An integrated visualization system
CA 2479841 C · Owner: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · Inventors: Dunki-Jacobs, Robert; Speeg, Trevor W. V.; Wampler, Scott D.
Overview
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An endoscope (10) that has an integrated light source (50) and camera (42) mounted at the distal end of the endoscope. The light source is a class of LED devices constructed of high-efficiency LEDs (50) that emit narrow-band blue light coupled with phosphors (51), which cause a nearly natural "white" light to be emitted. The LEDs are coupled to a waveguide (40) for transmission of the light to the distal end of the endoscope.
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- Filed March 21, 2003 and granted March 13, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 21, 2025.
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