ENDOSCOPE INCLUDING FIBER DELIVERY OF ILLUMINATION LIGHT

    公开(公告)号:US20230125384A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17934636

    申请日:2022-09-23

    发明人: Kurt G. Shelton

    IPC分类号: G02B6/02 G01D5/353

    摘要: An endoscope can include an elongated endoscope body. An optical fiber can extend along the endoscope body. The optical fiber can direct therapeutic light and illumination light longitudinally along the optical fiber to a distal portion of the endoscope body. The therapeutic light and the illumination light can have different wavelengths. A wavelength-sensitive light separator, disposed at a distal portion of the optical fiber, can direct the illumination light to exit the optical fiber laterally through a lateral side of the optical fiber at the distal portion of the optical fiber and permit the therapeutic light to exit the optical fiber longitudinally through a distal end of the optical fiber. Examples of suitable wavelength-sensitive light separators can include one or more fiber Bragg gratings that can be obliquely angled, or a diffraction grating disposed on a lateral edge of a length of coreless fiber.

    SELECTIVE LASER FIRING FOR TISSUE SAFETY

    公开(公告)号:US20210038304A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16984414

    申请日:2020-08-04

    IPC分类号: A61B18/20

    摘要: Systems, devices, and methods for identifying different structure types with distinct composition in vivo and adjusting surgical laser output accordingly in a medical procedure are disclosed. An exemplary laser treatment system comprises a laser system configured to generate a laser beam for delivery to a target in a body, and a controller circuit configured to receive a signal reflected from the target in response to electromagnetic radiation produced by a light source, and generate one or more spectroscopic properties from the reflected signal. The controller circuit can identify the target as one of a plurality of structure types, such as tissue types or calculi types with respective compositions, using the one or more spectroscopic properties. The laser system can be controlled to operate in an operating mode based on the target identification.

    LASER COMBINATION WITH IN VIVO TARGET FEEDBACK ANALYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20230131637A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US18046534

    申请日:2022-10-14

    摘要: A laser can be controlled based on different tissue compositions, such as in real time. After a first time period, a first composition of a in vivo target site can be identified. Based on the first composition, a plurality of lasers can be controlled to emit light at a first wavelength where controlling includes activating a first combination of the plurality of lasers. After a second time period, a second composition of the in vivo target site different from the first composition can be identified. Based on the second composition, a plurality of lasers can be controlled to emit light at a second wavelength, such as can include activating a second combination of the plurality of lasers. The first combination of the plurality of lasers can be different from the second combination of the plurality of lasers.

    EMBEDDED LASER FIBER FOR ASPIRATED STONE ABLATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230130759A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US18048010

    申请日:2022-10-19

    发明人: Kurt G. Shelton

    摘要: A single-use or reusable cap or an objective head to a scope can be used for integrating a laser fiber within the objective head but outside a working channel of the scope. The endoscope maintains an attached or embedded permanent laser fiber to ablate particulates that are suctioned into the endoscope assembly via a suction conduit. With such integration, there is no need to manipulate the laser fiber into a working channel; rather, a practitioner, e.g., physician, can move the medical device, including the laser fiber, as an entire unit into the patient toward the target stone and allow for suction of the stone through a working channel without blocking of the working channel by the laser fiber.

    OPTICAL SPLITTER FOR LASER SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH OVERHEATING PROTECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220323152A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17664244

    申请日:2022-05-20

    IPC分类号: A61B18/20 A61B90/00

    摘要: Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target in vivo are disclosed. A target identification system for use in electrosurgery includes a probe, an optical splitter, and a spectroscopy system. The probe includes an optical pathway to pass a first optical signal to an anatomical target and at least a portion of a second optical signal from the anatomical target. The optical splitter includes a first port to direct the first optical signal to the optical pathway and to receive the at least a portion of the second optical signal from the optical pathway, a second port to receive the first optical signal, and a parabolic reflector to redirect the portion of the second optical signal. The spectroscopy system can identify a characteristic of the anatomical target based on the redirected at least a portion of the second optical signal.

    ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ANATOMIC SITES

    公开(公告)号:US20220202285A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17646170

    申请日:2021-12-28

    摘要: Systems, devices, and methods for temperature and pressure management of an anatomic site are provided. A system can include a scope configured to provide a view of an anatomic site, an energy delivery device configured to deliver therapy energy to the anatomic site, a first irrigation conduit configured to transfer fluid to the anatomic site, a first temperature sensor situated to provide first temperature data associated with the anatomic site, and control circuitry electrically coupled to receive the first temperature data, the control circuitry being configured to adjust, based at least in part on the first temperature data, at least one of (i) a first temperature of the fluid, (ii) a flow parameter of the fluid, or (iii) a setting of the energy delivery device to manage a second temperature of the anatomic site.