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Airway management methods, devices and systems that include calibrating at least one aspect of an introducer relative to at least one other part of the system or device. Calibrating may be used in intubation procedures such as tracheal intubation, but may be used in other airway management procedures. One aspect of this disclosure is a method of calibrating a position of an endotracheal tube introducer, comprising: with a handheld intubation system, calibrating a position of a distal tip of an endotracheal tube introducer relative to at least one component of the handheld intubation system.

Provided herein are imaging systems for a patient including an imaging probe and an imaging assembly. The imaging probe includes an elongate shaft with a rotatable optical core positioned within a lumen of the elongate shaft. The imaging probe further includes an optical assembly to direct light to tissue to be imaged and to collect reflected light from the tissue to be imaged. The system further includes an imaging assembly optically coupled to the imaging probe. The system further includes a processing unit with a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, and the memory stores instructions for the processor to perform an algorithm. The system records image data based on the reflected light collected by the optical assembly, such that the image data comprises data collected from a segment of a blood vessel during a pullback procedure. The algorithm can analyze the image data.

Provided are a treatment system and a treatment method that improve the efficiency of endoscopic examination and treatment.　A treatment system (20) comprises a tubular member (31) which has a hollow part (31S) formed therein and which is provided with, at the leading end (31A) thereof, a treatment part (32) on the outer circumference of the hollow part (31S). Between a base-end surface (311) on the base end (31B) side and a leading-end surface (312) on the leading end (31A) side of the tubular member (31) in the axial direction, at least the base-end surface (311) has formed therein a base-end opening (3(1)1A) that is connected to the hollow part (31S).

The invention relates to a disease diagnosis and treatment method, system and device based on ear-nose-throat endoscope images and a medium, and the method comprises the steps: synchronously collecting dual-spectrum images through time sequence triggering, and solving the problem of shielding of an anatomical structure caused by mucus flow; a dynamic mucus displacement field is modeled through pixel gradient, and misjudgment of a traditional segmentation method on static lesions and dynamic secretions is eliminated; a deformable convolutional layer is adopted to correct the spatial offset of white light and a narrow-band image, and the mismatch of a multi-mode characteristic due to optical scattering is overcome; and finally, a real-time surgical navigation mark and a clinical treatment scheme are synchronously generated based on topological attributes of the focus probability graph, and a closed-loop link from image analysis to diagnosis and treatment decision is realized. According to the method, the functions of mucus interference suppression, cross-modal accurate registration and real-time diagnosis and treatment assistance are integrated in a breakthrough manner, and the focus recognition accuracy and clinical operation efficiency of the endoscope image are remarkably improved.

A system for, display controller connected to, and a method of, operating a robotic catheter system which is configured to manipulate a catheter having one or more bending segments along the catheter's length and a catheter tip at the distal end thereof, and which includes an actuator unit coupled to the bending segments via one or more drive wires arranged along a wall of the catheter. The method comprising: inserting at least part of the catheter into a lumen along an insertion trajectory that spans from an insertion point to a target; causing the actuator unit to actuate at least one of the one or more drive wires to align the catheter tip with the target; determining the position and / or orientation of the catheter tip with respect to the target; and displaying information about an accuracy of alignment between the catheter tip with respect to the target.

The invention discloses a digital imaging method of an ear-nose-throat examination endoscope, and relates to the technical field of medical treatment, and the method comprises the following steps: synchronously collecting a white light image, a photoacoustic signal, a stimulated Raman spectrum, pressure sensor data and a physiological signal of a target orifice through a multi-physical field probe; constructing a four-dimensional tensor bound with the anatomical features; based on a vocal cord vibration fundamental frequency harmonic characteristic optimization graph convolutional network, dynamically constructing an adjacent matrix and coupling cross-modal characteristics to generate a submucosal lesion enhanced image; a deformable convolutional network constrained by vocal cord biomechanics is adopted, and the shape of a convolution kernel is dynamically adjusted according to the relation between real-time strain and elastic modulus, so that motion artifacts caused by swallowing actions are inhibited; generating a curvature-driven asymmetric convolution kernel based on ear canal spiral geometry, and executing super-resolution reconstruction in combination with confrontation training of fractal constraint; and fusing the white light image gradient and the pressure gradient field, and outputting a three-dimensional lesion contour consistent with the anatomical structure.

