Surgery – Endoscope – With camera or solid state imager
Patent
1994-12-29
1996-06-18
Sykes, Angela D.
Surgery
Endoscope
With camera or solid state imager
600172, 600176, 600200, 348 65, 348 77, A61B 100
Patent
active
055272614
ABSTRACT:
A hand-held, fully remote diagnostic instrument having video capability is configured for any one of a number of clinical or industrial applications. The instrument has a casing that includes 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, a front cover, and a sealing gasket to form a fully soakable instrument. A circuit board assembly in the body portion contains video processing circuitry, and a flexible neck board which 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 can be configured for various applications by installing front and back covers that are suited for a specific purpose. The instrument can thus be used, for example, as an otoscope, a dental camera, or a episcope. The instrument provides a monitor-ready standard format full color video signal to a remotely located monitor.
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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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