Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact binocular image capture device
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Application No.: US16787447Application Date: 2020-02-11
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Publication No.: US11206967B2Publication Date: 2021-12-28
- Inventor: Viraj A. Patwardhan , John A Barton , Mathew Clopp , John E. Sell
- Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/313 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/35 ; A61B1/12 ; A61B90/30

Abstract:
An image capture device includes a plurality of stacked ceramic circuit boards, an image sensor, signal conditioning electronics, and a connector. Each ceramic circuit board is parallel and directly coupled to at least one other circuit board. The image sensor is mounted to a first ceramic circuit board. The signal conditioning electronics are mounted to one or more of the stacked ceramic circuit boards and are coupled to receive electrical signals generated by the image sensor. The image capture device is enclosed by a shaft and the stacked ceramic circuit boards are stacked along a length of the shaft. The connector is mounted to a second ceramic circuit board that is on an opposite side of the plurality of stacked ceramic circuit boards from the first ceramic circuit board. The connector is mounted to a side of the second ceramic circuit board facing away from the first ceramic circuit board.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200214545A1 COMPACT BINOCULAR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-07-09
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