Patent ID: 9392933
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61B,G02B

Claim Text:
1. A plenoptic otoscope comprising: a primary imaging system comprising an otoscope objective and relay optics cooperating to form an image of an inside of an ear at an intermediate image plane, the primary imaging system characterized by a pupil plane; a plenoptic sensor comprising a microimaging array and a sensor array, the microimaging array positioned at the intermediate image plane and the sensor array positioned at a pupil plane conjugate; a filter module positioned at a second pupil plane conjugate, the filter module comprising a central clear area and a plurality of spectral filters arranged around the central clear area, each spectral filter covering a different portion of the second pupil plane conjugate, wherein light that forms the image of the inside of the ear passes simultaneously through the plurality of spectral filters; and an illuminator for illuminating the inside of the ear, the illuminator producing illuminating light that propagates through the central clear area of the filter module to the inside of the ear.