Radial Scanner Imaging System
First Claim
1. A radial scanner configured to image the interior of a tube, comprising:
- a housing having a transparent window;
a photo-sensing array;
a mirror located within the housing and oriented to direct an image around a circumference of an interior surface of the tube outside the transparent window to the photo-sensing array; and
a light source configured to illuminate the interior surface of the tube,wherein the photo-sensing array is configured to receive the image around the circumference as a circular line scan.
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Abstract
A radial scanner configured to image the interior of a tube includes, in an embodiment, a housing having a transparent window, a photo-sensing array, a mirror located within the housing and oriented to direct an image around a circumference of an interior surface of the tube outside the transparent window to the photo-sensing array, and a light source configured to illuminate the interior surface of the tube, wherein the photo-sensing array is configured to receive the image around the circumference as a circular line scan. In an embodiment, the radial scanner is deployed as an ingestible capsule. In another embodiment, the radial scanner is deployed as a fiber optic catheter.
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1. A radial scanner configured to image the interior of a tube, comprising:
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a housing having a transparent window; a photo-sensing array; a mirror located within the housing and oriented to direct an image around a circumference of an interior surface of the tube outside the transparent window to the photo-sensing array; and a light source configured to illuminate the interior surface of the tube, wherein the photo-sensing array is configured to receive the image around the circumference as a circular line scan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A medical catheter comprising:
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a fiber optic cable; an intra-cavity unit coupled to a distal end of the fiber optic cable; and an external unit coupled to a proximal end of the fiber optic cable, wherein the external unit comprises; a photo-sensing array configured to receive a scanned image, and wherein the intra-cavity unit comprises; a housing coupled to the distal end of the fiber optic cable, the housing having a transparent window; a mirror located within the housing and oriented to direct an image around a circumference of an interior surface of a tubular structure outside the transparent window to the photo-sensing array via the fiber optic cable. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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