US 12,268,359 B2
Handheld unit for endoscopy, laparoscopy, and other scopic procedures and methods of manufacture and use thereof
Neal Patel, Atlanta, GA (US); Philip Zhao, New York, NY (US); and Scott Dentino, Asbury Park, NJ (US)
Assigned to Endoluxe Inc., Allentown, PA (US)
Filed by Endoluxe Inc., Dunwoody, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/603,867.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/451,829, filed on Mar. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0341572 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00108 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00032 (2013.01); A61B 1/0004 (2022.02); A61B 1/00066 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/00097 (2022.02); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00124 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a handheld unit having a handle, an energy store, a scope, and a first wireless communication interface, wherein the handle has a channel, wherein the energy store has a body and a tower extending radially from the body, wherein the tower hosts a control panel for the scope, wherein the tower extends within the channel when the energy store is assembled with the handle by a user, wherein the handle has an outer wall, wherein the outer wall has the channel, and wherein the control panel extends through the channel; and
a computing terminal hosting a second wireless communication interface, wherein the second wireless communication interface receives an imagery of a cavity captured via the scope powered by the energy store when the scope extends within the cavity as the user holds the handle outside the cavity.