US 12,096,918 B2
Imaging needle system and apparatus with light engine
Sam Seiichiro Ochi, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US); Mark Walter, Sarasota, FL (US); and David Martin, Sarasota, FL (US)
Assigned to NanoSurgery Technology Corporation, Sarasota, FL (US)
Filed by NanoSurgery Technology Corporation, Sarasota, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/997,783.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,599, filed on Oct. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,252, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,937, filed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052152 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 1/317 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/317 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00078 (2013.01); A61B 1/00108 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0607 (2013.01); A61B 1/0669 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61M 3/0262 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61M 2039/244 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for performing arthroscope procedures, the apparatus comprising:
a blunt cannula assembly including a blunt cannula;
a nano-arthroscope assembly configured to be disposed within the blunt cannula assembly, wherein the nano-arthroscope assembly captures images of a cavity within a body of a patient when extended outwards from the blunt cannula into the cavity; and
an adapter configured to facilitate management of fluids through the blunt cannula assembly while the nano-arthroscope assembly is disposed within the blunt cannula assembly,
wherein the nano-arthroscope assembly includes a light engine located within a handpiece of the nano-arthroscope assembly, the light engine providing illumination for the nano-arthroscope assembly and including:
a light source, wherein the light source includes a light emitting diode (LED);
an optic positioned proximate to the LED, the optic collimating light emitted from the LED;
an aperture allowing a portion of the collimated light to pass therethrough; and
a lens positioned to receive the passed portion of the collimated light and focus the received light to a focal point outside of the lens where one or more light fibers are positioned to receive the focused light, and
wherein the aperture is disposed between the optic and the lens.