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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:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Applicant:
Dennis C. Leiner, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Inventor:
Dennis C. Leiner, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Assignee:
Lighthouse Imaging, LLC, Windham, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12104 (2013.01); A61B 18/22 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/00119 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope includes an outer tube having a sharpened distal end and a retractable sleeve slidably disposed in the outer tube. An image conduit is attached to the distal end of the retractable sleeve for imaging any object in contact with the distal tip of the image conduit.