公开(公告)号：US11887347B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US17377191

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Inventor： Santosh Narayan Ganesan ,  Barret Daniels

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V10/40 ,  G06F18/22

CPC classification number: G06V10/225 ,  G06F18/22 ,  G06V10/40

Abstract: A device to image registration method includes obtaining image data of a device, the device including a plurality of fiducials arranged as a fiducial frame on the device; detecting fiducial objects within the image data; cropping the image data to generate cropped image data; applying a feature enhancement to the cropped image data to enhance the fiducial objects; generating a candidate list of candidate objects based on the feature enhancement, and determining a common plane based on at least three points in the candidate list; determining a representative point for each candidate object; determining outlier candidate objects based on the common plane; determining resultant objects by extracting the outlier candidate objects from the candidate list; and registering the resultant objects to the device by matching the representative points of the resultant objects with a model of the fiducial frame.

公开(公告)号：US20230401813A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US18035665

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC.

Inventor： Xiwu Cao

IPC: G06V10/42 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/32 ,  G06V10/98 ,  G06V20/70

CPC classification number: G06V10/431 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/32 ,  G06V10/993 ,  G06V20/70

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method are provided which obtains an image captured by an image capture device and stored in a memory, extracts one or more regions of interest in the obtained image, normalizes the extracted one or more regions of interest to be at a same scale or some predefined scales, extract the frequency information of regions of interest, determines a sharpness of the obtained image by aggregating the frequency information in each of the one or more extracted regions of interest, and labels the obtained image with the determined sharpness score.

公开(公告)号：US20230277245A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18019063

申请日：2021-08-05

Applicant: Canon U.S.A., Inc. ,  The Brigham and Women's Hospital Incorporated

Inventor： Fumitaro MASAKI ,  Nobuhiko HATA ,  Franklin KING ,  Takahisa KATO

IPC: A61B34/10 ,  A61B34/30

CPC classification number: A61B34/10 ,  A61B34/30 ,  A61B2034/107 ,  A61B2034/301

Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed to methods for using an articulated medical device in treating a subject or patient, wherein the device is capable of maneuvering within the subject or patient, and the method is capable of assessing multiple pathways for reaching a desired target and assigning a difficulty score to each the various pathways.

公开(公告)号：US20230241819A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18011795

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: Canon Virginia, Inc. ,  Canon, U.S.A., Inc.

Inventor： Koki Kodaira ,  Yuichi Yanahara ,  Junko Tajima

IPC: B29C45/17

CPC classification number: B29C45/1756 ,  B29C45/1742

Abstract: A conveyance system for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine includes a conveying machine that conveys the mold, and a supporting member that movably supports the conveying machine, wherein the improvement to the conveyance system includes a guide member that guides a movement of the conveying machine by the supporting member in a direction other than an X-axis direction between a first position where the mold can be conveyed from the conveying machine to the injection molding machine and a second position that is different from the first position.

公开(公告)号：US11709324B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17366907

申请日：2021-07-02

Applicant: Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Inventor： Anderson Thi Mach ,  Alexander Altshuler ,  Xuri Yan

IPC: G02B6/38 ,  G02B6/42

CPC classification number: G02B6/3874 ,  G02B6/389 ,  G02B6/3825 ,  G02B6/3871 ,  G02B6/4292

Abstract: An optical connection includes a plurality of ferrules, an optical contact to allow transfer of light, a mechanical contact to allow torque transfer from the optical connection, and a rotational self-alignment structure to allow optical fibers of different optical connectors to self-rotate into rotational self-alignment upon action of connecting, wherein the ferrules are aligned and engage the torque transfer. The rotational self-alignment structure can be a tooth configuration, a helical thread configuration, a ferrule guide configuration, a spring sleeve configuration, derivatives thereof and combinations therefrom.

公开(公告)号：US11707259B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US16653761

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC.

