Method and Apparatus For Viewing A Body Cavity
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Oct 13, 2011
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Oct 1, 2010
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Oct 1, 2009
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A method and apparatus to generate a planar representation of a longitudinally extending 360 degree continuous view within a body cavity of a patient is disclosed comprising advancing a portion of an imaging device into the body cavity of the patient, the imaging device having an image capture mechanism disposed on a distal end thereof configured to capture at least a 360 degree view of the inside of the body cavity. Further comprising withdrawing the imaging device at a controlled rate from the patient while simultaneously coordinating and generating 360 degree view image data from the imaging device and transmitting the image data from the imaging device to an image processor. The method further comprising processing the image data to produce a planar longitudinally continuous 360 degree view of the body cavity.
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