Portable system for assisting body movement
    31.
    发明申请
    Portable system for assisting body movement 有权
    用于协助身体运动的便携式系统

    公开(公告)号:US20100000547A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-07

    申请号:US12456196

    申请日:2009-06-12

    IPC分类号: A61G99/00 A41D1/00 A41D1/06

    摘要: The present invention provides a differential pressure body suit with external support against body suit migration. In its preferred embodiment, such body suit may comprise a close-fitting, multi-layered suit sealed against a mammal's skin to contain the differential pressure, or a looser-fitting suit that bends at the mammal's joints with minimal force. External support means include either fixed or movable mechanical supports attached to the body suit, extraordinary air pressure levels for making the body suit rigid, or exoskeletons attached to the body suit. A cyclic control system can turn the differential pressure condition within the body suit on and off on a selective basis to accommodate the movement of the legs of the mammal. This differential pressure body suit provides a portable and convenient system for, e.g., rehabilitating a skeletal joint injury or training the mammal for injury prevention or athletic performance or fat burning. The pressurization reduces the weight of the body to greater or lesser extents, and offloads the weight to the ground through the external support means.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种具有抵抗身体护套迁移的外部支撑的差压身体套装。 在其优选实施例中,这种身体套装可以包括紧密配合的多层衣服,其密封抵抗哺乳动物的皮肤以容纳压差,或者以最小的力在哺乳动物的关节处弯曲的较松散的衣服。 外部支撑装置包括固定或可移动的机械支撑件,其附接到身体套装,用于使身体适合刚性的非凡空气压力水平或附着于身体套装的外骨骼。 循环控制系统可以选择性地转动身体套装内的压差状态,以适应哺乳动物腿部的运动。 这种差压身体套装提供便携式和方便的系统,例如修复骨骼关节损伤或训练哺乳动物以进行伤害预防或运动表现或脂肪燃烧。 加压将身体的重量降低到更大或更小的程度,并通过外部支撑装置将重物卸载到地面上。

    Electrophysiology therapy catheter
    32.
    发明申请
    Electrophysiology therapy catheter 审中-公开
    电生理治疗导管

    公开(公告)号:US20080234564A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-25

    申请号:US12131750

    申请日:2008-06-02

    IPC分类号: A61B5/042

    摘要: A mapping catheter is positioned in a heart chamber, and active electrode sites are activated to impose an electric field within the chamber. The blood volume and wall motion modulates the electric field, which is detected by passive electrode sites on the preferred catheter. Electrophysiology measurements, as well as geometry measurements, are taken from the passive electrodes and used to display a map of intrinsic heart activity.

    摘要翻译: 映射导管位于心室中,活性电极位置被激活以在腔室内施加电场。 血液体积和壁运动调节电场,该电场由优选导管上的被动电极位点检测。 从被动电极获取电生理学测量以及几何测量,并用于显示内在心脏活动的图。

    Catheter with pull wire measurement feature
    35.
    发明授权
    Catheter with pull wire measurement feature 有权
    导管采用拉丝测量功能

    公开(公告)号:US08911382B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-16

    申请号:US12716056

    申请日:2010-03-02

    摘要: An apparatus for determining a length of a portion of a steering wire disposed within a bendable medical device includes an electrical contact slidably coupled with a steering wire, an electrical source configured to transmit an electrical signal through a portion of the steering wire, and a processor configured to monitor a parameter of the electrical signal at or about the electrical contact and configured to determine a length of a portion of the steering wire using the monitored parameter.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定设置在可弯曲医疗装置内的操纵线的一部分的长度的装置包括可滑动地与操纵线耦合的电触点,被配置成通过所述操纵线的一部分传输电信号的电源,以及处理器 被配置为在电触点处或周围监测电信号的参数,并被配置为使用所监视的参数来确定转向线的一部分的长度。

    Correction of shift and drift in impedance-based medical device navigation using measured impedances at external patch electrodes
    36.
    发明授权
    Correction of shift and drift in impedance-based medical device navigation using measured impedances at external patch electrodes 有权
    使用测量的外部贴片电极的阻抗校正基于阻抗的医疗设备导航中的位移和漂移

