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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1995
Leonard J Bonnell, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Dennis C Leiner, Jaffrey, NH (US);
Thomas Brukilacchio, Reading, MA (US);
Vipera Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Abstract
Endodiagnostic apparatus and methods by which infrared emissions within the range including 2 to 14 micrometers may be visualized in the form of encoded images to permit differential analysis. The endoseopic apparatus comprises a refractive objective lens for forming a real image of interior structure of interest, a relay system consisting solely of refracting elements for transferring the real image to an intermediate image plane conjugate to the objective image plane, and a refracting coupling lens for forming a final image of the intermediate image in a detector plane in which an IR detector sensitive in the range including 2 to 14 micrometers may be placed near the proximal end of the apparatus.