US 12,383,127 B2
Endoscopic system for enhanced visualization
Christopher A. Benning, Hopkinton, MA (US); and Paul Daniel Aquilino, Walpole, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/593,545.
Application 18/593,545 is a continuation of application No. 17/668,292, filed on Feb. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,944,274.
Application 17/668,292 is a continuation of application No. 14/972,499, filed on Dec. 17, 2015, granted, now 11,278,194, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Application 14/972,499 is a continuation of application No. 13/155,632, filed on Jun. 8, 2011, granted, now 9,277,855, issued on Mar. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/372,114, filed on Aug. 10, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2024/0197158 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/0655 (2022.02) [A61B 1/0607 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of illuminating a body performed by a processor of a control device, the method comprising:
receiving an image of the body captured as the body is being illuminated by a plurality of light sources communicatively coupled to the control device;
determining an intensity of illumination at each of two regions within the body based on an analysis of the image;
determining a difference in the intensity of illumination between the two regions exceeds a threshold; and
automatically varying a lighting characteristic of at least one light source of the plurality of light sources that illuminates at least one region of the two regions in response to the difference in the intensity of illumination between the two regions exceeding the threshold to thereby change the intensity of illumination at the at least one region of the two regions.