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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. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2007
Applicants:
Lex Bayer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rupesh Desai, San Jose, CA (US);
John Higgins, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Avantis Medical Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope includes an insertion tube having an end, and an imaging catheter assembly. The imaging catheter assembly includes a tubular body, an imaging device, and a shape memory link that connects the imaging device to the tubular body.