The invention discloses a vocal cord problem recognition and feedback system for the ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology department. The vocal cord problem recognition and feedback system comprises a sound collection module, an image collection module, a biological feedback module, a data processing module, an AI diagnosis module and a rehabilitation guidance module. The sound acquisition module comprises a microphone array and a self-adaptive noise reduction unit; the image acquisition module is provided with an endoscope camera and an image enhancement processor; the biological feedback module integrates a laryngeal myoelectricity sensor and a three-dimensional motion simulator; the data processing module executes multi-modal feature extraction and fusion; through mutual cooperation of the sound acquisition module, the image acquisition module, the biological feedback module and the data processing module, data can be accurately acquired, the early canceration detection rate is improved and the misdiagnosis rate is reduced through multi-modal fusion, the data acquired by the multi-modal structure is analyzed through the data processing module, the model is combined with a weekly updated disease map, and the early canceration detection rate is improved. And the recurrence prediction accuracy is improved.

A medical apparatus (100) includes a medical device (108) with bending sections and a distal end, at least one imaging device (110) at the distal end, at least one sensor (112), and at least one processor (201) which performs receiving input data input data from user input, the imaging device (110), the sensor (112), or combinations thereof, determining a bending plane and a bending angle of the distal end of the medical device (108), predicting location movement and position of the bending sections based on input data, displaying an image view based on the input data and displaying the predicted location movement and position of the bending sections on the image view.

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring motility of ciliated cells in a respiratory tract. The method includes the operations of: acquiring image data including a plurality of frames of respiratory tract organoids; identifying positions of ciliated cells by performing motion-contrast imaging on the image data; when a region of interest (ROI) related to the position of the ciliated cells is selected, measuring a ciliary beat frequency (CBF) related to motility of cilia included in the selected region of interest using cross-correlation between the plurality of frames; and expressing the cilia included in the region of interest in a preset display method on the basis of the range of the measured ciliary beat frequency.

The invention provides a method for determining the insertion guiding direction of an endoscope and the endoscope, and relates to the technical field of endoscope control, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining a visual field image, a reference position and a preset path, responding to entrances of two branch cavities existing in the visual field image, and determining the insertion guiding direction of the endoscope; and determining a first spacing distance and a second spacing distance between the reference position and the central position of the target branch at different moments, determining target regulation and control information generating forward influence on the spacing distances based on the endoscope regulation and control information, the first spacing distance and the second spacing distance, and displaying the target regulation and control information. Through the first spacing distance and the second spacing distance, whether the endoscope regulation and control information has a forward influence on the spacing distance can be determined, and the target regulation and control information having the forward influence on the spacing distance is displayed, so that a user can adjust the endoscope insertion part and the endoscope lens based on the target regulation and control information. Therefore, the endoscope lens can accurately capture the image corresponding to the lung bronchus focus.

The present invention discloses an integrated bronchoscope, comprising a handle, characterized in that a display connector is fixedly installed with a thread on the top of the handle, a display is fixedly installed at the end of the display connector, the display is electrically connected to a fiber optic cable bundle, the end of the fiber optic cable bundle is electrically connected to the bronchoscope, one side of the handle is connected to a three-way device through a connecting pipe, the bottom of the handle is fixedly connected to a guide tube, the bottom of the guide tube is connected to a suction tube, a negative pressure chamber is provided inside the handle, a negative pressure pump and a rechargeable battery are fixedly installed inside the negative pressure chamber, the negative pressure pump is electrically connected to the rechargeable battery, the output end of the negative pressure pump extends out of the interior of the handle and is connected to the exhaust hole on the side wall of the handle, and the input end of the negative pressure pump extends out of the interior of the negative pressure chamber and opens vertically upward.

The invention belongs to the field of medical instruments, and discloses a multifunctional sputum suction device which comprises a sputum suction tube and a visible catheter. The sputum suction tube comprises a tube body and a connector, a suction channel is arranged in the tube body, and the connector is arranged at the near end of the tube body. A distal end of a visual catheter may be attached into the tube from the joint for viewing sputum. According to the visual sputum suction catheter, the sputum suction catheter is matched with the visual catheter, visualization can be provided on the basis that traditional sputum suction operation and instruments are not broken, the structure is simple, the manufacturing difficulty is low, the cost is low, the sputum position can be clearly observed and accurately reached, the sputum suction catheter is delivered to the deep position of an airway through visualization, and the visual sputum suction catheter is convenient to use. The sputum suction efficiency is improved; and meanwhile, the injury of airway mucosa is avoided.

