Author:
Sekar Sanathana Konugolu Venkata,Baskaran Meena,Ma Hui,Rensing Marc,Gradkowski Kamil,Khan Asif,Antony Cleitus,Townsend Paul D.,Corbett Brian,Andersson-engels Stefan
Abstract
We present an all-optical powered 6 Fr microcamera based chip-on-tip endoscope system. The optical powering is achieved by fiber illuminating a customized multisegmented photovoltaic cell. The powering system produces 10 mW of electrical power sufficient to power microcamera. We demonstrated the performance of the system on calcification tissue-mimicking phantoms.