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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2010
Mina Farr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Franklin J. Wall, Jr., Vacaville, CA (US);
Chris Togami, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary D. Sasser, San Jose, CA (US);
Mina Farr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Franklin J. Wall, Jr., Vacaville, CA (US);
Chris Togami, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary D. Sasser, San Jose, CA (US);
Vivid Medical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments for providing removable, pluggable and disposable opto-electronic modules for illumination and imaging for endoscopy or borescopy are provided for use with portable display devices. Generally, various medical or industrial devices can include one or more solid state or other compact electro-optic illuminating elements located thereon. Additionally, such opto-electronic modules may include illuminating optics, imaging optics, and/or image capture devices. The illuminating elements may have different wavelengths and can be time-synchronized with an image sensor to illuminate an object for imaging or detecting purpose or other conditioning purpose. The removable opto-electronic modules may be plugged onto the exterior surface of another medical device, deployably coupled to the distal end of the device, or otherwise disposed on the device.