Patent ID: 9271637
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A device for illuminating a body cavity, comprising: a bendable elongate tube devoid of fiber light guides, the elongate tube including an internal lumen with an interior diameter extending between a distal opening at a distal end and a proximal opening at a proximal end opposite the distal end; at least one optically transmissive lens element occluding the entire interior diameter of the internal lumen of the elongate tube; an image sensor fixed to the elongate tube at a distal portion of the elongate tube proximate the distal end; and at least one deployable element including a solid-state light source, the at least one deployable element rotatably coupled to the distal portion and configured to rotate about an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the distal end between an insertion position relative to the elongate tube and a deployed position relative to the elongate tube, such that in the insertion position the solid-state light source is disposed distally relative to the distal end of the elongated tube, and wherein the at least one deployable element is positioned within the profile of the elongate tube in the insertion position, and is positioned outside the profile of the elongate tube in the deployed position.