    公开(公告)号:US08849393B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-30

    申请号:US13690737

    申请日:2012-11-30

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: A system and method are provided for determining characteristics of a device electrode disposed on a medical device within a body. A plurality of measurement electrodes are coupled to an external surface of the body and establish transmission paths for current through the body. An electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to cause transmission of current between a pair of active electrodes selected from the measurement electrodes and thereby generate a voltage on the device electrode. The ECU receives impedance signals from a plurality of passive electrodes among the measurement electrodes other than the active electrodes. The ECU establishes a virtual reference electrode at a reference position within the body responsive to the impedance signals and computes a position of the device responsive to the voltage on the device electrode and the reference position of the reference electrode. The ECU may also compute impedances at the device and measurement electrodes.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于确定设置在身体内的医疗装置上的装置电极的特性的系统和方法。 多个测量电极耦合到身体的外表面并建立用于通过身体的电流的传输路径。 电子控制单元(ECU)被配置为在从测量电极中选择的一对有源电极之间引起电流的传输,从而在器件电极上产生电压。 ECU从除了有源电极之外的测量电极中的多个无源电极接收阻抗信号。 ECU根据阻抗信号在主体内的参考位置建立虚拟参考电极,并根据器件电极上的电压和参考电极的参考位置计算器件的位置。 ECU还可以计算设备和测量电极处的阻抗。

    ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED CATHETER AND METHOD OF ITS CALIBRATION
    37.
    发明申请
    ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED CATHETER AND METHOD OF ITS CALIBRATION 有权
    机械控制导管及其校准方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120203485A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-09

    申请号:US13441249

    申请日:2012-04-06

    申请人: John A. Hauck

    发明人: John A. Hauck

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: A method of calibrating a robotic device, such as a cardiac catheter, including oscillating the device on an actuation axis by applying an oscillation vector at an oscillation frequency. While oscillating, a location of the device is periodically measured to generate a plurality of location data points, which may express the location of the device relative to a plurality of measurement axes. The location data points are then processed using a signal processing algorithm, such as a Fourier transform algorithm, to derive a transfer function relating a position of the device to a movement vector for the actuation axis. The transfer function may be resolved into and expressed as a calibration vector for the actuation axis, which may include one or more components, including zero components, directed along each of the measurement axes. The process may be repeated for any actuation axes on which calibration is desired.

    摘要翻译: 一种校准诸如心脏导管的机器人装置的方法,包括通过施加振荡频率的振荡矢量使装置在致动轴上振荡。 在振荡的同时,周期性地测量设备的位置以产生多个位置数据点,其可以表示设备相对于多个测量轴的位置。 然后使用诸如傅立叶变换算法的信号处理算法来处理位置数据点,以导出将装置的位置与致动轴的运动矢量相关联的传递函数。 传递函数可以被解析为并且表示为用于致动轴的校准矢量,其可以包括沿着每个测量轴指向的一个或多个零件,包括零分量。 对于期望校准的任何致动轴,可以重复该过程。

    SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE WITHIN A BODY
    38.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE WITHIN A BODY 有权
    用于确定身体内的医疗装置的位置的系统

    公开(公告)号:US20120172715A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-05

    申请号:US12981150

    申请日:2010-12-29

    IPC分类号: A61B5/05

    摘要: A system for determining a position of a medical device within a body is provided that reduces positional error by establishing a reference origin closer to the device and/or simplifies the system by integrating components and functions. In one embodiment, a pair of drive electrodes are affixed to opposed surfaces of the body and create a pathway for transmission of current through a position sensor related to the medical device. A pair of reference electrodes proximate the drive electrodes are coupled to a common reference node outputting a reference signal establishing the reference origin. An electronic control unit determines the position of the medical device responsive to the position signal and the reference signal. In another embodiment, a patch affixed to an external surface of the body has a base layer and multiple devices supported on the base layer, electrically isolated from one another, and configured to perform different functions.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于确定身体内的医疗装置的位置的系统,其通过建立靠近装置的参考原点和/或通过集成部件和功能来简化系统来减少位置误差。 在一个实施例中,一对驱动电极固定在主体的相对表面上,并且产生用于通过与医疗装置相关的位置传感器传输电流的路径。 靠近驱动电极的一对参考电极被耦合到公共参考节点,该公共参考节点输出建立参考原点的参考信号。 电子控制单元响应于位置信号和参考信号确定医疗设备的位置。 在另一个实施例中,固定到主体的外表面的贴片具有基底层和支撑在基底层上的多个器件,彼此电隔离并且被配置为执行不同的功能。

