TENSION CONTROL IN ACTUATION OF MULTI-JOINT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240115331A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-11

    申请号:US18535819

    申请日:2023-12-11

    IPC分类号: A61B34/30

    CPC分类号: A61B34/30 A61B2034/715

    摘要: An instrument system includes actuators, an instrument, and a control system. The instrument includes joints and transmission systems that couple the joints with the actuators. A first joint is distal to a second joint, a first transmission system passes through the second joint to couple to the first joint, and a second transmission system couples to the second joint. The control system is programmed to determine a first tension to be applied by the first transmission system, determine a first estimate of an interaction response that results at the second joint from applying the first tension by the first transmission system, determine a second tension to be applied by the second transmission system based on a first set of parameters, the first set of parameters including the first estimate, and command the actuators such that the first and second transmission systems apply the first and second tensions, respectively.

    System and method for specular reflection detection and reduction

    公开(公告)号:US11937899B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US16562121

    申请日:2019-09-05

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00

    摘要: An imaging system includes an illuminator for providing illumination on a region of interest, one or more first detectors for detecting reflections of the illumination, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to: receive a first image containing the region of interest; determine a first region of high specular reflection in the first image based on the reflections of the illumination on the region of interest; mask the first image by substituting a default color designating masking to alert a user to incomplete image information in the first region of high specular reflection to create a masked first image; and generate a composite image based on the masked first image and a fluorescence image of the region of interest.