DUAL OPTICAL PATH PRISM AND CAMERA IN A MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SYSTEM

摘要

In a minimally invasive surgical system, the camera includes a prism element having a lens within the prism element. Such a lens corrects the final image focus for non-visible light so that it is substantially the same as the focus for visible light. Alternatively, the lens may be adapted to compensate for the final image focus for visible light to be substantially the same as the focus for the non-visible light.