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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Sahand Eftekari, Madison, WI (US);
Ellen Shaffrey, Madison, WI (US);
Samuel Poore, Madison, WI (US);
Weifeng Zeng, Middleton, WI (US);
Aaron Dingle, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/25 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/25 (2016.02); G02B 21/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robust and low-cost surgical microscope is created by incorporating commercial binoculars intended for close focusing into a housing having a contained mirror system providing both a diversion of the optical path and a reduced distance between the microscope and surgical site thus adapting these binoculars for ergonomic surgical application.