Yoav Mintz from 7954 Caminito Dia, San Diego, CA 92122, age 58, Phone: (858)4578464

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Position:

Assistant Professor at UCSD, Diretor, Center of Innovative Surgery at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center

Location:

Greater San Diego Area

Industry:

Hospital & Health Care

Work:

UCSD
Assistant Professor
Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center since Aug 1995
Diretor, Center of Innovative Surgery

Camera System With Autonomous Miniature Camera And Light Source Assembly And Method For Image Enhancement
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US Patent:

20110261178, Oct 27, 2011
Filed:

Oct 15, 2009
Appl. No.:

13/124659
Inventors:

Yu-Hwa Lo - San Diego CA, US
Yoav Mintz - San Diego CA, US
Truong Nguyen - San Diego CA, US
Jack Tzeng - Seattle WA, US
Assignee:

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - Oakland CA
International Classification:

H04N 7/18
US Classification:

348 68, 348E07085
Abstract:

The present Invention relates to a camera system suitable for use in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), among other applications. In at least one embodiment, the camera system includes an autonomous miniature camera, a light source assembly providing features such as steerable illumination and a variable radiation angle, and a control and processing unit for processing images acquired by the camera Io generate improved images having reduced blurring using a deblurring algorithm.

Yoav Mintz