Method and apparatus for providing depth control or z-actuation
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for providing depth control or z-actuation 有权
    用于提供深度控制或z致动的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07294102B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-13

    申请号:US10822718

    申请日:2004-04-13

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00

    摘要: A position control apparatus for controlling position along an axis, comprising: an extensible member that can be extended and contracted along said axis, comprising shape memory alloy locatable to expand and contract along said axis, heating means for controlling said temperature of said shape memory alloy, and a feedback mechanism for controlling said heating means and responsive to variations in said position, wherein said position is controllable by means of said heating means and can be stabilized by means of said feedback mechanism.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于沿着轴线控制位置的位置控制装置,包括:可沿着所述轴线延伸和收缩的可延伸构件,包括可沿着所述轴线膨胀和收缩的形状记忆合金,用于控制所述形状记忆合金的所述温度的加热装置 以及用于控制所述加热装置并响应于所述位置的变化的反馈机构,其中所述位置可通过所述加热装置控制,并且可以通过所述反馈机构稳定。

    Optical fiber scanning apparatus
    2.
    发明授权
    Optical fiber scanning apparatus 有权
    光纤扫描装置

    公开(公告)号:US07920312B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-05

    申请号:US11855001

    申请日:2007-09-13

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08

    摘要: A scanning apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a light transmitter, a mount for supporting the light transmitter located remotely from its exit tip, a drive for driving the light transmitter to vibrate resonantly in a first direction and to vibrate non-resonantly in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a synchronizer for synchronizing vibration of the light transmitter in the first and second directions so that the exit tip of the light transmitter executes a scan pattern. The drive applies a driving force to the light transmitter between the mount and the exit tip.

    摘要翻译: 一种扫描装置和方法,所述装置包括光发射器,用于支撑远离其出射尖端的光发射器的安装件,用于驱动光发射器以在第一方向上共振地振动并且在第二方向上非谐振地振动的驱动器 以及同步器,用于使光发射器在第一和第二方向上的振动同步,使得光发射器的出射端执行扫描图案。 驱动器将驱动力施加到安装座和出口尖端之间的光发射器。

    OPTICAL FIBER SCANNING APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL FIBER SCANNING APPARATUS 有权
    光纤扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US20090015894A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-15

    申请号:US11855001

    申请日:2007-09-13

    IPC分类号: G02B26/10

    摘要: A scanning apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a light transmitter, a mount for supporting the light transmitter located remotely from its exit tip, a drive for driving the light transmitter to vibrate resonantly in a first direction and to vibrate non-resonantly in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a synchronizer for synchronizing vibration of the light transmitter in the first and second directions so that the exit tip of the light transmitter executes a scan pattern. The drive applies a driving force to the light transmitter between the mount and the exit tip.

    摘要翻译: 一种扫描装置和方法,所述装置包括光发射器,用于支撑远离其出射尖端的光发射器的安装件,用于驱动光发射器以在第一方向上共振地振动并且在第二方向上非谐振地振动的驱动器 以及同步器,用于使光发射器在第一和第二方向上的振动同步,使得光发射器的出射端执行扫描图案。 驱动器将驱动力施加到安装座和出口尖端之间的光发射器。

    SCANNER FOR AN ENDOSCOPE
    5.
    发明申请
    SCANNER FOR AN ENDOSCOPE 有权
    扫描仪内窥镜

    公开(公告)号:US20130274597A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-17

    申请号:US13878729

    申请日:2011-10-12

    摘要: A scanner for an endoscope comprising: a scanning mechanism comprising a light transmitter and arranged to move the light transmitter to perform a scan; a lens system arranged to optically couple the light transmitter to a target during a scan; a first housing which houses at least a first portion of the lens system; a second housing which houses at least the fibre scanning mechanism; and a bendable joint joining the first and second housings such that in a scanning configuration the bendable joint joins the first and second housings so that optical elements in the first and second housings are aligned at a working separation, the bendable joint arranged to bend in response to insertion forces applied to the scanner during insertion of the scanner and revert to the scanning configuration in the absence of insertion forces.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于内窥镜的扫描器,包括:扫描机构,包括光发射器,并被布置成移动所述光发射器以执行扫描; 透镜系统,布置成在扫描期间将光发射器光学耦合到目标; 容纳透镜系统的至少第一部分的第一壳体; 至少容纳光纤扫描机构的第二壳体; 以及连接所述第一和第二壳体的可弯曲接头,使得在扫描构造中,所述可弯曲接头连接所述第一和第二壳体,使得所述第一和第二壳体中的光学元件在工作分离处对准,所述可弯曲接头被布置成响应于弯曲 在插入扫描仪期间施加到扫描仪的插入力,并且在没有插入力的情况下恢复到扫描配置。