    Robotically controlled catheter and method of its calibration
    39.
    发明授权
    Robotically controlled catheter and method of its calibration 有权
    机器人控制的导管及其校准方法

    公开(公告)号:US08155910B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-10

    申请号:US11843589

    申请日:2007-08-22

    申请人: John A. Hauck

    发明人: John A. Hauck

    IPC分类号: G01C17/38 A61B5/05

    摘要: A method of calibrating a robotic device, such as a cardiac catheter, includes oscillating the device on an actuation axis by applying an oscillation vector at an oscillation frequency. While oscillating, a location of the device is periodically measured to generate a plurality of location data points, which may express the location of the device relative to a plurality of measurement axes. The location data points are then processed using a signal processing algorithm, such as a Fourier transform algorithm, to derive a transfer function relating a position of the device to a movement vector for the actuation axis. The transfer function may be resolved into and expressed as a calibration vector for the actuation axis, which may include one or more components, including zero components, directed along each of the measurement axes. The process may be repeated for any actuation axes on which calibration is desired.

    摘要翻译: 校准诸如心脏导管的机器人装置的方法包括通过施加振荡频率的振荡矢量来振荡装置在致动轴上。 在振荡的同时,周期性地测量设备的位置以产生多个位置数据点,其可以表示设备相对于多个测量轴的位置。 然后使用诸如傅立叶变换算法的信号处理算法来处理位置数据点,以导出将装置的位置与致动轴的运动矢量相关联的传递函数。 传递函数可以被解析为并且表示为用于致动轴的校准矢量,其可以包括沿着每个测量轴指向的一个或多个零件,包括零分量。 对于期望校准的任何致动轴,可以重复该过程。

    Cardiac navigation system including electrode array for use therewith
    40.
    发明授权
    Cardiac navigation system including electrode array for use therewith 有权
    心脏导航系统包括与其一起使用的电极阵列

    公开(公告)号:US07996055B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-09

    申请号:US11618676

    申请日:2006-12-29

    IPC分类号: A61B5/0402

    CPC分类号: A61B5/042 A61B5/1076

    摘要: A cardiac navigation system including a mapping catheter, a control system coupled to the mapping catheter, an electrode array, and means for driving an electrical current across the electrode array. The mapping catheter includes means for sensing an electrical field. The control system includes means for receiving sensed signals from the mapping catheter. The cardiac navigation system includes at least one electrode array including means for providing an electrical field across three axes. The three axes are approximately orthogonal with respect to one another. The means for driving an electrical current across the three axes includes means for providing a plurality of individual current sources to the electrode array. As such, the cardiac navigation system presented provides a more uniform sheet of current across an area of interest, the mapping catheter senses the electrical field across the area of interest, and the control system determines a three-dimensional location of the mapping catheter based on the sensed electrical field.

    摘要翻译: 包括映射导管,耦合到映射导管的控制系统,电极阵列以及用于驱动穿过电极阵列的电流的装置的心导航系统。 映射导管包括用于感测电场的装置。 控制系统包括用于从映射导管接收感测信号的装置。 心脏导航系统包括至少一个电极阵列,其包括用于在三个轴上提供电场的装置。 三个轴彼此大致正交。 用于驱动横跨三个轴的电流的装置包括用于向电极阵列提供多个单独的电流源的装置。 因此,所呈现的心脏导航系统在感兴趣区域提供更均匀的电流片,映射导管感测感兴趣区域上的电场,并且控制系统基于以下方式确定映射导管的三维位置: 感应电场。