DISPOSABLE VIEWABLE UTERUS CAVITY SUCTION TUBE

• US 20110218457A1
• Filed: 11/22/2010
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omnivision Technologies Incorporated (Will Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Shanghai)
• Original Assignee: Omnivision Technologies Incorporated (Will Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Shanghai)
• Inventors: Song, Xiongyi, Tan, Kah-Ong
• Application Number:
  US12/951,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20110218457A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/571
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/015 Control of fluid supply or evacuation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/05 characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0676 at distal tip of an endoscope
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0684 using light emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/303 for the vagina, i.e. vaginoscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/00 Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis vaccination prophylaxis, vaccination therapy A61B17/20; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination menstruation tables G06C3/00; Throat striking implements
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/309 using white LEDs

Abstract

A disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube is used in conjunction with a negative pressure suction system and a display system. A suction opening is at the side wall of the uterus cavity suction tube. A separator is between the suction opening and the front end of the uterus cavity suction tube, which separates the uterus cavity suction tube into the suction cavity and the enclosed imaging cavity. An imaging head and an illumination device are in the imaging cavity. A see-through cover is at the tube wall above the imaging head and illumination device. The angle β between the central optical axis of the lens of the imaging head and the central normal of the suction opening is a sharp angle. The signal wire of the imaging head and illumination system are installed inside the tube wall. The characteristic of the disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube is that the lens of the imaging head is a wide angle lens. By applying the aforementioned technical concept, the view angle of the disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube can be larger than 80°, which allows the operator conveniently observing the whole image of the target.

Claims

1. A disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube used in conjunction with a negative pressure suction system and a display system, comprising:

a side wall of said uterus cavity suction tube having a suction opening;

a separator between said suction opening and a front end of said uterus cavity suction tube, said separator separating said uterus cavity suction tube into a suction cavity and an enclosed imaging cavity;

an imaging head and an illumination device in said imaging cavity;

a see-through cover at a tube wall of said uterus cavity suction tube above said imaging head and said illumination device; and

a signal wire of said imaging head and said illumination device installed inside said tube wall of said uterus cavity suction tube;

wherein an angle between a central optical axis of a lens of said imaging head and a central normal of said suction opening is a sharp angle, and

wherein said lens of said imaging head is a wide angle lens.

2. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 1, wherein said see-through cover is a concave lens.

3. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 2 further comprises a power triggered counter in said imaging cavity, said counter coupled with a control unit disposed outside said disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube.

4. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 3, wherein said control unit is one of single-chip processor and programmable control device.

5. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 4, wherein said imaging head, said illumination device, and said counter are integrated on a circuit board.

6. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 5, wherein said circuit board is slantedly fixed to said tube wall of said uterus cavity suction tube.

7. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 5, wherein said illumination device comprises LED.

8. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 1, wherein said separator is next to said suction opening, said imaging head is next to said separator.

9. The disposable viewable uterus cavity suction tube of claim 1, wherein said angle is 0°

≦

β

≦

85°

.