US 12,108,936 B2
Anti-fogging endoscopic camera systems and methods
Chien Mien Pang, San Jose, CA (US); and Levey Tran, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/149,636.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,622, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212555 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00126 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coupler for coupling an endoscope to an endoscopic camera head, the coupler configured for removably mounting to a portion of the camera head that houses at least one imaging sensor, the coupler comprising:
a housing assembly comprising a clamp for releasably clamping an eyepiece of the endoscope to the coupler and an adapter configured for coupling to the portion of the camera head, the adapter comprising a cylindrical wall forming a chamber that houses at least one optical component for focusing light for the at least one imaging sensor and a flange that extends outwardly from the cylindrical wall, and
at least one desiccant component disposed within at least one pocket of the flange, the at least one desiccant component being in air communication with the chamber for absorbing moisture from the chamber, wherein the at least one desiccant component comprises a desiccant that is at least partially covered by at least one covering to prevent desiccant particulates from entering the chamber.