公开(公告)号：EP4437999A2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-02

申请号：EP24194874.4

申请日：2018-06-26

Applicant: Auris Health, Inc.

Inventor： CONNOLLY, Ryan, Jeffrey ,  LANDEY, Casey, Teal ,  GRAETZEL, Chauncey, F.

IPC: A61B90/90

CPC classification number: A61B1/00149 ,  A61B1/0016 ,  A61B1/2676 ,  A61B5/062 ,  A61B5/067 ,  A61B34/71 ,  A61B90/90 ,  A61B90/96 ,  A61B90/98 ,  A61B2034/204820160201 ,  A61B5/0803 ,  A61B2017/0080920130101 ,  A61B2090/361420160201 ,  A61B2090/30920160201 ,  A61B2090/37620130101 ,  A61B2034/205920160201 ,  A61B2034/206520160201 ,  A61B2090/396620160201 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B90/361 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B2034/205120160201 ,  A61B1/0051

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for compensating for insertion of an instrument into a working channel of another instrument in a surgical system. According to one embodiment, a method of compensation includes: detecting insertion of an insertable instrument into a working channel of a flexible instrument; detecting, based on a data signal from at least one sensor, a position change of a distal portion of the flexible instrument from an initial position; generating a control signal based on the detected position change; and adjusting a tensioning of a pull wire based on the control signal to return the distal portion to the initial position.

公开(公告)号：EP4378398A3

公开(公告)日：2024-07-31

申请号：EP24164684.3

申请日：2019-04-12

Applicant: ENDOSOUND, INC.

Inventor： STEINBERG, Stephen E. ,  CORBETT, Scott Sutherland III

IPC: A61B1/005 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/12 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B1/12 ,  A61B10/04 ,  A61B1/018 ,  A61B1/273 ,  A61B17/00

CPC classification number: A61B1/00101 ,  A61B1/00103 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/0058 ,  A61B1/018 ,  A61B1/053 ,  A61B1/273 ,  A61B8/4411 ,  A61B8/4422 ,  A61B8/445 ,  A61B8/4466 ,  A61B1/00098 ,  A61B1/00135 ,  A61B8/12 ,  A61B10/04 ,  A61B2010/04520130101 ,  A61B1/00133

Abstract: An ultrasonic endoscope assembly (110), having an endoscope (111) defining one or more lumens, and a needle (114) that can be pushed forward out of a lumen, to collect a biopsy specimen. An ultrasound sub-assembly (120) is attached to the endoscope (111) and includes a communications cable (126) including a set of conductors, having a distal end and an ultrasound imaging head (122) connected to the distal end of the cable. Also, included is an imaging head movement sub-assembly (140), including a conduit (148) that is releasably connected to the endoscope. The conduit contains a tension member (144) that is releasably connected to the imaging head (122). Accordingly, the imaging head movement sub-assembly (140) can be released from the cable and the imaging head, to be disposed of, after use.

公开(公告)号：EP3395231A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-31

申请号：EP18169165.0

申请日：2018-04-25

Applicant: Acclarent, Inc.

Inventor： MATLOCK, George L. ,  NGO-CHU, Don Q. ,  THINNES, John J. Jr.

IPC: A61B1/06 ,  A61B1/07 ,  A61B1/233 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B17/24

CPC classification number: A61M25/0147 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/07 ,  A61B1/233 ,  A61B17/24 ,  A61B2017/00309 ,  A61B2017/00327 ,  A61B2017/00367 ,  A61B2217/007 ,  A61M25/0113 ,  A61M25/0136 ,  A61M25/09041 ,  A61M29/02

Abstract: An apparatus includes a bod, an actuation assembly, and a guide catheter extending distally from the body. The guide catheter includes an open proximal end, an open distal end, a rigid proximal portion, a bendable distal portion, and a pull wire extending from the bendable distal portion to the rigid proximal portion. A proximal end of the pull wire is coupled with the actuation assembly. The actuation assembly is operable to translate the pull wire relative to the rigid proximal portion to thereby articulate the bendable distal portion.

