Reduced area imaging devices incorporated within surgical instruments
CA 2301714 C · Owner: Micro-Medical Devices, Inc. · Inventors: Adair, Edwin L.; Adair, Randall S.; Adair, Jeffery L.
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A reduced area imaging device is provided for use in medical or dental instruments such as an endoscope. In one configuration of the imaging device, the image sensor is placed remote from the remaining circuitry. In another configuration, all of the circuitry to include the image sensor is placed in a stacked fashion at the same location. In a first embodiment of the invention, the entire imaging device can be placed at the distal tip of an endoscope. In a second embodiment the image sensor is, remote from the remaining circuitry according to the first configuration and wherein a control box can be provided which communicates with the image sensor and is placed remotely from the endoscope. …
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- Filed September 17, 1998 and granted April 10, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 17, 2018.
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