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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130167 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPERIMPOSING PATTERNS ON IMAGES IN REAL TIME, PARTICULARLY FOR GUIDANCE BY LOCATION The invention relates to a device for superimposing known patterns, characteristic of a region, on (real) images of said region. The device comprises, a memory in which patterns are stored, which are representative of a selected region, of known position and orientation... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130166 | LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE HAVING LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS A light-emitting apparatus includes a blue color LED, a fluorescent substance mixed transparent resin that covers the blue color LED and generates yellow light, a red LED disposed on the fluorescent substance mixed transparent resin and a transparent resin that covers t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108901 | MIRRORED ARTHROSCOPE A surgical instrument includes an elongated tubular member defining a longitudinal axis and having a lumen extending therethrough. A light source is disposed within the elongated tubular member. The light source is configured to emit light from a distal end of the elong... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108900 | MOUNTABLE CAMERA FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY A laparoscopic surgical system comprising a camera and a base supporting the camera, and a camera insertion tool for inserting the camera into the body cavity. The camera is mountable to a surgical instrument inside the body cavity and releasable from the insertion tool... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120071717 | Dressing and method for cleaning and protecting a laparoscopic camera lens intra-abdominally, stomas, appendages, and insertion sites of tubes and catheters A dressing and method for cleaning a laparoscopic camera lens during surgical procedures when placed around prior art or grasped by prior art and then introduced into the abdominal cavity of a patient and then manipulated against a laparoscopic camera lens cleaning and ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071718 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS An endoscope apparatus includes an observation magnification acquisition section that acquires magnification state information that indicates a state of an observation magnification, a motion detection section that detects motion amount information that indicates a rela... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053408 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM Endoscopic images and virtual endoscopic images are obtained. Then, an endoscopic image captured at a predetermined position of the anatomical structure is extracted from the obtained endoscopic images, and a comparative virtual endoscopic image virtually generated as i... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053406 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY A surgical kit comprises two percutaneous instruments each having an elongate shaft with a distal end and a proximal end connected to a handle; at least two end effectors attachable and detachable to the distal ends of the percutaneous instruments; a laparoscopic loader... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053407 | MULTI-CAMERA ENDOSCOPE There is provided herein a tip section of a multi-camera endoscope, the tip section comprising: two or more side-pointing cameras positioned at or in proximity to a distal end of said tip section, wherein each of said two or more side-pointing cameras having a discrete ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120041534 | STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED CAMERA Various methods and devices are described for imaging a body lumen during delivery and deployment of a medical device. In one example, a delivery device includes at least one sheath, a prosthesis, an inner tubular member and at least two cameras to allow visualization o... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035418 | IMAGING SENSOR WITH THERMAL PAD FOR USE IN A SURGICAL APPLICATION A system, apparatus and methods for providing a single use imaging device having thermal and electrical safeguards for sterile environments is disclosed and described. A single use high definition camera used for general purpose surgical procedures including, but not li... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035419 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM An electronic endoscope system is composed of an electronic endoscope, a light source apparatus, and a temperature converter. The electronic endoscope has a CMOS sensor in a distal portion of an insert section to be inserted into a patient's body cavity. Illumination li... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029280 | Arthroscopic System An arthroscope having an elongated core with a square radial cross section.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029279 | Arthroscopic System An arthroscope having an elongated core with a square radial cross section.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022327 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE Widening an angle of view, and obtaining a clear image with no distortion by sufficiently correcting an aberration caused by widening the angle of view. A capsule endoscope 10 is provided with an imaging lens 20, capsule body ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022326 | INTUBATING STYLETS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTUBATION An intubating stylet has a proximal end and a distal end. The intubating stylet includes a housing at the proximal end of the stylet and a tip portion at the distal end of the stylet. The tip portion has a distal gear at its proximal end. An outer shaft extends from the... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016198 | MEDICAL APPARATUS A medical apparatus configured to be introduced into a body, includes: an image pickup apparatus for picking up an image in the body; a cable extended from the image pickup apparatus, and configured to transmit and receive a signal or power to and from an external devic... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016199 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE To widen an angle of view and make an image surface coincide with the neighborhood of an image pickup surface over the whole angle of view. A capsule endoscope 10 includes an image pickup optical system 20 for capturing an ima... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016197 | MEDICO-SURGICAL APPARATUS An introducer for an endotracheal tube (50) has a bendable rod (10) with a video camera (15) and light source (16) mounted at its patient end (12) and connected by a cable (17) to an electrical connector (2) fixed at the ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010465 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS A first irradiation portion that radiates white light onto a subject, a second irradiation portion that radiates narrow bandwidth light having a narrower wavelength bandwidth than the white light, and an observation window used to observe the subject are respectively di... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010466 | TRANSDUCER/SENSOR ASSEMBLY An imaging transducer assembly is combined with a sensor of a medical positioning system, forming a transducer/sensor assembly. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a coil proximally coupled with the imaging transducer. A cable having first and second wires are proxim... