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US007556599B2
(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: Us 7,556,599 B2
Rovegno (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 7,2009
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Primary Examiner—John P Leubecker
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Bachman & LaPointe, PC.
(57) ABSTRACT
Videoendoscope including a distal endpiece, a laser source generating a laser beam and an optical formation device arranged to produce from the laser beam a calibrated light spot near a target of which the size is to be measured, wherein the laser source is housed in a distal endpiece, while the optical formation device is housed at least partially in a removable optical head that can be fitted on the distal endpiece.
19 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets
