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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:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A. Farkas, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Terrance R. Boyd, Jackson, MI (US);
Juan F. Velazquez, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Inner Vision Imaging, L.L.C., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 ;
Abstract
An endoscope assembly includes a housing having an outwardly extending tube with the free end adapted for insertion into a body cavity. A laser is contained within the housing which emits an output beam through the free end of the tube. A light sensor detects light in a predetermined color range which impinges upon the free end of the tube and generates an output signal representative thereof. A circuit disables the laser in response to the output signal from the light sensor.