Patent ID: 8556807

Claim:
A minimally invasive surgical camera module comprising: a first hollow housing having a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening, wherein the first hollow housing is a first hollow cylinder; a base hermetically sealed to the first hollow housing to close the first opening of the first hollow housing; a stereo camera supported by the base and hermetically sealed within the first hollow housing; a first window hermetically sealed to the first hollow housing to close the second opening with optical axes of the stereo camera projecting through the first window, wherein the first window is transparent to wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation captured by the stereo camera; a second hollow housing coaxial around the first hollow housing, the second hollow housing configured to couple to a joint of a robotic surgical instrument, wherein the second hollow housing is a second hollow cylinder configured to couple to a joint of a robotic surgical instrument; and a plurality of optical fibers between the first hollow housing and the second hollow housing terminating at a distal end of the second hollow housing, the plurality of optical fibers to direct electromagnetic radiation into a surgical site.