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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Nathanael Berglund, Atlanta, GA (US);
Harris Bergman, Marietta, GA (US);
Scott Cahall, Fairport, NY (US);
Jerry Foster, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Eohan George, Atlanta, GA (US);
Samuel W. Harris, Norcross, GA (US);
Giorgos Hatzilias, Buford, GA (US);
Karol Hatzilias, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ruizhi Hong, Roswell, GA (US);
Wess E. Sharpe, Vinings, GA (US);
David G. Stites, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
Harry S. Strothers, Iv, Chamblee, GA (US);
Nathanael Berglund, Atlanta, GA (US);
Harris Bergman, Marietta, GA (US);
Scott Cahall, Fairport, NY (US);
Jerry Foster, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Eohan George, Atlanta, GA (US);
Samuel W. Harris, Norcross, GA (US);
Giorgos Hatzilias, Buford, GA (US);
Karol Hatzilias, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ruizhi Hong, Roswell, GA (US);
Wess E. Sharpe, Vinings, GA (US);
David G. Stites, Saint Petersburg, FL (US);
Harry S. Strothers, IV, Chamblee, GA (US);
United Sciences, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An otoscanner including an otoscanner body, the body comprising a hand grip, the body having mounted upon it an ear probe, a tracking illumination emitter, a plurality of tracking illumination sensors, and a display screen, the otoscanner body having mounted within it an image sensor; the ear probe comprising a wide-angle lens optically coupled to the image sensor, laser light source, a laser optical element, and a source of non-laser video illumination; the display screen coupled for data communications to the image sensor, the display screen displaying images of the scanned ear, the display screen positioned on the otoscanner body in relation to the ear probe so that when the ear probe is positioned for scanning, both the display screen and the ear probe are visible to a operator operating the otoscanner; and a data processor configured to construct a 3D image of the interior of the scanned ear.