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公开(公告)号:US11163169B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-02
申请号:US16362886
申请日:2019-03-25
发明人: George E. Duckett, III , Eric Hale , Nathan Schara
摘要: A dynamic imaging system of an endoscope that adjusts path length differences or focal points to expand a usable depth of field. The imaging system utilizes a variable lens to adjust the focal plane of the beam or an actuated sensor to adjust the detected focal plane. The imaging system is thus capable of capturing and adjusting the focal plane of separate images captured on separate sensors. The separate light beams may be differently polarized by a variable wave plate or a polarized beam splitter to allow separate manipulation of the beams for addition of more frames. These differently focused frames are then combined using image fusion techniques.
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公开(公告)号:US10324300B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-18
申请号:US15175520
申请日:2016-06-07
发明人: George Duckett , Martin Reese , Eric Hale , Nathan Schara
摘要: A dynamic imaging system of an endoscope that adjusts path length differences or focal points to expand a usable depth of field. The imaging system utilizes a variable lens to adjust the focal plane of the beam or an actuated sensor to adjust the detected focal plane. The imaging system is thus capable of capturing and adjusting the focal plane of separate images captured on separate sensors. The separate light beams may be differently polarized by a variable wave plate or a polarized beam splitter to allow separate manipulation of the beams for addition of more frames. These differently focused frames are then combined using image fusion techniques.
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公开(公告)号:US11096554B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16751501
申请日:2020-01-24
摘要: A medical camera system includes a video medical scope defining an enclosed space within a distal portion and a proximal portion that a user can attach and detach to each other. The two portions both have an interface for coupling to each other allowing radio frequency communications across a patient isolation barrier having improvements to avoid interfering with surrounding equipment. Power transfer elements provide for power transfer across the patient isolation barrier.
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公开(公告)号:US10932650B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-02
申请号:US15823218
申请日:2017-11-27
发明人: Eric Hale
IPC分类号: A61B1/00 , A61B1/005 , A61B1/05 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/038
摘要: Systems and methods are provided for improved control feedback of medical scopes. Buttons on a scope include both touch sensors and button press sensors. The touch sensors activate independently of a button press when a mere touch is applied to the button, causing a function indication to be displayed, preferably on the scope video display, showing which function will activate if the button is pressed. Touch indications may also be displayed identifying the button that is pressed. The buttons may be reconfigured along with the function and touch indications. Such a feedback scheme allows improved operation and safety as the operator does not need to look away from the display to identify a button to be pressed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230067533A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17462348
申请日:2021-08-31
发明人: Nathan Schara , Eric Hale
IPC分类号: A61B1/00
摘要: A system for controlling a medical imaging scope is disclosed. The system includes a camera head, a display, a processing unit, a memory unit and an input disposed on the medical imaging scope. The processing unit is configured to display a menu that correlates to a plurality of commands. The input is configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis, in a plurality of discrete patterns. The processing unit is further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope.
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公开(公告)号:US20210120166A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-22
申请号:US17113972
申请日:2020-12-07
发明人: Daniel Lietz , Eric Hale
摘要: A system for operating surgical imaging devices using configurable processing resources of a virtual camera control unit connected to a network includes an allocation manager for allocating processing resources, a primary imaging device, a secondary imaging device, a feature module, and a load balance module. The load balance module adjusts one or more settings of one or more features of the primary and secondary imaging devices based on the available processing resources and the desired settings of the one or more features.
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公开(公告)号:US20240298875A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-12
申请号:US18667539
申请日:2024-05-17
发明人: Nathan Schara , Eric Hale
IPC分类号: A61B1/00
CPC分类号: A61B1/00042 , A61B1/00006 , A61B1/00045
摘要: A system for controlling a medical imaging scope is disclosed. The system includes a camera head, a display, a processing unit, a memory unit and an input disposed on the medical imaging scope. The processing unit is configured to display a menu that correlates to a plurality of commands. The input is configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis, in a plurality of discrete patterns. The processing unit is further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope.
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公开(公告)号:US12016523B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-25
申请号:US17462348
申请日:2021-08-31
发明人: Nathan Schara , Eric Hale
IPC分类号: A61B1/00
CPC分类号: A61B1/00042 , A61B1/00006 , A61B1/00045
摘要: A system for controlling a medical imaging scope is disclosed. The system includes a camera head, a display, a processing unit, a memory unit and an input disposed on the medical imaging scope. The processing unit is configured to display a menu that correlates to a plurality of commands. The input is configured to be moveable in three dimensions of space along a set axis, in a plurality of discrete patterns. The processing unit is further configured to associate each of the plurality of discrete patterns with a desired command of the plurality of commands and store each of the plurality of discrete patterns with the desired command of the plurality of commands in the memory unit so as to customize a control of the medical imaging scope.
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公开(公告)号:US20180296067A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-18
申请号:US16012966
申请日:2018-06-20
CPC分类号: A61B1/00016 , A61B1/00013 , A61B1/00029 , A61B1/00117 , A61B1/00124 , A61B1/00128 , A61B1/045 , A61B1/05 , A61B1/0684 , A61B1/273
摘要: A medical camera system includes a video medical scope defining an enclosed space within a distal portion and a proximal portion that a user can attach and detach to each other. The two portions both have an interface for coupling to each other allowing radio frequency communications across a patient isolation barrier having improvements to avoid interfering with surrounding equipment. Power transfer elements provide for power transfer across the patient isolation barrier.
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公开(公告)号:US20230190084A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-22
申请号:US17553506
申请日:2021-12-16
CPC分类号: A61B1/05 , A61B1/045 , A61B1/0684
摘要: A fully implantable observation instrument is presented enabling visualization of an internal region of a human or animal body without the need of wires extending from within the body to without. Data and power may be transmitted wirelessly from a communication assembly located near an accessible surface of the body, such as directly under the skin. The communication assembly is connected and delivers necessary power to an also implanted camera assembly that includes an electronic image sensor and a light source contained within an at least partially transparent biocompatible container.
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