Patent ID: 9119552
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61B,G01S,G02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for endoscopic 3D data collection, comprising a light generator to generate at least a modulated measuring radiation, a light transmitter to transmit the measuring radiation to at least one partial area of a surface of an internal bodily cavity, which is at least partly situated in an endoscopically insertable elongated shaft, an observation lens situated in a distal end portion of the shaft to receive a signal radiation from at least the partial area of the surface of the cavity, an image transmitter situated at least partly inside the shaft to transmit the signal radiation from the distal to a proximal end portion of the shaft for reception by a time-of-flight image sensor, and a controller to control the light generator, to control the time-of-flight image sensor, and to evaluate data supplied by the time-of-flight image sensor to generate 3D data, characterized in that the apparatus includes a position sensor to capture a position and an orientation of the shaft.