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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Hicks, Northboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385117 ;
Abstract
A fiberoptic endoscope scanning system with multiple scanning modes. The first mode is a multifiber scanning along its longitudinal axis and a second scanning mode is a chromatic scan comprising a prism and/or grating at the distal end of the endoscope. The multiple scanning modes result in superior improvement in the image scan. The superior improvement in the clarity of the image scanned.