two ports of the outlet to connect the flexible imaging scope to the console.