Patent ID: 9220399
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic imaging system for observation of an operative site within a volume located inside the body of an animal, comprising: image capture means intended to provide information on the operative site; processing means to process data provided by the image capture means, display means to display data processed by the processing means, wherein: the image capture means comprises at least three image capture devices positioned inside the volume, said image capture devices being cameras, with two of these three cameras being a pair and coupled to one another with a non-deformable member and being fixed to an instrument to be inserted inside the volume and the other one of the three cameras being independent and mobile relative to said two cameras, and wherein said pair of cameras forms a stereoscopic viewing system and: the processing means comprises computing means to obtain three-dimensional data on the observed operative site based on data received from the image capture devices, and reconstruction means to reconstruct a three-dimensional image of a region of interest in the operative site based on the obtained three-dimensional data, further comprising means for determine the relative position of the cameras, wherein the means to determine the relative position comprises an optic locating device to locate the cameras, based on data derived from the cameras, wherein the optic locating device for the cameras comprises at least two reference cameras arranged within said volume so said reference cameras are able to observe the other cameras.