Patents by Inventor Robert Shieh

Robert Shieh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Focusable camera module for endoscopes
    Patent number: 11006819
    Abstract: A focusable camera module for an endoscope, including a housing including a lens assembly in a distal end of the housing, a carrier disposed within the housing, the carrier having a distal end with an aperture, an image sensor attached inside the carrier adjacent to the aperture, a flexible circuit attached to an edge of the image sensor, and a motor slideably displacing the carrier between a retracted position and an extended position, the aperture adjacent to the lens assembly in the extended position, and an endoscope including the focusable camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.
    Inventors: Dashiell A. Birnkrant, Robert Shieh
  • Focusable Camera Module For Endoscopes
    Publication number: 20160106303
    Abstract: A focusable camera module for an endoscope, including a housing including a lens assembly in a distal end of the housing, a carrier disposed within the housing, the carrier having a distal end with an aperture, an image sensor attached inside the carrier adjacent to the aperture, a flexible circuit attached to an edge of the image sensor, and a motor slideably displacing the carrier between a retracted position and an extended position, the aperture adjacent to the lens assembly in the extended position, and an endoscope including the focusable camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Dashiell A. Birnkrant, Robert Shieh