Title:
SURGICAL IMAGING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003063694
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A surgical imaging device and method configured to be inserted into a surgical site. The surgical imaging device includes a plurality of prongs. Each one of the prongs has an image sensor mounted thereon. The image sensors provide different image data corresponding to the surgical site, thus enabling a surgeon to view a surgical site from several different angles. The prongs may be moveable between a first position, suitable for insertion through a small surgical incision, and a second position, in which the prongs are separated from each other. In addition, the prongs may be bendable between an extended position, in which the prongs are positioned in a substantially similar plane to each other, and a retracted position, in which the prongs are bent so as to view not substantially perpendicular to their respective legs. Advantageously, the prongs are configured to bend in conformance with a shape of a cavity that is formed in the surgical site by the actuation of an actuator configured to form such a cavity.
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Inventors:
WHITMAN MICHAEL P
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/003019
Publication Date:
June 03, 2004
Filing Date:
January 30, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
POWER MED INTERVENTIONS INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B1/00; A61B19/00; A61B1/313; A61B6/00; A61B17/00; (IPC1-7): A61B1/005
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