INTERVENTIONAL APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE
    3.
    发明公开
    INTERVENTIONAL APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE 审中-公开
    用于执行介入程序的常规装置

    公开(公告)号:EP3193691A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-26

    申请号:EP15760153.5

    申请日:2015-09-06

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00 A61B1/018

    摘要: The invention relates to an interventional apparatus comprising an interventional device with a handle (6). The handle comprises a) a first guide (20, 51) guiding an optical fiber, which is also guided within the interventional device, from a first proximal opening (14) of the handle to a distal portion (21) of the handle, wherein the first guide only has radii of curvature being larger than 10 mm, and b) a second guide (22) for guiding an elongated interventional instrument from a second proximal opening (13) of the handle to the distal portion of the handle. Since the first guide is relatively straight, the optical fiber is substantially not bent or only slightly bent and the likelihood that the interventional instrument and the optical fiber press against each other can be significantly reduced. This allows for an improved accuracy of determining the position of the interventional device by optical shape sensing.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种介入装置,其包括具有手柄(6)的介入装置。 所述手柄包括a)第一引导件(20,51),所述第一引导件将也在所述介入设备内引导的光纤从所述手柄的第一近侧开口(14)引导至所述手柄的远侧部分(21),其中, 第一引导件仅具有大于10mm的曲率半径,以及b)第二引导件(22),用于将细长的介入器械从手柄的第二近侧开口(13)引导至手柄的远侧部分。 由于第一引导件相对较直,所以光纤实质上不弯曲或仅略微弯曲,并且介入器械和光纤相互压靠的可能性可显着降低。 这允许通过光学形状感测确定介入装置的位置的改进的准确度。

    INVASIVE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE TIP
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3420884A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-02

    申请号:EP17178361.6

    申请日:2017-06-28

    IPC分类号: A61B1/005 A61M25/01

    摘要: An invasive medical device (10) is disclosed comprising an elongate device portion (20) attached to a handle (30), the elongate device portion including a flexible tip (21) at a distal end of the elongate device portion and a plurality of pull wires (23) attached to said flexible tip; and a plurality of shape memory elements (33) in said handle, each of the shape memory elements extending in a length direction between one of said pull wires and a current source connection (61), each of the shape memory elements having a negative coefficient of expansion in said length direction. The invasive medical device (10) preferably comprises a cooling arrangement (70, 80) for the plurality of shape memory elements to reduce the relaxation times of the shape memory elements. Also disclosed are an invasive medical device arrangement including such an invasive medical device and an imaging system adapted to cooperate with such an invasive medical device arrangement.

    STEERABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, AND USE OF A PULL WIRE RING THEREIN
    6.
    发明公开
    STEERABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, AND USE OF A PULL WIRE RING THEREIN 审中-公开
    可操纵的医疗装置,以及使用其中的拉线环

    公开(公告)号:EP3215210A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-13

    申请号:EP15797618.4

    申请日:2015-11-04

    IPC分类号: A61M25/01

    摘要: The invention addresses the problem of limited functionality of the distal end of a steerable medical device due to the presence of the pull wire ring in the distal end portion. It relates to a steerable medical device (1) comprising a pull wire ring (100a-e) for imparting a bending movement on the steerable medical device. By providing the pull wire ring (100a-e) with an eccentric recess (105a-f) which defines a passage between a first end face (101) and a second end face (105) of the ring, it becomes possible to guide ancillary elements such as electrical lines, data cables and fiber optics past the pull wire ring (100a-e) further towards the distal end of the steerable medical device. By this measure, functionality of the distal end of the medical device is enhanced without obstructing a main lumen of the device.

    摘要翻译: 本发明解决了由于在远端部分中存在拉线环而导致的可操纵医疗装置的远端的有限功能性的问题。 本发明涉及一种包括用于在可转向医疗装置上施加弯曲运动的拉线环(100a-e)的可转向医疗装置(1)。 通过在拉线环(100a-e)上设置一个限定环的第一端面(101)和第二端面(105)之间的通道的偏心凹槽(105a-f),可以引导辅助 例如电线,数据电缆和光纤的元件越过拉线环(100a-e)进一步朝向可转向医疗装置的远端。 通过该措施,医疗装置的远端的功能被增强而不会阻碍装置的主要腔。

    OPTICAL CONNECTOR FOR STERILE APPLICATIONS
    10.
    发明公开
    OPTICAL CONNECTOR FOR STERILE APPLICATIONS 审中-公开
    OPTISCHER STECKERFÜRSTERILE ANWENDUNGEN

    公开(公告)号:EP3126886A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-08

    申请号:EP15711754.0

    申请日:2015-03-24

    IPC分类号: G02B6/38

    摘要: An optical connector system for reversible optical connection between two optical fibers (102, 104) with their end parts inside respective ferrules. A receptacle arrangement has a receiving body (105) for receiving at least one of the ferrules (103). An optical element (106) of the receptacle arrangement serves to provide optical connection between the two optical fibers in a connected state of the optical connector system, and at the same time, the optical element (106) serves as a sterility barrier between the two optical fibers. The optical element (106) can be an optical waveguide, e.g. a piece of optical fiber similar to the two optical fibers (102, 104), and arranged within the receiving body (105). Alternatively, the optical element may be a thin flexible membrane (207, 307) which is optically transparent. As a further alternative, the optical element may be a sterilizing fluid (409) arranged in side a container that can be punctured upon insertion of one of the ferrules (401, 403) into the container (408), to allow an optical fiber end to be sterilized by the fluid (409) prior to entering into the connected state. In a further embodiment, an optical lens (312) is used to project light from one fiber end through a membrane (307) to the opposite fiber end.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在两个光纤(102,104)之间可逆光连接的光学连接器系统,其端部在相应的套圈内。 插座装置具有用于容纳至少一个套圈(103)的接纳体(105)。 插座装置的光学元件(106)用于在光学连接器系统的连接状态下在两个光纤之间提供光学连接,并且同时,光学元件(106)用作两者之间的无菌屏障 光纤。 光学元件(106)可以是光波导,例如。 类似于两个光纤(102,104)的光纤,并且布置在接收体(105)内。 或者,光学元件可以是光学透明的薄柔性膜(207,307)。 作为另一替代方案,光学元件可以是布置在容器内部的消毒流体(409),其可以在将一个套圈(401,403)插入容器(408)中之后被刺穿,以允许光纤端 在进入连接状态之前由流体(409)灭菌。 在另一实施例中,光学透镜(312)用于将来自一个光纤端的光通过膜(307)投影到相对的光纤端。