Universal Multiple Aperture Medical Ultrasound Probe
    3.
    发明申请
    Universal Multiple Aperture Medical Ultrasound Probe 审中-公开
    通用多孔医学超声探头

    公开(公告)号:US20100262013A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-14

    申请号:US12760375

    申请日:2010-04-14

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate physical apertures. Construction of probes can vary by medical application. That is, a general radiology probe can contain multiple transducers that maintain separate physical points of contact with the patient's skin, allowing multiple physical apertures. A cardiac probe may contain only two transmitters and receivers where the probe fits simultaneously between two or more intracostal spaces. An intracavity version of the probe can space transmit and receive transducers along the length of the wand, while an intravenous version can allow transducers to be located on the distal length the catheter and separated by mere millimeters. Algorithms can solve for variations in tissue speed of sound, thus allowing the probe apparatus to be used virtually anywhere in or on the body.

    摘要翻译: 多孔超声成像(MAUI)探针或换能器独特地能够从单独的物理孔径同时成像感兴趣区域。 探针的构建因医疗应用而异。 也就是说,一般放射学探针可以包含多个换能器,其保持与患者皮肤分开的物理接触点,允许多个物理孔径。 心脏探针可以仅包含两个发射器和接收器,其中探针同时在两个或更多个腔内空间之间配合。 探针的腔内版本可以沿着棒的长度放置发射和接收换能器,而静脉内的形式可以使换能器位于导管的远端长度上并且分开仅仅毫米。 算法可以解决声音组织速度的变化,从而允许探针设备实际上用于身体内部或身体的任何位置。

    Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Array Alignment Fixture
    5.
    发明申请
    Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Array Alignment Fixture 有权
    多孔超声阵列对准夹具

    公开(公告)号:US20100268503A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-21

    申请号:US12760327

    申请日:2010-04-14

    IPC分类号: G01N29/00 G06F19/00

    摘要: Increasing the effective aperture of an ultrasound imaging probe by including more than one probe head and using the elements of all of the probes to render an image can greatly improve the lateral resolution of the generated image. In order to render an image, the relative positions of all of the elements must be known precisely. A calibration fixture is described in which the probe assembly to be calibrated is placed above a test block and transmits ultrasonic pulses through the test block to an ultrasonic sensor. As the ultrasonic pulses are transmitted though some or all of the elements in the probe to be tested, the differential transit times of arrival of the waveform are measured precisely. From these measurements the relative positions of the probe elements can be computed and the probe can be aligned.

    摘要翻译: 通过包括多于一个探针头并使用所有探针的元件来渲染图像来增加超声成像探针的有效孔径可以极大地改善所产生的图像的横向分辨率。 为了呈现图像,必须精确地知道所有元素的相对位置。 描述了一种校准夹具,其中要校准的探针组件放置在测试块上方,并将超声波脉冲通过测试块传送到超声波传感器。 由于超声波脉冲通过要测试的探头中的一些或全部元件传输,波形的到达差分传递时间被精确地测量。 通过这些测量,可以计算探针元件的相对位置,并且可以对准探针。

    MULTIPLE APERTURE ULTRASOUND ARRAY ALIGNMENT FIXTURE
    6.
    发明申请
    MULTIPLE APERTURE ULTRASOUND ARRAY ALIGNMENT FIXTURE 有权
    多孔超声波阵列对准装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130247350A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-26

    申请号:US13894192

    申请日:2013-05-14

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: Increasing the effective aperture of an ultrasound imaging probe by including more than one probe head and using the elements of all of the probes to render an image can greatly improve the lateral resolution of the generated image. In order to render an image, the relative positions of all of the elements must be known precisely. A calibration fixture is described in which the probe assembly to be calibrated is placed above a test block and transmits ultrasonic pulses through the test block to an ultrasonic sensor. As the ultrasonic pulses are transmitted though some or all of the elements in the probe to be tested, the differential transit times of arrival of the waveform are measured precisely. From these measurements the relative positions of the probe elements can be computed and the probe can be aligned.

    摘要翻译: 通过包括多于一个探针头并使用所有探针的元件来渲染图像来增加超声成像探针的有效孔径可以极大地改善所产生的图像的横向分辨率。 为了呈现图像,必须精确地知道所有元素的相对位置。 描述了一种校准夹具,其中要校准的探针组件放置在测试块上方,并将超声波脉冲通过测试块传送到超声波传感器。 由于超声波脉冲通过要测试的探头中的一些或全部元件传输,波形的到达差分传递时间被精确地测量。 通过这些测量,可以计算探针元件的相对位置,并且可以对准探针。

    Endoscope control devices
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11672410B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17768835

    申请日:2020-10-13

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00 A61B1/018

    CPC分类号: A61B1/00149 A61B1/018

    摘要: Described herein are devices for reversibly constraining an endoscope. Such devices may comprise: a base positionable proximate a patient; a column extending vertically from the base; an arm extending horizontally from the column; and a clamp coupled to the arm. In some embodiments, the clamp comprises a holder comprising an annular ring defining an endoscope receiving area or a first sidewall and a second sidewall together defining an endoscope receiving area. The holder is transitionable between a first configuration in which the annular ring or the first and second sidewall are configured to set apart from an endoscope in the endoscope receiving area and a second configuration in which the annular ring or the first and second sidewall are configured to clamp the endoscope in the endoscope receiving area.

    INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MANIPULATING A TISSUE STRUCTURE
    8.
    发明申请
    INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MANIPULATING A TISSUE STRUCTURE 审中-公开
    用于远程控制组织结构的仪器和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120010463A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-12

    申请号:US12983867

    申请日:2011-01-03

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00

    摘要: A retractor and a surgical tool are posittioned within a cannula, and a dissection cradle of the retractor is positioned at the distal end of the cannula. The retractor includes a dissection cradle that is resiliently supported along an axis skewed relative to the axis of the cannula. The dissection cradle, in operation, is extended to cradle the target vessel, and the retractor may be fully extended to urge the vessel away from the axis of the cannula to isolate a side branch for exposure to a surgical tool. The retractor includes a hollow support and a spray nozzle disposed in the distal end of the retractor to form an irrigation system and lens washer that can be selectively positioned to direct the spray of irrigation fluid at a remote surgical site or at an endoscopic lens.

    摘要翻译: 牵开器和手术工具位于套管内,牵开器的解剖支架位于插管的远端。 牵开器包括一个解剖支架,该夹层支架沿着相对于套管轴线倾斜的轴线弹性支撑。 在操作中的解剖支架被延伸到对目标血管进行摇摆,并且牵开器可以被完全延伸以促使血管远离套管的轴线以隔离侧分支以暴露于手术工具。 牵开器包括中空支撑件和设置在牵开器的远端中的喷嘴,以形成灌洗系统和透镜垫圈,其可以选择性地定位成将冲洗流体的喷雾引导到远程外科手术部位或内窥镜镜片。

    Instrument and method for remotely manipulating a tissue structure
    9.
    发明授权
    Instrument and method for remotely manipulating a tissue structure 有权
    用于远程操纵组织结构的仪器和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07867163B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-11

    申请号:US12333542

    申请日:2008-12-12

    IPC分类号: A61B1/32

    摘要: A retractor and a surgical tool are positioned within a cannula, and a dissection cradle of the retractor is positioned at the distal end of the cannula. The retractor includes a dissection cradle that is resiliently supported along an axis skewed relative to the axis of the cannula. The dissection cradle, in operation, is extended to cradle the target vessel, and the retractor may be fully extended to urge the vessel away from the axis of the cannula to isolate a side branch for exposure to a surgical tool. The retractor includes a hollow support and a spray nozzle disposed in the distal end of the retractor to form an irrigation system and lens washer that can be selectively positioned to direct the spray of irrigation fluid at a remote surgical site or at an endoscopic lens.

    摘要翻译: 牵开器和手术工具定位在套管内,并且牵开器的解剖支架位于套管的远端。 牵开器包括一个解剖支架,该夹层支架沿着相对于套管轴线倾斜的轴线弹性支撑。 在操作中的解剖支架被延伸到对目标血管进行摇摆,并且牵开器可以被完全延伸以促使血管远离套管的轴线以隔离侧分支以暴露于手术工具。 牵开器包括中空支撑件和设置在牵开器的远端中的喷嘴,以形成灌洗系统和透镜垫圈,其可以选择性地定位成将冲洗流体的喷雾引导到远程外科手术部位或内窥镜镜片。

    Organ manipulator apparatus
    10.
    发明授权
    Organ manipulator apparatus 失效
    器官机械手装置

    公开(公告)号:US07479104B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-20

    申请号:US10615007

    申请日:2003-07-08

    IPC分类号: A61F2/00

    摘要: Organ manipulation devices for atraumatically grasping the surface of an organ and repositioning the organ to allow access to a location on the organ that would otherwise be substantially inaccessible. Methods of accessing a beating heart, retracting the heart using an organ manipulation apparatus, and stabilizing a surgical target area with a stabilizer. Both the organ manipulator and stabilizer are fixed to a stationary object which may be a sternal retractor. A system for performing beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting includes a sternal retractor, organ manipulator and stabilizer.

    摘要翻译: 用于无创地抓住器官表面并重新定位器官的器官操纵装置,以允许进入器官的位置,否则其将基本上不可接近。 访问搏动心脏的方法,使用器官操纵装置回缩心脏,以及用稳定器稳定手术对象区域。 器官操纵器和稳定器都固定到可以是胸骨牵开器的静止物体上。 用于执行心跳冠状动脉旁路移植的系统包括胸骨牵开器,器官操纵器和稳定器。