公开(公告)号：EP3395224A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-31

申请号：EP15911420.6

申请日：2015-12-25

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： IKEDA, Yuichi ,  NAKAMURA, Shuji

IPC: A61B1/00

CPC classification number: A61B1/00078 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/05

Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus (10) includes an insertion section (40), a stiffness variable unit (50), an advance and retreat detection unit (60), a controller (121), and a drive (70). The controller (121) controls a stiffness of the stiffness variable unit (50) to be a stiffness that makes the insertion section (40) passively bendable when the advance and retreat detection unit (60) has detected an advance of the insertion section (40). The controller (121) controls the stiffness of the stiffness variable unit (50) to be a stiffness that makes the insertion section (40) substantially straight when the advance and retreat detection unit (50) has detected a retreat of the insertion section (40).

公开(公告)号：EP3231350A4

公开(公告)日：2018-08-01

申请号：EP15866926

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORP

Inventor： MOTOHARA HIROYUKI ,  KUSANO YASUHIRO

IPC: A61B1/04 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B1/12 ,  G02B23/26

CPC classification number: A61B1/04 ,  A61B1/00114 ,  A61B1/00124 ,  A61B1/00165 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B1/051 ,  A61B1/0669 ,  A61B1/07 ,  A61B1/12 ,  A61B1/127 ,  G02B23/2484 ,  H04N5/2257 ,  H04N2005/2255 ,  H05K1/144

Abstract: Provided are an imaging unit capable of reducing a diameter of a distal end of an insertion unit and obtaining a high-quality image, an imaging module, and an endoscope system. An imaging unit 10 according to the present invention includes a semiconductor package 20 which includes an image sensor and where connection electrodes 21 are formed, a circuit board 30 which is connected to the semiconductor package 20 in an f3 face, a deformed circuit board 40 where connection electrodes are formed on at least f5, f6, and f7 faces and which is connected to the circuit board 30 in the f5 face, electronic components 51 and 52 which are mounted on an f4 face of the circuit board 30, and a plurality of cables 60 which are connected to the connection electrodes of the f6 and f7 faces of the deformed circuit board 40. The electronic components 51 and 52 are housed in a recess 43 on the f5 face of the deformed circuit board 40. The circuit board 30, the deformed circuit board 40, and the plurality of cables 60 are located within a projection plane in an optical axis direction of the semiconductor package 20.

公开(公告)号：EP3200450A4

公开(公告)日：2018-05-30

申请号：EP15845214

申请日：2015-09-17

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORP

Inventor： OKURA SACHIKO ,  ITO TAKEHIKO

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/04 ,  A61B1/045 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/18 ,  G09G5/391 ,  H04N5/04 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/38 ,  H04N7/01

CPC classification number: H04N5/38 ,  A61B1/00004 ,  A61B1/00006 ,  A61B1/00009 ,  A61B1/00011 ,  A61B1/00045 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/04 ,  A61B1/045 ,  A61B1/07 ,  G09G5/006 ,  H04N5/04 ,  H04N5/2256 ,  H04N7/185 ,  H04N2005/2255

Abstract: Provided is a transmission system which generates two valid signals with respect to two image signals having different clock rates based on the two image signals, synchronizes valid timing of another valid signal with valid timing of a valid signal generated based on the image signal having the highest clock rate, and generates two valid image signals having different clock rates based on the valid signals.

公开(公告)号：EP3185810A4

公开(公告)日：2018-05-02

申请号：EP15836047

申请日：2015-08-21

Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS

Inventor： AU SAMUEL KWOK WAI

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  A61B5/06 ,  A61B34/30

CPC classification number: A61B1/00006 ,  A61B1/00133 ,  A61B1/0016 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B5/062 ,  A61B5/065 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/71 ,  A61B2034/2061 ,  A61B2034/301 ,  A61B2034/742 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2562/0266 ,  A61M25/0067 ,  A61M2025/0002

Abstract: A method for determining the force applied to a tip of a medical instrument includes receiving inputs from a medical instrument having at least one elongated actuation element used to manipulate a position of the instrument while in a patient's body. The method also includes applying the inputs to a lumped model of the instrument and determining a force on a tip of the instrument based on both the inputs and the lumped model.

