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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig Speier, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Robert Walls, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Linvatec Corporation, Largo, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 ;
Abstract
A video camera head configured for use with an endoscope and having a conductive inner chamber for shielding the imager and imager electronics from electro-magnetic interference is described in which the inner chamber is substantially isolated from contact by a human or conductive fluid through a sealed outer non-conductive housing. Another aspect of the invention involves hermetically sealing the inner chamber, thus facilitating the use of steam autoclave sterilization, including flash sterilization, to sterilize the camera head.