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A surgical visualization system for use with a robotic surgical system that includes a surgical tool movable with respect to a tissue of a patient in response to an instrument motion control signal is disclosed. The surgical visualization system includes a camera and a control circuit coupled to the camera. The control circuit is configured to determine a distance between the surgical tool and the tissue and adjust a magnification of the camera based on the distance between the surgical tool and the tissue.

A system and method of view restoration include a computer-assisted device having an imaging device and a controller coupled to the imaging device. The controller is configured to record kinematic information, imaging information, or both the kinematic information and the imaging information before movement of the imaging device from a first repositionable arm to a second repositionable arm or from a first workspace port to a second workspace port; detect the movement of the imaging device from the first repositionable arm to the second repositionable arm or from the first workspace port to the second workspace port; determine, in response to the detection, a desired position and orientation of the imaging device based on the recorded kinematic information, the recorded imaging information, or both the recorded kinematic information and the recorded imaging information; and move the imaging device based on the desired position and orientation.

A system directs an imaging device to continuously capture visible light and fluorescence illumination from a surgical area. The system generates a visible light image stream based on the captured visible light and a fluorescence image stream based on the captured fluorescence illumination. The system operates in a first display mode by directing a display device to display a first video stream based on a first set of at least one of the visible light image stream and the fluorescence image stream. In response to detecting an event that occurs within the surgical area, the system switches from operating in the first display mode to operating in a second display mode by directing the display device to display a second video stream based on a second set of at least one of the visible light image stream and the fluorescence image stream, the first Instructions set being different than the second set.

An application management system may provide, while a user device detects a beacon associated with a medical system, a user of the user device with access to a first set of medical session features of an application executed by the user device. The application management system may also provide, while the user device does not detect the beacon, the user with access to a second set of medical session features of the application, the second set of medical session features being different from the first set of medical session features.

A system comprises a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to display an image of a surgical environment. The image includes an information icon corresponding to an instrument in the surgical environment. The instructions further cause the system to display an image of a body part of a user. The image of the body part is used to interact with the information icon. The instructions further cause the system to receive a gesture of the body part, via a gesture-based input device registering movement of the body part, to cause the image of the body part to interact with the information icon. The instructions further cause the system to display an information menu in the image of the surgical environment based on the interaction between the image of the body part and the information icon.

Surgical systems and related computer-implemented methods are provided, including during performance of a surgical procedure on a patient, receiving, at a first surgical system, a first dataflow from a second surgical system, the first dataflow including first data regarding a measured patient parameter that the first surgical system is configured to use in performing a function during the performance of the surgical procedure. The computer-implemented methods including determining that a trigger event occurred during the performance of the surgical procedure such that a sum of a first bandwidth of the first dataflow and a second bandwidth of a second dataflow exceeds an available bandwidth, and in response to determining that the trigger event occurred, and during the performance of the surgical procedure, adjusting at least one of the first and second dataflows such that the sum of the first and second bandwidths does not exceed the available bandwidth.

To provide an endoscope system for calculating a region of a subject with a high degree of recognition precision while performing endoscopic observation, and to provide an operation method thereof.SOLUTION: An endoscope system 10 includes an endoscope 11, an air supply device 16, and a processor. The processor controls emission of illumination light for illuminating a subject S and measurement light for measuring a distance between a plurality of places of the subject S and the endoscope 11. The measurement light is emitted with a first air supply amount, the subject S is imaged by emitting or turning off the illumination light with a light amount suppressed with respect to the measurement light, and a region of the subject S is calculated from acquired first distance information. The measurement light is emitted with a second air supply amount, the subject S is imaged by emitting or turning off the illumination light with a light amount suppressed with respect to the measurement light, and a region of the subject S is calculated from acquired second distance information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

A catheter includes a handle and an elongate member extending from the handle. The catheter may also include steering system coupled to the handle. The steering system may be configured to deflect at least a portion of the elongate member in at least one direction. The catheter may also include a locking mechanism configured to lock the portion of the elongate member in a deflected configuration, and a lever coupled to the handle. The lever may be configured to move from a first position to a second position to engage the locking mechanism. The lever may also be configured to be separably retained at least at one of the first position or the second position to prevent movement therebetween.

A surgical tool including an inelastic and elastic cable to impart a bend to a shaft. A steering assembly is coupled to the shaft and configured to cause longitudinal displacement of the shaft relative to the body to tension the cables to bend the shaft bendable section in a direction of the flexible inelastic cable. The surgical tool may include an active tip with one of the cables being configured to supply energy to the active tip. The surgical tool may be a shaver that includes a shaver shaft having a flexible section configured to be aligned with a shaft bendable section with the motor of the shaver supported on a cradle of a body. The shaft bendable section may be formed by links with the flexible inelastic cable being arcuately spaced apart from tabs within sockets that engage adjacent links.

