Endoscope proximity sensor
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11607106B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16001379

    申请日:2018-06-06

    发明人: Ingo Doser

    摘要: An endoscope (1) with a shaft (2), a grip (3) connected to the shaft (2) at a proximal end region of the shaft (2), and a viewing region (4) formed in a distal end region of the shaft (2) by optical elements. The shaft (2) has at least one proximity sensor (5), of which the measuring region lies at least outside the viewing region (4), preferably in such a way that the measuring region of the proximity sensor (5) covers at least the distance of the lateral region of the distal end region. The endoscope has an evaluation device (6) which is configured to generate a warning signal when a definable distance threshold value is undershot.

    IMAGING METHOD USING FLUORESENCE AND ASSOCIATED IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20190041333A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16050387

    申请日:2018-07-31

    摘要: For an imaging method for presenting fluorophores (5) by optical excitation, spontaneous emission of fluorescence and detection of same, a single, conventional sensor (6) is used having at least two color channels, which detect an excitation light used to excite the fluorophore (5) and the fluorescence emitted by the fluorophore (5) with different sensitivities. Due to the different spectral distribution of the sensitivity of the color channels, it is possible to separate the component of the excitation light from the component of the fluorescence, in particular in a specific pixel, from one another by processing output signals of said color channels, in particular by conversion into a color space and/or by calculation of color saturation values. From this, the intensity of the fluorescence can be deduced, preferably taking account of a relative luminance measured by the color channels, even though reflected excitation light reaches the color channels, in particular in an unfiltered manner.

    ENDOSCOPE PROXIMITY SENSOR
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190000302A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16001379

    申请日:2018-06-06

    发明人: Ingo Doser

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00 A61B5/06 A61B1/05

    摘要: An endoscope (1) with a shaft (2), a grip (3) connected to the shaft (2) at a proximal end region of the shaft (2), and a viewing region (4) formed in a distal end region of the shaft (2) by optical elements. The shaft (2) has at least one proximity sensor (5), of which the measuring region lies at least outside the viewing region (4), preferably in such a way that the measuring region of the proximity sensor (5) covers at least the distance of the lateral region of the distal end region. The endoscope has an evaluation device (6) which is configured to generate a warning signal when a definable distance threshold value is undershot.