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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118733 | Heat protection systems and methods for remote viewing devices Heat isolation and relocation systems and methods are provided to enable utilization of a remote viewing device in a wider range of temperature environments and while operating its one or more light sources at or near full power without fear of causing temperature-r... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8016751 | Optical instrument An optical instrument has an outer shank (15) with a viewing window (31) arranged near the free shank end and a handle part (1) at the other end of the outer shank. An opto-electrical a transducer (26) is rotatably arranged within the out... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7998065 | In vivo sensing device with a circuit board having rigid sections and flexible sections A device including at least one image sensor and a circuit board having a plurality of rigid sections and a plurality of flexible sections. The image sensor is disposed an a rigid section of the circuit board. The circuit board may be folded into a housing configure... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7963913 | Instrument interface of a robotic surgical system An instrument interface of a robotic manipulator and a surgical system including the instrument interface are provided. In one embodiment, the instrument interface includes a spring-loaded input for providing axial load and torque to a sterile adaptor capable of ope... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7828722 | Endoscope Where two axes X and Y using the axial center position as the origin are set on a section orthogonal to the axial line of the distal end hard portion, the observation portion and the treatment equipment lead-out portion are disposed at both side positions between wh... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7753842 | In vivo imaging device with a small cross sectional area An in vivo imaging device may include a capsule shaped housing and an image sensor. The capsule shaped housing may have a longitudinal axis and a window. The image sensor (e.g., a CMOS sensor) may include a pixel array portion and a circuitry portion. The circuitry ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731654 | Delivery device with viewing window and associated method A delivery device for positioning and deploying an implantable device within a lumen is provided. The device includes an inner tube positioned within an outer tube and capable of sliding therein, wherein the inner and outer tubes have proximal and distal ends. A sid... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708688 | Polymer endoscopic shaft An endoscopic shaft having multiple endoscopic elements set in a polymer common housing. The endoscopic elements may be drawn with the common housing to manufacture a component, called an EndoFiber, which forms the length of the endoscopic shaft. A second structure,... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7648458 | Insertion shape detecting probe An insertion shape detecting probe includes shape detecting elements for generating or detecting magnetic field or magnetic; signal lines connected to the shape detecting elements; supporting members that support the shape detecting elements; inner sheaths into whic... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7637865 | In vivo imaging device A substantially spherical in vivo imaging device (40) may be used for imaging body lumens in the GI tract. The imaging device (40) may include for example a ballast or weight (74) for setting a preferred orientation of the device within the body... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7604591 | Capsule medical apparatus A capsule casing is inserted into the living body, a thin-film substrate is cylindrically-shaped with approximately the same size of the inner surface of the casing and a coil for receiving an AC magnetic field is formed, and thus AC power is generated by the AC mag... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7419467 | Medical inspection device A dental/medical instrument is provided for use in diagnostic and related patient inspection/examination. The device includes a body having an integral speculum with a video image capture device, a power supply and a display. These components, and user actuatable co... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409267 | Predictive robot, control method for predictive robot, and predictive robotic system A predictive robot includes a prediction-related item storage to store terms related to prediction performance, a first communicator which transmits stored prediction-related terms and receives a search result of information search with regard to the prediction-rela... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7385772 | Optical device with lens positioning and method of making the same Optical devices which accurately position optical elements and methods for producing such optical devices. Each optical element is carried by a support on an axis that has portions plastically deformed to overlap portions of the faces of the optical element adjacent... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7365768 | Endoscope apparatus and function adjusting circuit for endoscope An endoscope includes an insert section, a CCD is mounted at the end of the insert section, and a CCU for producing a video signal is arranged in a control unit connected to a proximal end of the insert unit. The CCU includes a general-purpose DSP board having the f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354398 | Capsule-type device and capsule-type device controlling system There is provided a capsule-type device, which is provided with a power generator that generates power by receiving at least one of a time-varying electric field and a time-varying magnetic field, and a casing that surrounds the power generator. The power generator ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343222 | System, method and apparatus for organizing groups of self-configurable mobile robotic agents in a multi-robotic system A system of self-organizing mobile robotic agents (MRAs) in a multi-robotic system (MRS) is disclosed. MRAs cooperate, learn and interact with the environment. The system uses various AI technologies including genetic algorithms, genetic programming and evolving art... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7268871 | Measuring head for planar measurement of a sample A measuring head of the present invention conveys light from an external source through at least one optical fiber to at least one respective plane mirror inside the measuring head, where the light reflects through and is collimated by at least one collimating lens ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7245989 | Three-degree-of-freedom parallel robot arm A robot arm includes a drive assembly and an articulated arm assembly pivotally connected to the drive assembly. The articulated arm includes a pivoting base link system, a wrist link system, and a first elbow link system rotatably connected to the base link system ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241262 | Image-distorting endoscopes and methods of making and using such endoscope An endoscope having restricted dimensions and comprising at least one image gatherer, at least one image distorter and at least one image sensor shaped to fit within said limited dimensions, and wherein said image distorter is operable to distort an image received f... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228202 | Industrial robot A communication system for safe wireless control of an maneuverable object. A control unit includes an operator for operating the object and a receiver for receiving wireless information. A portable operating unit has a transmitter for transmitting wireless informat... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223231 | Anti-twist casing for endoscopic manipulating head assembly A casing of an endoscopic manipulating head assembly is largely constituted by and dividable into a main cover section adapted to support an operating means of an angulation control mechanism and a grip cover section provided between the main cover section and an in... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214183 | Endoscope apparatus having an insertion channel A structure having a proximal open end for inserting a treatment instrument into a channel of the insertion portion that opens to a display panel side, and is provided on the frame of the display portion, wherein the treatment instrument inserted from the proximal o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201717 | Electronic endoscope A hard distal component formed at the distal part of an inserting section and a leading bending piece included in a bending section are joined using a substantially cylindrical hard joint pipe. Build-in components including an imaging device that is a CCD are placed... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175593 | Variable view arthroscope with charge coupled device A variable view arthroscope includes a tubular housing having a longitudinal axis and an input end, an input lens and a CCD in the input end of the housing for capturing and relaying an image object. In some embodiments, a variable view arthroscope with a plurality ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164968 | Robotic scrub nurse A robotic system, and corresponding method, performs the function of a human scrub technician in an operating room. A device, and associated method for using the device, performs one, or more, of the following functions: instrument identification, instrument localiz... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160248 | Optical device for viewing of cavernous and/or inaccessible spaces An optical device for viewing an object at a range of working distances. The device comprises a slender tube of a certain length and having a distal end and a proximal end. The device further comprises an imaging system disposed at the distal end and having a wide v... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156863 | Fundoplication apparatus and method An endoscopic device for the partial fundoplication for the treatment of GERD, comprises: a) a distal bending portion and a flexible portion suitable to be positioned in extended shape within the esophagus of a subject; b) a positioning assembly comprising two separ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155316 | Microsurgical robot system A robot system for use in surgical procedures has two movable arms each carried on a wheeled base with each arm having a six of degrees of freedom of movement and an end effector which can be rolled about its axis and an actuator which can slide along the axis for o... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137948 | Medical inspection device A dental/medical instrument is provided for use in diagnostic and related patient inspection/examination. The device includes a body having an integral speculum with a video image capture device, a power supply and a display. These components, in addition to user ac... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128709 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus includes at least one of a connector on the side of a scope unit and a connector on the side of a fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in an detachable portion of a base unit and the fixed unit of the scope unit is a movable connector, a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109933 | Wearable jacket having communication function, and endoscope system employing wearable jacket A wearable jacket includes a 2D-DST substrate shaped to cover a body of a subject person. The 2D-DST substrate includes a first conductive sheet, a second conductive sheet and a plurality of communication modules. The first and second conductive sheets are overlappe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107091 | Multiple bone tracking A surgical device adapted for use with an image guided surgical system to facilitate monitoring inter-dependently mobile bone elements. A rigidly connected multiple-point anchor assembly is releasably engageable to at least two inter-dependently mobile bone elements... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107124 | Roll-pitch-roll wrist methods for minimally invasive robotic surgery A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers (72R and 72L) for control of right and left manipulators (24R and 24L) through use of a servomechanism that includes computer (42). Cam... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7074181 | Hermetically sealed endoscope image pick-up device The present invention provides an image pick-up device and an endoscope in which a lens member and a solid-state image pick-up device are prevented from exposure to water vapor during autoclave sterilization, and in which the diameter of an insertion portion is narr... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044908 | Method and system for dynamically adjusting field of view in a capsule endoscope A capsule endoscope (CE) having a field of view that may be dynamically adjusted. The CE includes an illuminator that may be an optical or acoustical illuminator designed to illuminate the lining of a GI tract. A scanner, such as a MEMS scanner may be used to scan t... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043338 | Manipulator A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command unit, a working unit connected to the other end of the connecting unit an... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022066 | Capsule endoscope A capsule endoscope includes an image sensor that is fixed to a substrate and is covered by a transparent cover member such that a sealed air space is provided between the objective optical system and the image sensor. Also, a capsule endoscope is disclosed that inc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018330 | Optical device for viewing of cavernous and/or inaccessible spaces An optical device for viewing an object at a range of working distances. The device comprises a slender tube of a certain length and having a distal end and a proximal end. The device farther comprises an imaging system disposed at the distal end and having a wide v... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994716 | Medical manipulator A medical manipulator comprises a working unit (10) that performs operations, an operating unit (20) that generates instructions, a drive unit (50) that drives the working unit on the basis of instructions given thereto by the operating unit, a ... | 02/07/2006 |
