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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Viking Systems, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas D. Sjostrom, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Yuri Kazakevich, Newton, MA (US);
William Bopp, Incline Village, NV (US);
Assignee:
Viking Systems, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steerable stereoscopic endoscope including a shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and an articulating region therebetween; a stereo image acquisition mechanism disposed at the distal end of the shaft for acquiring stereo images of a remote site; and a mechanism for steering the portion of the shaft distal to the articulating region.