US 12,231,612 B2
Stereoscopic camera adapter for enabling down-hole data capture and transmission
Joshua Aferzon, Avon, CT (US); and Lee Nicholson, Unionville (CA)
Assigned to Mantis Health, Inc., Stamford, CT (US)
Filed by Mantis Health, Inc., Stamford, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,678.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/326,831, filed on Apr. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319254 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 13/239 (2018.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 13/239 (2018.05) [A61B 17/02 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stereoscopic adapter for enabling down-hole data capture and transmission, the stereoscopic adapter comprising:
a stereo camera module comprising: at least two cameras configured to collect stereoscopic video data that enables binocular vision; and
a tubular retractor having a central channel therein that extends from top end to a bottom end of the retractor, the tubular retractor comprising an extended back wall cavity configured to receive therein the stereo camera module; the extended back wall cavity extending outwardly from the tubular retractor from the top end to a location between the top end and the bottom end and forms a cavity separate from the central channel, a bottom portion of the extended back wall cavity being sloped inwardly towards the central channel, the stereo camera module being sized to be inserted and removed from the back wall cavity and configured to engage the inwardly sloped bottom portion such that the at least two cameras are capable of being aimed into the central channel towards the bottom end of the tubular retractor.