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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Advance Research System, Llc, Edina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Hamid R. Abbasi, Edina, MN (US);
Kenneth R. Barra, Dallas, GA (US);
Stuart J. Olstad, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Advance Research System, LLC, Edina, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/0008 (2013.01); G02B 21/0012 (2013.01); G02B 21/0032 (2013.01); G02B 21/361 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld microscope for direct, optical viewing of surgical sites. The system includes an illumination system, as well as viewing optics contained in a housing, the housing being configured for coupling to a proximal end of an access port. In some embodiments, the access port houses a light probe coupled to a source of the illumination system for irradiation of the surgical area. The system may include aspiration capability for clearing debris from the surgical site.