Patent ID: 8229549
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical imaging device, comprising: at least one light source for illuminating an object; at least two image sensors, each image sensor configured to generate image data corresponding to the object in the form of an image frame, each image frame partially overlapping with at least one other image frame, each of the image sensors corresponding to a different point of view with respect to the object; and a video processor configured to receive simultaneously from each image sensor the image data corresponding to the image frames and to process the image data by combining the image frames to generate a composite image from the combined image frames, each image frame corresponding to a subportion of the composite image, wherein the at least two image sensors are positioned opposite from one another such that the composite image is generated therebetween and each opposing image sensor is angled towards its respective point of view to generate the composite image between the at least two opposing image sensors.