US 11,733,496 B2
Optical imaging system with encapsulation and tether
Bhaskar Banerjee, Tucson, AZ (US); Richard Pfisterer, Tucson, AZ (US); John Jameson, El Cerrito, CA (US); Chih-Chiang Chang, Tucson, AZ (US); and Haiyong Zhang, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to OMNISCIENT IMAGING, INC., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by OMNISCIENT IMAGING, INC., Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,172.
Application 18/124,172 is a continuation of application No. 17/231,050, filed on Apr. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,630,287.
Application 17/231,050 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/027212, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Application PCT/US2021/027212 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/027212, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221535 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 13/06 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G03B 15/02 (2021.01); G03B 37/02 (2021.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 13/06 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00114 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 1/0655 (2022.02); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); G02B 7/02 (2013.01); G03B 15/02 (2013.01); G03B 37/02 (2013.01); A61B 1/00183 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging camera having an optical field of view (FOV) and comprising:
a first lens element having a non-zero optical power;
an optical lens disposed inside a volume and substantially surrounded by the first lens element, wherein the FOV is defined by both the first lens element and the optical lens;
an optical lens holder affixing constituent lens elements of the optical lens with respect to one another; and
a first cord drawn through an aperture formed by the first lens element into the volume and attached, at an end of the first cord, to the optical lens holder.