Actively controlled steerable medical device with passive bending mode

    公开(公告)号:US11622828B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US16886078

    申请日:2020-05-28

    摘要: 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.

    ACTIVELY CONTROLLED STEERABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH PASSIVE BENDING MODE

    公开(公告)号:US20200375682A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16886078

    申请日:2020-05-28

    摘要: 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.

    Medical Tool Guidance Apparatus
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200054378A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-20

    申请号:US16539769

    申请日:2019-08-13

    摘要: A medical guidance apparatus (100) includes a base assembly (110) configured to be attached to a subject and a guide (150) configured to be removably mated with the base assembly (110). The base assembly (110) has an opening (160), and the guide (150) includes a rotatable ring (152) and an arc member (154). The arc member (154) includes a first end (162) and a second end (164), the first end of the arc member is connected to the rotatable ring (152) and the second end extends diametrically opposite to the first end across the rotatable ring. A probe holder (600) is mounted on the arc member (154) so as to hold a needle-like instrument (2161) at a desired angle relative to an axis (Ax) of the rotatable ring (152). In some embodiments, the arc member is monolithically integrated with the rotatable ring. In other embodiments, the arc member is pivotable and/or completely removable from the rotating ring.

    SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210308423A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17287958

    申请日:2019-10-23

    IPC分类号: A61M25/01

    摘要: An articulated medical device having a hollow central core and at least one support wires for preventing the medical device from kinking, wherein the device is capable of maneuvering through cavities to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, and once the medical device has reached the target, allowing a medical tool to be guided through the hollow central core for facilitating medical procedures, including endoscopes, cameras, and catheters, at the target.