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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Richard A. Beutter, San Jose, CA (US);
William H. L. Chang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
An endoscopic camera system includes apparent focusing capability to automatically and non-mechanically apparently focus images of internal features of a body during an endoscopic procedure. The system includes a scope for insertion into the body, a camera head coupled with the scope, and a camera control unit coupled with the camera head. Video image data of internal features of the body are acquired through the scope by the camera head and transmitted to the camera control unit, which generates video images for display on a monitor. The camera control unit includes an auto-focusing process for digitally focusing the video images in real-time.