Patent ID: 7982763
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: A61B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile videoimaging and lighting unit for producing a live video feed, comprising: a wheeled base; a cabinet mounted on said base; a mast extending vertically from said cabinet; an articulating boom extending from atop said mast; a remotely-controlled pan-tilt-zoom video camera mounted distally on said boom, said video camera having a lens supported in an articulating lens carriage, a body pivotally supporting said articulating lens carriage, and a base rotatable supporting the body of said video camera, said base being fixedly attached to said boom, and said articulated body and lens carriage providing two-axis remote control of an optical path of said lens and video camera; and a light source attached to the lens carriage of said video camera for directing a beam of light along the same optical path shared by said video camera; whereby said remote mobile videoimaging unit may be wheeled into a convenient location in an operating room or other environment and controlled by a single operator for producing a live video feed.