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110319712 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM An endoscope system is able to stably obtain an image free from speckle interference. A captured image including a first basic color component B on which a speckle noise of a laser beam is superimposed and a second basic color component G not including the speckle noise... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110319711 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR FOR ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE, IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SEARCH METHOD In a search mode of an electronic endoscope system, ordinary light images and special light images are captured from a body cavity respectively under white light and special light. Simultaneously, biological information on the body cavity is acquired from image signals ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313245 | MODULAR ENDOSCOPE An endoscope (29) having a handle (1) in which a light source (2) and a video camera (3) are directly integrated, and additional endoscope components can be coupled via a quick-coupling (5). The additional endoscope components can be p... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306834 | Endoscope An endoscope comprises an elongated shaft, a headpiece at a proximal end of the shaft, the headpiece having a housing, at least one light source which is arranged in the shaft in a distal area thereof, and produces lost heat, and a passive cooling which has at least one... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306832 | FOLDING ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Disclosed is a folding endoscope with incorporated optical sensors and light sources. The foldable endoscope includes a housing having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis and at least one channel extending between the first and second ends and associated ports... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306831 | ENDOSCOPE WITH A BENDING PORTION An endoscope (1) comprising a control handle (2), a flexible insertion portion (3) having length L1 and being attached to the distal end of the control handle, a bending portion (4) having length L2 and being attached to... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306833 | FLOW REDUCTION HOOD SYSTEMS Flow reduction hood systems are described which facilitate the visualization of tissue regions through a clear fluid. Such a system may include an imaging hood having one or more layers covering the distal opening and defines one or more apertures which control the infu... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306830 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN MAGNETICALLY GUIDED CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY A magnetically guided endoscope system has a display system wherein the position of the boundary of the examination region of the magnetic field that is used for capsule endoscope guidance is displayed and/or the position of the peak of the magnetic field used for capsu... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301497 | DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MAGNETIC PROPULSION CAPSULE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME A guided medical propulsion capsule driven by strong electro-magnetic interaction between an external AC/DC magnetic gradient-lobe generator and a set of uniquely magnetized ferrous-conductive elements contained within the capsule. The capsule is navigated through the l... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301443 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR FOR ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE, AND TARGET TRACING METHOD In a tracing mode of an electronic endoscope system, a target designating frame is displayed on a monitor to enable designating a tracing target in an endoscopic image captured from an interior of a body cavity illuminated with a broadband light. After the tracing targe... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295063 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD A medical system includes a movable portion configured to allow an angle to be changed within a predetermined angular range, an actuator configured to drive the movable portion so as to change the angle of the movable portion when a wire is pulled, a control unit config... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295062 | EQUIPMENT FOR INFRARED VISION OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODS THEREOF Equipment for infrared vision of anatomical structures applicable to assist the physicians in endoscopic, fetoscopic or laparoscopic operations and methods for signal processing to enhance said vision, comprising two units that work together: a multimodal or multispectr... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295064 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT An image pickup unit includes a board to which an image pickup device is electrically connected, the board is provided with a first terminal portion which includes a plurality of terminals and is used when a first endoscope is configured, and a second terminal portion w... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295061 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGING AN INTERIOR SURFACE OF A CORPOREAL CAVITY An endoscopic imaging catheter is configured for insertion, optionally via a longitudinal channel of an endoscopic insertion tube. The endoscopic imaging catheter includes reflecting and optical elements and an imaging element. The reflecting element reflects onto the i... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288372 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING A CAMERA HOUSING AND METHOD FOR MAKING A CAMERA HOUSING The current invention relates to an endoscope having a distal end being arranged to be inserted into a body cavity of a patient to be examined and a proximal end which is arranged to be held by the user of the endoscope. The endoscope further comprises a control handle ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288373 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE CAPTURE OF AN OBJECT In a sensor system and a corresponding method for image capture of an object, an imaging sensor is arranged in a recording area of an optical sensor, the recording area being defined for the object, in such a way as to be essentially stationary relative to said object. ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282141 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SEE-THROUGH CONSOLE OVERLAY In a minimally invasive surgical system, a plurality of video images is acquired. Each video image includes images of the surgeon's hand(s), and of a master manipulator. The images of the surgeon's hand(s) and the master manipulator are segmented from the video image. T... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282139 | Laser Video Endoscope A laser video endoscope has a laser guide, an illumination guide and an image guide. These are fiber optical guides which extend through the optical probe and through a hand piece that supports the probe. The hand piece is connected by a first relatively long flexible o... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF HAND SEGMENTATION AND OVERLAY USING DEPTH DATA In a minimally invasive surgical system, a plurality of video images is acquired. Each image includes a hand pose image. Depth data for the hand pose image is also acquired or synthesized. The hand pose image is segmented from the image using the depth data. The segment... | 11/17/2011 |
