Apparatus for endoscopic or gastroscopic examination
First Claim
1. An apparatus for endoscopic or gastroscopic examination of patients, comprising:
- an endoscope having a probe head provided with an imaging transducer, said endoscope being adapted to be inserted through the mouth of a patient,position detection means for providing probe head position information,said endoscope having a visible distance scale along a length thereof,said position detection means including a small video camera with a mounting device for holding the camera in a fixed position in relation to the patient'"'"'s teeth and with the field of view of the camera covering said endoscope and said distance scale thereon, at the point of entering the patient'"'"'s mouth.
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Abstract
Apparatus for endoscopic or gastroscopic examination of patients, comprising an endoscope (5) having a probe head (6) provided with an imaging transducer being preferably an ultrasonic or camera-based transducer, said endoscope (5) being adapted to be inserted through the mouth of the patient, and position detection means (7,15) to provide probe head position information which together with corresponding imaging examination results are adapted to be stored in recording means (24). As known per se the endoscope (5) has a visible distance scale or indication (15) along a length thereof. The position detection means comprise a small video camera (7) with a mounting device (7A) for holding the camera in a fixed position in relation to the patient'"'"'s teeth and with the field of view of the camera covering said endoscope (5) and said distance scale or indication (15) thereon, at the point of entering the patient'"'"'s mouth.
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1. An apparatus for endoscopic or gastroscopic examination of patients, comprising:
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an endoscope having a probe head provided with an imaging transducer, said endoscope being adapted to be inserted through the mouth of a patient, position detection means for providing probe head position information, said endoscope having a visible distance scale along a length thereof, said position detection means including a small video camera with a mounting device for holding the camera in a fixed position in relation to the patient'"'"'s teeth and with the field of view of the camera covering said endoscope and said distance scale thereon, at the point of entering the patient'"'"'s mouth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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