The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hans David Hoeg, Vancouver, WA (US);
George E. Duckett, III, Castaic, CA (US);
Assignee:
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/00174 (2013.01); A61B 1/00179 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); G02B 26/0883 (2013.01); G02B 27/642 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope and endoscopic surgical system for improving the image resolution/performance of a solid state variable direction of view endoscope. The endoscope and endoscopic surgical system has an optical rotator element that optically rotates the entire wide-angle field so as to make any portion of the wide-angle field visible to an image sensor.