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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Stephen C. Jacobsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David T. Markus, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David P. Marceau, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ralph W. Pensel, Sandy, UT (US);
Stephen C. Jacobsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David T. Markus, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David P. Marceau, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ralph W. Pensel, Sandy, UT (US);
Sarcos Investments LC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A miniaturized imaging device and method of viewing small luminal cavities are described. The imaging device can be used as part of a catheter, and can include a lens, an SSID including an imaging array optically coupled to the lens; an umbilical including a conductive line; and an adaptor configured to support the lens and provide electrical communication between the SSID and conductive line. Alternatively, the adaptor can be a rigid adaptor configured to provide electrical communication between the SSID and the conductive line through a conductive path. The conductive path can be configured along multiple contiguous surfaces of the adaptor such that the SSID is electrically coupled to the conductive path at a first surface, and the conductive line is electrically coupled to the conductive path at a second surface.