US 12,256,901 B2
Endoscopic instrument
Benjamin Perry Hedges, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Andrew W. Melton, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Ryan Kellar, Naples, FL (US); and Zachary Dominguez, Carpinteria, CA (US)
Assigned to ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,887.
Application 18/193,887 is a continuation of application No. 17/374,328, filed on Jul. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,690,503.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,037, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277048 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/04 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00027 (2013.01); A61B 1/00114 (2013.01); A61B 1/00126 (2013.01); A61B 1/0607 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope for producing images of a surgery in vivo, the endoscope comprising:
a hub; and
an imaging rod extending from the hub along a longitudinal axis to a distal end portion, wherein an imaging sensor is located adjacent to the distal end portion of the imaging rod, the hub and the imaging rod are attached to form a hub assembly having a center of mass established at a first position aligned with a second position along the imaging rod relative to the longitudinal axis, the second position of the imaging rod is spaced apart from the hub, a first length is established between the distal end portion and an interface between the imaging rod and the hub, the second position is established at a second length from the interface, and the second length is greater than or equal to 10 percent of the first length.