Medical systems and devices include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where the elongate probe includes an atraumatic tip and where the atraumatic tip can include one or more of a loop, a curl, coil, a flexible distal region, and a steerable distal region. The distal region can be configured to transition away from a first shape toward a second shape upon insertion of the elongate probe within the patient. The optical fiber can include sensing core fibers configured to facilitate a determination of a physical state of the elongate probe. The elongate probe can also be configured to project illuminating light away from a distal end and receive imaging light at the distal end. The elongate probe can include a catheter.

An imaging catheter is provided. In one embodiment, the imaging catheter includes a flexible elongate member that includes a proximal portion formed of a first material embedded with a first braid with a first braid pitch; a distal portion formed of a second material embedded with a second braid with a second braid pitch, wherein the second material is a lower durometer than the first material and wherein the second braid pitch is a higher per inch count than the first braid pitch such that the distal portion is more flexible than the proximal portion; a primary lumen extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion; and a plurality of secondary lumens extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion; and an imaging component coupled to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member.

Ablation systems and methods of the present disclosure include a catheter including one or more image sensors. The one or more image sensors can facilitate, for example, positioning an ablation electrode at a treatment site of an anatomic structure and, additionally or alternatively, can facilitate controlling delivery of therapeutic energy to a treatment site of an anatomic structure.

Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.

The invention provides a front end assembly, an endoscope and an endoscope hydraulic control system, and belongs to the technical field of endoscopes. The front end assembly comprises a front end base, a camera module and a pressure measuring mechanism, the camera module and the pressure measuring mechanism are both installed on the front end base, the pressure measuring mechanism comprises a piezochromic layer, the piezochromic layer is located at the circumferential position of the camera module, the piezochromic layer is made of a piezochromic material, and at least part of the piezochromic layer is located in an image acquisition area of the camera module. The front end seat is provided with the pressure measuring mechanism, and the pressure measuring mechanism is used for detecting the pressure around the front end assembly, so that the accuracy of pressure adjustment in a body cavity is improved, the hysteresis of pressure adjustment in the body cavity is reduced, the amplitude of pressure fluctuation in the body cavity is reduced, and the surgical risk is reduced; the pressure information in the body cavity is judged by observing the color information of the piezochromic layer in the image information collected by the camera module, an operator can adjust the pressure in the body cavity in time, and the overall operation is simple and convenient.

A deflectable tube (312) has a deflectable tip section (301) and a bendable body section (309). The deflectable tube has one or more steering wires (16(i)) spiraling in the body section (309) in order to compensate path length differences occurring in the body section (309) when the body section (309) bends. To isolate axial loads in the body section (309) the deflectable tube (312) is provided with one or more longitudinal force isolation elements (322(k)) in the body section (309), which are running in parallel to the one or more steering wires (16(i)). The force isolation elements (322(k)) are attached at both ends to an outer tube (340) or inner tube (330) or to both.

A system with coupled control modes includes a first manipulator, a second manipulator, an input device for commanding movement of the first manipulator or the second manipulator, and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers are configured to detect movement of the input device; when movement of the first manipulator is responsive to movement of the input device: determine a commanded movement for the first manipulator from the detected movement of the input device and command the second manipulator to move in response, at least in part, to the commanded movement of the first manipulator; and when movement of the second manipulator is responsive to the movement of the input device: determine a commanded movement for the second manipulator from the detected movement of the input device and command the first manipulator to move in response, at least in part, to the commanded movement of the second manipulator.

Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus and method directed to placing a medical instrument in a vasculature of a patient body, where the medical instrument includes an optical fiber having one or more core fibers. The system also includes a console having non-transitory computer-readable medium storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing an incident light signal to the optical fiber, receiving a reflected light signal of the incident light, processing the reflected light signals associated with the optical fiber and determining a location of a distal tip of the medical instrument within the patient body. The medical instrument may be steerable in one of various methods including having a predetermined curvature, a distal tip that is magnetic, magnetized, metallic or ferrous and is steerable by an external magnetic device or a having a variable stiffness at a distal tip.

Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.

A handheld medical diagnostic device integrates at least seven sensor modules, including a high-magnification camera, otoscope camera, stethoscope, infrared thermometer, EKG, pulse oximeter, body composition monitor, glucometer, and / or hematology analyzer. The device features a system-on-chip (SoC) processor for intelligent data management, edge computing, and cloud-based AI processing, while applying privacy-preserving techniques. A wireless transceiver enables data transmission and reception between the sensors, edge compute nodes, and cloud platforms. The ergonomically designed housing includes a display with a force-sensitive layer for user input and navigation. The high-magnification camera module offers 300× magnification for visualizing blood cells and skin, with an annular LED array, encryption engine, and physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit. The otoscope camera module features a narrow profile for ear, nose, and throat imaging, with an annular LED array.

