Surgery – Endoscope – With camera or solid state imager
Patent
1995-04-14
1998-01-27
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Endoscope
With camera or solid state imager
128664, 359356, 250353, A61B 104
Patent
active
057117551
ABSTRACT:
Endodiagnostic apparatus and methods by which infrared emissions within the range including 2 to 14 micrometers may be visualized in the form of encoded images to permit differential analysis. The endoseopic apparatus comprises a refractive objective lens for forming a real image of interior structure of interest, a relay system consisting solely of refracting elements for transferring the real image to an intermediate image plane conjugate to the objective image plane, and a refracting coupling lens for forming a final image of the intermediate image in a detector plane in which an IR detector sensitive in the range including 2 to 14 micrometers may be placed near the proximal end of the apparatus.
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Bonnell Leonard J.
Brukilacchio Thomas
Leiner Dennis C.
Apley Richard J.
Caufield Francis J.
Leubecker John P.
Vipera Systems, Inc.
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