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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:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Marc R. Amling, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David Chatenever, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marc R. Amling, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David Chatenever, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A video imaging system that minimizes the effect of EMI on the image data, provides a small, lightweight easy to use camera head, permitting interchangeable use of a variety of intelligent camera heads with a single camera control unit, and allows the utilization of new camera heads with new functions as they become available without having to replace the existing CCU.