DEPLOYABLE IMAGING SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH SOLID STATE IMAGER

• US 20140046132A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc (Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg)
• Original Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc (Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg)
• Inventors: Hoeg, Hans David, Hale, Eric L., Schnorr, William S., Schara, Nathan Jon, Kirk, Douglas S.
• Granted Patent: US 10,110,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/112
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/58 Means for changing the camera field of view without moving the camera body, e.g. nutating or panning of optics or image sensors

Abstract

A deployable endoscopic imaging module and endoscopic surgical system having an imaging system with solid state variable direction of view navigation features, and manipulated by direct contact force, mechanical linkage and/or magnetic force. A deployable endoscopic imaging module or endoscopic imaging system equipped with solid state variable direction of view image navigation features and software. A deployable imaging system having image navigation software and solid state variable direction of view technology which can be incorporated into a percutaneous housing for performing surgery through a patient'"'"'s skin.

Claims

1. An endoscopic imaging system comprising:

a deployable endoscopic imaging module, including a housing;

a wide-angle lens disposed in the housing;

a solid state imager disposed in the housing;

a light source disposed in the housing; and

a camera control unit in communication with the deployable endoscopic imaging module wherein the camera control unit includes image navigation software in communication with the solid state imager.

2. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 1, further comprising a positioning element in communication with the imaging module, the positioning element maintaining the position of the imaging module.

3. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the camera control unit is external from the imaging module.

4. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 2, wherein the positioning element is external from the imaging module.

5. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 2, wherein the positioning element is a magnet.

6. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the housing has an approximate diameter of less than 15 mm.

7. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the solid state imager captures a field of view.

8. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 3, further comprising an input device that allows a user to select a portion of said field of view corresponding to a region of interest of said field of view.

9. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 8, wherein the input device is a button, joystick, touchpad, touchscreen, foot pedal, gesture detection, and/or voice control.

10. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the deployable endoscopic imaging module is manipulated through direct contact force, mechanical linkage and/or magnetic force.

11. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the deployable endoscopic imaging module is coupled to an interface module via a coupling mechanism.

12. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 11, wherein the coupling is done after the deployable endoscopic imaging module is deployed underneath the skin of a patient.

13. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 1, wherein the housing is a percutaneous housing.

14. An endoscopic imaging system comprising:

a deployable endoscopic imaging module, including a solid state imager and a wide-angle lens, wherein the deployable endoscopic imaging module outputs image data corresponding to a field of view;

a light source, to illuminate the field of view;

a surgical display; and

a camera control unit, in communication with the deployable endoscopic imaging module, the camera control unit including a computer having software to process the image data into a format compatible with the surgical display.

15. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 14, wherein the deployable endoscopic imaging module is manipulated through direct contact force, mechanical linkage, and/or magnetic force.

16. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 14, wherein the deployable endoscopic imaging module is coupled to an interface module via a coupling mechanism.

17. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 16, further comprising an interface module which is in communication with the camera control unit.

18. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 14, further comprising an input device that allows a user to select a portion of said field of view corresponding to a region of interest said field of view.

19. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 18, wherein the input device is a button, joystick, touchpad, touchscreen, foot pedal, gesture detection, and/or voice control.

20. The endoscopic imaging system of claim 14, wherein the deployable endoscopic imaging module includes a percutaneous housing.

21. An endoscopic surgical system comprising:

an endoscopic imaging module including an electronic imaging system, the endoscopic imaging module being manipulated through direct contact force;

a light source;

an interface module;

a coupling mechanism to couple the endoscopic imaging module to the interface module;

a display, to display images from the electronic imaging module; and

a computer including software to process the images from the electronic imaging system.

22. The endoscopic surgical system of claim 21, wherein the endoscopic imaging module is deployable.

23. The endoscopic surgical system of claim 22, wherein the endoscopic imaging module includes a wide-angle lens and a solid state imager.

24. The endoscopic surgical system of claim 23, wherein the solid state imager captures a field of view.

25. The endoscopic surgical system of claim 24, further comprising an input device that allows a user to select a portion of said field of view corresponding to a region of interest of said field of view.

26. The endoscopic surgical system of claim 25, wherein the input device is a button, joystick, touchpad, touchscreen, foot pedal, gesture detection, and/or voice control.

27. The endoscopic surgical system of claim 21, wherein the endoscopic imaging module includes a percutaneous housing.

28. A deployable endoscopic imaging module comprising:

a housing, comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a longitudinal axis spanning the proximal end and the distal end;

a wide-angle lens disposed in the distal end of the housing;

a solid state imager disposed in the distal end of the housing;

a light source disposed in the distal end of the housing; and

image navigation software in communication with the solid state imager wherein the image navigation software selects a region of interest on the solid state imager.