Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid state variable direction of view endoscope
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Application No.: US14538308Application Date: 2014-11-11
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Publication No.: US10092169B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Eric L. Hale , Hans David Hoeg , George E. Duckett, III , Nathan Jon Schara
- Applicant: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Goleta
- Assignee: KARL STORZ IMAGING, INC.
- Current Assignee: KARL STORZ IMAGING, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Goleta
- Agent Michael Joseph Loi
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04 ; G02B23/24 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An endoscope with a wide angle lens that comprises an optical axis that is angularly offset from a longitudinal axis of the endoscope such that the optical axis resides at an angle greater than zero degrees to the longitudinal axis. The wide angle lens system simultaneously gathers an endoscopic image field, the endoscopic image field at least spanning the longitudinal axis and an angle greater than ninety degrees to the longitudinal axis. The endoscope includes an optical lens system to at least partially even out the information density across an imaging surface area of the imager.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150065799A1 Solid State Variable Direction Of View Endoscope Public/Granted day:2015-03-05
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