公开(公告)号：US20220087507A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-24

申请号：US17424844

申请日：2020-01-28

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

Inventor： Ray Yan ,  Alexander Altshuler

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/12

Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for imaging and for minimally invasive medical devices, such as, but not limited to, for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), spectrally encoded endoscopy (SEE), and/or Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), are provided herein. One or more embodiments may involve imaging reconstruction using a real-time signal of a rotary position from a near distal end encoder. One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may include, in one or more embodiments, a rotary encoder or sensor to detect an angular position of a rotary shaft or a drive cable, for example, to reduce imaging Non-Uniform Rotational Distortion. Examples of such applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments.

公开(公告)号：US20220016394A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17373437

申请日：2021-07-12

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

Inventor： Brian Ninni

IPC: A61M25/01

Abstract: An articulated medical device having a hollow core, capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small spaces of a patient to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, and once the medical device has reached the target, allowing for finite movement of the distal end of the medical device to hone in on one or more targets or areas of interest, without having to move the remainder of the medical device.

公开(公告)号：US20210407098A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17354877

申请日：2021-06-22

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

Inventor： Lampros Athanasiou

IPC: G06T7/13 ,  G06T7/136 ,  G06T7/168

Abstract: One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for optical imaging medical devices, such as, but not limited to, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), single mode OCT, and/or multi-modal OCT apparatuses and systems, and methods and storage mediums for use with same, for calculating lumen distance(s), including based on real-time A-line signal(s), are provided herein. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, capsules and needles (e.g., a biopsy needle). Fast A-line lumen segmentation methods, which can be applied real-time to a whole arterial pullback, and devices, systems, and storage mediums for use with same, are provided herein. Techniques provided herein also improve processing efficiency and decrease calculations while achieving measurements that are more precise.

公开(公告)号：US11162910B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US15194367

申请日：2016-06-27

Applicant: CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES, INC. ,  Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Inventor： Steven A. Sundberg ,  Michael R. Knapp ,  Ivor T. Knight ,  Deborah J. Boles ,  Aaron Rulison ,  Wesley B. Dong ,  Andrew Fabans ,  Edward Donlon ,  Robert Moti ,  Michael Slater

IPC: C12Q1/68 ,  C12Q1/686 ,  C12Q1/6844 ,  C12Q1/6862 ,  G01N21/64 ,  G01N25/04 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B01L7/00 ,  G01N21/33

Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods and devices that employ microfluidic technology to generate molecular melt curves. In particular, the devices and methods in accordance with the invention are useful in providing for the analysis of PCR amplification products.

公开(公告)号：US11129520B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16926130

申请日：2020-07-10

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

Inventor： Daisuke Yamada

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  G02B6/38 ,  A61B1/07 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: A catheter system includes an electronic console; a catheter having a proximal end attachable to the console and a distal end configured to house therein an optical probe; an optical fiber configured to transmit from the console to the optical probe excitation radiation of a first wavelength, and configured to return to the console an optical response signal having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength; a detector configured to detect intensity of the optical response signal; and a processor configured to determine, based on the detected intensity of the optical response signal, whether the catheter is properly connected to the console. The optical response signal is generated within the optical fiber itself in response to transmitting the excitation radiation therethrough. The optical response signal is an auto-fluorescence signal and/or Raman scattering signal generated from the optical fiber itself.

公开(公告)号：US20210260767A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17175484

申请日：2021-02-12

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

Inventor： Fumitaro Masaki ,  Franklin King ,  Nobuhiko Hata ,  Takahisa Kato

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/06 ,  B25J9/10 ,  B25J18/06 ,  B25J19/02 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/267 ,  A61B1/005

Abstract: A continuum robot having at least two independently manipulateable bendable section for advancing the robot through a passage, without contacting fragile elements within the passage, wherein the robot incorporates control algorithms that enable the continuum robot to operate and advance into the passage, as well as the systems and procedures associated with the continuum robot and said functionality.

公开(公告)号：US11058385B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16044931

申请日：2018-07-25

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

Inventor： Mie Kunio

IPC: G06K9/62 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G06T7/30 ,  G06T7/20 ,  A61B90/00 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06K9/34 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/181 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06K9/44 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: Detecting a vessel region in multiple angiographic image frames and defining a direction that perpendicularly intersects a longitudinal direction of the vessel region to improve co-registration between two imaging modalities. Motion of the vessel region is then detected based on the direction that intersects the longitudinal direction of the vessel region by evaluating positions of the vessel region in the multiple angiographic image frames. The method includes defining an area based on the detected motion and the detected vessel region, detecting a marker of an imaging catheter disposed in the vessel region within the area and performing co-registration based on the detected marker.

公开(公告)号：US20210118122A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-22

申请号：US17076391

申请日：2020-10-21

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

Inventor： Yevgeniy Gennadiy Guyduy ,  Tyler James Shaw

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06N7/00 ,  G06N5/04

Abstract: An apparatus for classifying a contrast level of an image is provided. One or more processors execute instructions stored in one or more memory devices which configure the one or more processors to obtain an image from an image source, extract intensity values for each pixel of the obtained image, calculate a probability distribution for the obtained image representing a number of pixels at each unique pixel value, determine, from the calculated probability distribution, a spread value representing a series pixel values including at least a predetermined number of pixels at each pixel value in the series of pixel values and classify the obtained image a member of one of three classes based on the calculated probability distribution and the determined spread value.

公开(公告)号：US20210118120A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-22

申请号：US17076214

申请日：2020-10-21

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

Inventor： Hironori Aokage

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  H04N5/235 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method is provided and includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices that store instructions. When the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors are configured to perform operations including obtaining a first image which is obtained by capturing based on a first shooting parameter, generating, by image processing on the first image, a second image corresponding to a second shooting parameter which is different from the first shooting parameter and using at least the generated second image as a training image for a model that is used in noise estimation processing for an input image.

公开(公告)号：US10912504B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US15111721

申请日：2015-01-14

Applicant: Canon U.S.A. Inc. ,  The General Hospital Corporation ,  Haruo Nakaji ,  Maria Angela Franceschini ,  David Boas ,  Erin Buckley ,  Pei-Yi Lin ,  Stefan Carp

Inventor： Haruo Nakaji ,  Maria Angela Franceschini ,  David Boas ,  Erin Buckley ,  Pei-Yi Lin ,  Stefan Carp

IPC: A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/145

Abstract: There is provided herewith an apparatus, probe, and method for the combination of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS). The apparatus, probe and method allow for the simultaneous detection of NIRS and DCS.