Surgery – Endoscope – Having imaging and illumination means
Patent
1996-09-17
1998-12-08
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Endoscope
Having imaging and illumination means
600111, 600130, 600176, 348 45, A61B 104
Patent
active
058461850
ABSTRACT:
An endoscopic probe for viewing difficult to reach surfaces is provided. The system utilizes a pair of image transmission elements. The first image transmission element passes a low resolution, wide field of view image of the surface to be examined to one eyepiece. The second image transmission element passes a high resolution, narrow field of view image of a portion of the same surface to a second eyepiece. Thus the viewer receives low resolution, wide field of view information in one eye and high resolution, narrow field of view information in the other eye. The overlapped, low resolution information from the wide field-of-view scene is suppressed by the brain, thus resulting in the two images being combined. The combined image contains both the low resolution, wide field-of-view information and the high resolution, narrow field-of-view information. The endoscopic probe may contain one or more illumination sources in order to provide sufficient light intensity for the imaging system.
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Carollo Jerome T.
Melzer James E.
Apley Richard J.
Beck David G.
Hatton Ira R.
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