Titan Medical Inc.
STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS FOR USE IN CONFINED SPACES

Abstract:

In accordance with some embodiments, a stereoscopic imaging apparatus includes a tubular housing configured to be inserted into a confined space and including a bore there through. The apparatus also includes first and second image sensors adjacently mounted on a common sensor circuit substrate sized to be received within the bore, each image sensor including light sensitive elements on a face oriented to capture respective images of an object field from different perspective viewpoints for generating 3D image data. The apparatus includes processing circuit substrates each including processing circuitry for processing signals from the image sensors and sized so as to correspond to size of the sensor circuit substrate. The circuit substrates are connected via flexible interconnects carrying signals between the processing circuitry and facilitating folding of the circuit substrates in back-to-back configuration such that each successive circuit substrate is stacked axially behind preceding circuit substrate within the bore.