Filter for use with imaging endoscopes
US8630698B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/555
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fluorescence endoscopy video system includes a multi-mode light source that produces light for white light and fluorescence imaging modes. A filter is positioned at the distal end of an imaging endoscope so that the endoscope can produce fluorescence and white light images of a tissue sample.
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