公开(公告)号：EP2798999B1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-28

申请号：EP13817623.5

申请日：2013-06-07

Applicant: Olympus Corporation

Inventor： OKAMOTO, Yasuhiro

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  G02B23/24

CPC classification number: B25J18/06 ,  A61B1/00133 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/0052 ,  A61B1/0057 ,  G02B23/2476 ,  Y10S901/21 ,  Y10T74/20323

Abstract: An introducing device system includes: a bending portion which is provided on a distal end side of an elongated insertion portion; a pulling member that bends the bending portion through a pulling action; a driving unit that generates a driving force for bending driving of the bending portion through rotational driving; an operation input unit including a bending operation device for performing an input operation for pulling the pulling member; a driving force transmitting unit that transmits a driving force of the driving unit from the driving unit to the pulling member in accordance with an input operation of the bending operation device included in the operation input unit; a detection section that detects a speed of the input operation of the bending operation device; and a control unit including a driving unit control section configured to perform control for increasing a rotational speed of the driving unit to increase the driving force to be transmitted to the driving force transmitting unit when the speed of the input operation of the bending operation device obtained by the detection section is higher than an input speed determined in advance.

公开(公告)号：EP3251577A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-06

申请号：EP15880058.1

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: Olympus Corporation

Inventor： MAKITA, Kenji

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  G02B23/24

CPC classification number: A61B1/00172 ,  A61B1/00066 ,  A61B1/00096 ,  A61B1/00124 ,  A61B1/00126 ,  A61B1/00137 ,  A61B1/00165 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/0055 ,  A61B1/008 ,  A61B1/018 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B1/06 ,  A61B1/07 ,  A61B8/12 ,  G02B23/2476 ,  G02B23/26

Abstract: An insertion section of the endoscope includes a cylindrical distal end base, and a hard member 212 having a small diameter portion 217 fitted into the distal end base, and secured to the distal end base with an adhesive applied on an outer surface of the small diameter portion 217. The small diameter portion 217 is provided with a housing portion 2174 extending inward from a leading end of the small diameter portion 217, a cut-out portion 2175 formed by cutting out a portion of the small diameter portion 217 from the leading end, and communicating inside and outside of the housing portion 2174 with each other, a dam portion 2171 extending in an axial direction of the insertion section along an outer surface of the small diameter portion 217, and blocking the adhesive flowing to the cut-out portion 2175, along the outer surface of the small diameter portion 217, and a storage portion 2172 continuously provided to the dam portion 2171, and partially storing the adhesive blocked by the dam portion 2171.

Abstract translation: 内窥镜的插入部具有圆筒状的前端基部和具有嵌入前端基部的小径部217的硬质部件212，通过在该小径部的外表面上涂布粘接剂而固定于前端基部 小直径部分217设置有从小直径部分217的前端向内延伸的壳体部分2174，通过从小直径部分217的前端切出小直径部分217的一部分而形成的切口部分2175 并且使壳体部分2174的内部和外部相互连通;阻塞部分2171，沿着小直径部分217的外表面在插入部分的轴向方向上延伸，并且阻挡流动到切除部分的粘合剂 2175沿着小直径部分217的外表面延伸，并且存储部分2172连续地设置到堰部分2171，并且部分地存储由d 是部分2171。

公开(公告)号：EP3058889B1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-29

申请号：EP16155771.5

申请日：2012-04-27

Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Inventor： CHOPRA, Prashant ,  DONHOWE, Caitlin, Q. ,  DUINDAM, Vincent ,  PRISCO, Giuseppe Maria

IPC: A61B34/20 ,  A61B1/267 ,  A61B90/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/0084 ,  A61B1/00009 ,  A61B1/00055 ,  A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/2676 ,  A61B5/0037 ,  A61B5/02007 ,  A61B5/02028 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/20 ,  A61B5/4064 ,  A61B5/42 ,  A61B5/6852 ,  A61B5/7475 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B2017/00323 ,  A61B2017/00699 ,  A61B2017/00703 ,  A61B2034/107 ,  A61B2034/2061 ,  A61B2090/3614 ,  A61B2090/367 ,  A61B2576/023 ,  A61B2576/026 ,  G06T7/75 ,  G06T19/003 ,  G06T2207/10068

Abstract: A medical system provides navigation assistance to a surgeon so that the surgeon may navigate a flexible medical device through linked passages of an anatomical structure to a target in or adjacent to the anatomical structure. As the medical device moves through the linked passages, images are captured by an image capturing element at its distal end and pose and shape information for the medical device are received from sensors disposed in the medical device. A 4-D computer model of the anatomical structure is registered to the medical device using one or both of 4-D shape registration and virtual camera registration so that the captured image and a virtual image generated from the perspective of a virtual camera are registered to each other and displayed while providing an indication of a navigational path to the target.