Surgery – Endoscope – With camera or solid state imager
Patent
1995-09-22
1996-06-18
Sykes, Angela D.
Surgery
Endoscope
With camera or solid state imager
600130, 600163, 348 66, 433 29, A61B 104
Patent
active
055272622
ABSTRACT:
An improved hand-held diagnostic dental probe includes a casing that having a hand-holdable body portion, a neck portion that extends from the body portion to a head portion that is formed of a back cover and a front cover. A circuit board assembly in the body portion contains video processing circuitry, and a flexible neck board extends forward from the body portion through the neck portion of the casing to a head board located in the head portion of the casing. A solid state imager and a miniature lamp are disposed on the head board. The front cover contains an adjustable focus lens cell for focusing on the imager an image of a target in the lens cell's field of view. The instrument provides a monitor-ready standard format full color video signal.
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Huntley Robert R.
Monroe Richard A.
Pasik Gregory E.
Wood Robert J.
Sykes Angela D.
Welch Allyn Inc.
Winakur Eric F.
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