Stereoscopic microsurgery system

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1989-08-02

1991-08-13

Sikes, William L.

Optical waveguides

Optical fiber bundle

Imaging

G02B 606

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050391984

ABSTRACT:
Stereoscopic microsurgery system for depth of field viewing of a surgical procedure internal in the human body, including a head mounted viewing assembly with dual optics, a retractor, and a bundled fiber optic aspiration or suction tubing therebetween. The head mounted viewing assembly includes dual optical viewers which move longitudinally and laterally in x-y-z planes to adjust to a surgeon's eyesight. Containment tubing between the head mounted viewing assembly and the retractor provides for internally contained fiber optic cables for vision, illumination, as well as aspiration or suction at an internal surgical site. The dual functioning optical viewing assemblies provide for visual stereoscopic depth perception at the internal surgical site by the surgeon. The surgical sites can be for the following procedures:

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