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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:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2004
Applicant:
Jean Rovegno, Chemin de Saint Loup, FR;
Inventor:
Jean Rovegno, Chemin de Saint Loup, FR;
Assignee:
Tokendo, La Ciotat, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Image splitting device for videoendoscope, comprising an image splitting optical component to form on the sensitive surface of a video sensor housed in the distal end part of a videoendoscope a single composite image formed from two images of an observed target, viewed from two different angles; the image splitting optical component comprises two sections of identical convergent lenses, integrated into an opaque central element, maintaining the space between the two section of lenses, each of the two sections of lenses are at least equal to a half-moon so that it is crossed by the optical axis of the lens.