US 11,686,995 B2
Image capture device with reduced fogging
Jonathan Halderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); John A Barton, Mountain View, CA (US); Mathew Clopp, Santa Clara, CA (US); Rumen Deyanov, Fremont, CA (US); Anqi Fan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Yves Lacroix, San Jose, CA (US); Derek C. Liou, Cupertino, CA (US); and Theodore W. Rogers, Alameda, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/336,741
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 13, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/056595
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/071821, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/408,332, filed on Oct. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0077878 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); G03B 17/55 (2021.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G03B 15/14 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 17/55 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00163 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/127 (2013.01); A61B 1/128 (2013.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01); G03B 15/14 (2013.01); A61B 2034/742 (2016.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing device comprising:
an elongated body;
an imaging window coupled to a distal end of the elongated body;
a heat spreader in contact with a proximal face of the imaging window;
a spring configured to apply a force to the heat spreader to maintain contact between the heat spreader and the imaging window; and
a heat source within the elongated body, the heat source configured to apply heat to the imaging window to remove condensation from or prevent condensation from forming on the imaging window.