The invention discloses a far-end component, an endoscope and a visible endoscope sheath instrument, and relates to the technical field of endoscopes. The far-end component comprises a body and a plugging component. A shuttling channel extending from the far end to the near end along the longitudinal axis is formed in one of a body and an object component, the other one is used for being inserted into the shuttling channel and can move in the extending direction of the shuttling channel, a suction cavity channel is formed in an insertion fit gap of the body and the object component, and a blocking component is arranged at a far end opening of the shuttling channel. The shuttling channel is arranged in the suction cavity so as to block partial area of the far end opening of the suction cavity, so that negative pressure suction force from the far end to the near end in the suction cavity can be gathered at the far end opening of the shuttling channel, the suction efficiency of the suction cavity can be improved, and the problem that in the prior art, the stone suction efficiency of a negative pressure suction sheath is not ideal is solved.

A deflection control mechanism for a steerable flexible endoscope, the endoscope having an elongate flexible shaft comprising a steerable section that is deflectable by movement of at least one elongate control element, comprises a support structure, a drive wheel rotatably supported in or on the support structure, and a hand wheel rotationally coupled to the drive wheel, wherein the deflection control mechanism includes a brake stator element rotationally coupled to the support structure and a brake rotor element rotationally coupled to the drive wheel, and wherein a first one of the brake stator and brake rotor elements comprises an elastically deformable lip and the other one of the brake stator and brake rotor elements comprises a friction surface, the elastically deformable lip being arranged for being pressed against the friction surface by axial displacement of the brake stator element relative to the brake rotor element.

According to embodiments of the invention, an anchoring system includes a sleeve having an inner surface defining a lumen, a first expandable sealing mechanism disposed along a proximal end of the sleeve, and a second expandable sealing mechanism disposed along the proximal end of the sleeve. The anchoring system further includes open-cell foam disposed on an outer surface of the sleeve. Expansion of the first and second expandable sealing mechanisms and application of negative pressure to the anchoring system, causes a seal to form between the first and second expandable sealing mechanisms, the outer surface of the sleeve, and an inner surface of a tissue cavity. According to some embodiments, a sleeve body is included with the sleeve, with the first expandable sealing mechanism being disposed at a proximal end of the sleeve body and the second expandable sealing mechanism being disposed at a distal end of the sleeve body.

A surgical system includes a steerable instrument. The steerable instrument includes a first tube including a first serpentine beam formed in a tubular sidewall thereof, and a second tube including a second serpentine beam formed in a tubular sidewall thereof. The first and second tubes are concentrically nested and positioned so that the first and second serpentine beams are at least partially aligned with each other axially and face in radial directions that differ angularly from one another. The first and second tubes are connected to each other distally of the first and second serpentine beams. The first and second serpentine beams define a bending segment that is actuatable to form a bend in the nested tube structure in response to differential axial forces applied to the first and second tubes.

A surgical device includes a plurality of cameras integrated therein. The view of each of the plurality of cameras can be integrated together to provide a composite image. A surgical tool that includes an integrated camera may be used in conjunction with the surgical device. The image produced by the camera integrated with the surgical tool may be associated with the composite image generated by the plurality of cameras integrated in the surgical device. The position and orientation of the cameras and / or the surgical tool can be tracked, and the surgical tool can be rendered as transparent on the composite image. A surgical device may be powered by a hydraulic system, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference with tracking devices.

A container for a liquid comprises a receptable having an internal volume for holding a liquid; a neck assembly secured to the receptacle, the neck assembly including an inlet passageway providing access to the internal volume of the receptacle and a sealing element disposed in the inlet passageway; and a cap assembly engaged with the neck assembly and having an opening aligned with the inlet passageway. The cap assembly is moveable with respect to the neck assembly from an initial position into a sealing position in which a part of the cap assembly applies a force to the sealing element to restrict or prevent access through the inlet passageway to the internal volume of the receptacle.

Technology is described for augmenting medical imaging for use in a medical procedure. The method can include the operation of receiving an image of patient anatomy captured by a visual image camera during the medical procedure. An acquired medical image associated with the patient anatomy can then be retrieved. Another operation can be associating the acquired medical image to the patient anatomy. An augmentation tag associated with a location in one layer of the acquired medical image can be retrieved. A further operation can be projecting the acquired medical image and the augmentation tag using an augmented reality headset to form a single graphical view as an overlay to the patient anatomy in either 2D, 3D or holographic form.

A steerable instrument has a deflectable tip portion (13; 74; 75) at a distal side. A first steering wire (16(1); 429) is attached to the deflectable tip portion (13; 74, 75). The first steering wire (16(1); 429) is part of a tube (3; 102, 103; 121) and is separated from other parts of the tube (3; 102, 103; 121) by a first material removal pattern such that the first steering wire (16(1); 429) extends from a proximal end to a distal end of the steerable instrument. The steerable instrument has a steering unit with a control tube portion (301a(i); 302a(1,3); 431) coaxially arranged with the tube (3). The control tube portion (301a(i); 302a(1,3); 431) controls rotation of the first control tube portion (301a(i); 302a(1,3)) which causes longitudinal movement of the steering wire (16(1); 429) in order to deflect the deflectable tip portion (13; 74; 75)) in a first plane.

Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.