US 12,137,870 B2
Systems and methods for throat imaging
Josef Hefez, Tel-Aviv (IL); Eitan Sharif, Kibbutz Gesher Haziv (IL); Eyal Bychkov, Hod Hasharon (IL); and David Gilad-Gilor, Even Yehuda (IL)
Assigned to TYTO CARE LTD., Netanya (IL)
Filed by TYTO CARE LTD., Netanya (IL)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,766.
Application 17/472,766 is a continuation of application No. 15/574,922, granted, now 11,141,047, previously published as PCT/IL2016/050494, filed on May 10, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/163,468, filed on May 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401273 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/247 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01)
CPC A61B 1/000094 (2022.02) [A61B 1/000096 (2022.02); A61B 1/00052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); A61B 1/00148 (2022.02); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 1/247 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00142 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A system for imaging of a body orifice of a patient, the system comprising:
an imaging sensor operable to capture light directed thereto from within the body orifice to provide an image of the body orifice which comprises at least part of a selected body part within the body orifice of the patient;
optics operable to collect the light from the body orifice of the patient and to direct the light towards the imaging sensor; and
a processor configured to:
process the image of the body orifice of the patient collected by the imaging sensor in order to recognize the at least part of the selected body part within the body orifice of the patient; and
selectively trigger capturing of the image by the imaging sensor in response to recognizing the at least part of the selected body part within the body orifice of the patient;
wherein the system comprises a speculum for examination of the body orifice; and wherein the imaging sensor is further operable to capture an image of the body orifice when the speculum is at least partly inserted into a respective body orifice of the patient.