Inventor： Hitoshi Nakamura

IPC: A61B17/34 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/06 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  H04W88/00 ,  A61B1/06

CPC classification number: A61B8/4472 ,  A61B5/0002 ,  A61B5/061 ,  A61B8/0841 ,  A61B17/3403 ,  H04W88/00 ,  A61B1/0684

Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing medical procedure (e.g., needle guidance, ablation, biopsy, etc.) planning and/or performance, and/or for performing guidance of multiple probes or multiple needles, are provided. Examples of applications for such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, lesions and tumors, and such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may be used for radiotherapy applications (e.g., to determine whether to place seed(s) for radiotherapy). Even in instances where communication between a medical tool or needle guidance device and a system is wireless or wired, preferably guidance information is still gathered and transmitted, especially in instances where wireless or wired communication signals are intermittent or interrupted.

公开(公告)号：US20230218861A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US18068210

申请日：2022-12-19

Applicant: CANON U.S.A., INC.

Inventor： Alexander Altshuler

IPC: A61M25/01 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B8/12 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00

CPC classification number: A61M25/0136 ,  A61B5/0066 ,  A61B8/12 ,  A61B1/0052 ,  A61B5/0035 ,  A61B8/5261 ,  A61B5/0084 ,  A61B5/6852 ,  A61B8/445 ,  A61M2205/586 ,  A61B2560/0425

Abstract: A handle for maneuvering a catheter, comprises: a handle body having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a tubular passage extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end of the handle body. The handle includes a coupling mechanism at the proximal end and a strain relief sleeve at the distal end of the handle body. The strain relief sleeve is adapted to irremovably secure a flexible catheter sheath to the handle; and the coupling mechanism is adapted to detachably connect the handle to a patient interface unit (PIU). The handle body is ergonomically sized and shaped for grasping by a single hand of a user, and is configured to linearly engage to and disengage from the PIU via the coupling mechanism. When the handle is attached to the PIU, an imaging core moves linearly inside the tubular passage without bending.

公开(公告)号：US20230137954A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：US18050776

申请日：2022-10-28

Applicant: Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Inventor： Charles George Hwang ,  Takahisa Kato ,  Brian Ninni ,  Zachary Hamilton Haubert

IPC: A61B34/37 ,  A61B34/00 ,  A61M25/01

Abstract: An articulated medical device having a hollow core, capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small cavities to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, wherein the medical device is capable of manual and robotic manipulation.

公开(公告)号：US11622828B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US16886078

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Inventor： Matthew Michael Kincaid ,  Takahisa Kato

IPC: A61B34/00 ,  A61B34/37 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/20 ,  A61B34/30

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for a steerable medical instrument, configured to be used in conjunction with guided tools and devices under robotically controller medical procedures, including endoscopes, cameras, cutting tools and catheters. In one embodiment, the steerable instrument includes an elongate body (100), a control wire (110) arranged in a channel (104) of the elongate body and displaceable along the channel to bend the elongate body; and a controller (320) to selectively control drive forces applied to the control wire (110) under an actively controlled mode and a passively controlled mode. In the actively controlled mode, the controller actively bends at least part of the elongate body. In the passively controlled mode, the controller (320) decreases an amount of strain or an amount of displacement of the control wire, so that the control wire becomes compliant to external forces.

公开(公告)号：US11617621B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US16527919

申请日：2019-07-31

Applicant: Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Inventor： Barret Daniels ,  Jacob Schieffelin Brauer ,  Antonio Bonillas Vaca ,  Derek John Hugger ,  John E. Longan ,  Christopher Wayne Thurrott

IPC: A61B34/10 ,  A61B10/04 ,  A61B18/08 ,  G16H30/20 ,  A61B18/02 ,  G06T19/00 ,  A61B18/14 ,  A61B90/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  A61B18/18 ,  G06T15/08 ,  A61B18/00

Abstract: A system and method for supporting multi-probe guidance are disclosed. The system comprises: a medical guidance apparatus comprising: a rotatable portion which is rotatable around a first axis; an arc guide attached to or integrally formed with the rotatable portion, and a probe holder movably mounted on the arc guide. The probe holder is rotatable around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis by being translated along an arcuate path defined by the shape of the arc guide. In one embodiment, the probe holder includes a plurality of probe channels to guide a corresponding plurality of probes parallel to each other towards a subject. In other embodiment, the probe holder includes a single probe channel which is offset from a center point of the guidance apparatus by a fixed distance such that each probe can be inserted sequentially through a different insertion point without colliding at the center point.