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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Hans David Hoeg, Arcadia, CA (US);
John C. Tesar, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nathan Jon Schara, Pasadena, CA (US);
Eric L. Hale, Altadena, CA (US);
Hans David Hoeg, Arcadia, CA (US);
John C. Tesar, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nathan Jon Schara, Pasadena, CA (US);
Eric L. Hale, Altadena, CA (US);
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A viewing instrument having a variable direction of view is disclosed generally comprising a shaft, a sensor mounted in the distal end of the shaft such that the image plane of the sensor is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a reflecting element that rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. In some embodiments, a negative lens is mounted adjacent the reflecting element, and in certain embodiments, a positive lens is positioned adjacent the image sensor.