Optical scanning module and means for attaching the module to medical instruments for introducing the module into the anatomy

US9125552B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert J. Dunki-Jacobs · Mason, US
• Randal T. Byrum · South Lebanon, US
• Jane A. Sheetz · Cincinnati, US
• Sean P. Conlon · Loveland, US
• David C. Youmans · Loveland, US
• Robert M. Trusty · Cincinnati, US
• Kurt R. Bally · Maineville, US
• Gary L. Long · Cincinnati, US
• Paul G. Ritchie · Loveland, US
• Michael S. Cropper · Edgewood, US
• Thomas W. Huitema · Cincinnati, US
• Bradley E. White · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/320044
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A module for attachment to a medical instrument to scan the anatomy with a beam of radiation. The module comprising a housing suitable for insertion in the anatomy that includes a window and a fastener to attach the housing to a medical instrument, an oscillating reflector within the housing that directs a beam of radiation onto the anatomy, and a collector to receive radiation returned from the anatomy.