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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:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Arthur C. Mckinley, Westport, MA (US);
Inventor:
Arthur C. McKinley, Westport, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical apparatus having an off-axis direction of view is disclosed. The optical apparatus advantageously has an outer dimension of less than about 2 mm. The optical apparatus can be utilized as a subsystem of an endoscopic device.