This invention discloses a bronchoscope robot and its control method using a hybrid line / fluid drive system. The bronchoscope robot includes a feeding module, a driving module, and a bronchoscope module. The bronchoscope module is connected to the driving module, and the feeding module drives the driving module and the bronchoscope module to move. The driving module includes a fluid driving module and several line driving modules. The bronchoscope module includes a passive bending section, an active bending section, several lines, and a miniature camera. The fluid driving module controls the length of the active bending section by injecting or extracting fluid, while the line driving modules control the extension and retraction of the lines to control the bending angle of the active bending section. This invention controls the movement, extension, and bending of the bronchoscope through the feeding module and the driving module, improving the flexibility of the bronchoscope robot, meeting the needs of dealing with airways with different curvatures, ultimately successfully entering the distal airway, and ensuring safety during airway contact.

An access device for accessing an intervertebral disc having an outer shield comprising an access shield with a larger diameter (˜16-30 mm) that reaches from the skin down to the facet line, with an inner shield having a second smaller diameter (˜5-12 mm) extending past the access shield and reaches down to the disc level. This combines the benefits of the direct visual microsurgical / mini open approaches and the percutaneous, “ultra-MIS” techniques.

The invention relates to the technical field of robot control and autonomous navigation, in particular to a bronchoscope robot autonomous control method based on deep reinforcement learning. Autonomous navigation of the bronchoscope robot is performed through a deep reinforcement learning training agent, pose data and picture data are acquired in real time by using an electromagnetic navigation technology and an endoscope camera, then data feature extraction and multi-modal data fusion are performed, the data are input to a reinforcement learning agent, and motion output is obtained through a deep network. And finally, three-degree-of-freedom control of the robot is realized. The method has a wide application prospect, and is particularly suitable for the fields of medical robot navigation, artificial intelligence operation assistance and the like. Position data are acquired through electromagnetic navigation, image data are acquired through an endoscope camera, and observation input of deep reinforcement learning is constructed by using a processing method of feature extraction and attention mechanism fusion.

The invention provides a visual bronchoscope device, and relates to the technical field of endoscope catheters. The visual bronchoscope device comprises a catheter body and a handle sleeve, an integrated imaging module is eccentrically arranged at the far end of the catheter body, the near end of the catheter body is connected with the handle sleeve, a sputum suction channel is formed in the catheter body, and a handle isolating membrane is further arranged on the imaging catheter; the integrated imaging module comprises a plurality of miniature LEDs and an ultra-miniature CMOS image sensor; the device further comprises a handle and a computer, and the computer comprises an image processing unit which is used for receiving original image data from the integrated imaging module, performing image processing on the original image data and displaying an image processing result on the display screen. The kit can be used for auxiliary diagnosis of lung diseases.

A two-stage method for guiding an endoscope and second device toward a target destination near the ROI includes navigation and localization. The endoscope is navigated near the vicinity of the ROI according to a pre-procedure plan. When the ROI location is reached, the second device's tip is pushed far enough through the endoscope so that its tip is outside the endoscope and in the endoscope's video view. Then a two-phase registration mechanism is used: i. Phase 1: Align the endoscope by registering the endoscope's video to a virtual bronchoscope's simulated video stream; ii. Phase 2: Align the second device by registering the second device's shape in the endoscope's video to a virtual second device model.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical information processing, in particular to a path planning device of a bronchoscope. Firstly, multi-modal medical image data of a plurality of breathing phases of a patient are collected through a construction module, and a three-dimensional model containing a focus, a bronchus and an accompanying blood vessel is generated. Then, the three-dimensional model is loaded to AR display equipment, AR virtual dissection is carried out on the three-dimensional model through a virtual dissection module based on the target operation instruction until the transparency of the focus reaches the set transparency, and a dissection model corresponding to the three-dimensional model is obtained. An initial path is then generated in the anatomical model based on a preset security constraint. Finally, the initial path is dynamically updated through a dynamic planning module in combination with the real-time breathing phase, and a target path is obtained. According to the invention, a focus shielding blind area is broken through, the target fine bronchial segment shielded by the focus is visually presented, and the operation precision and safety of the bronchoscope are improved.

A system, method and apparatus to automatically perform endotracheal intubation in a patient comprising, inserting a blade inside the upper airway of the patient to retract an anatomical structure; inserting a bending portion and a tube arranged on the bending portion inside the airway of the patient; collecting airway data using at least one imaging sensor arranged on the bending portion; communicating collected airway data to a processing circuitry; predicting an intended path for insertion of the tube and generating control signals using the processing circuitry, wherein the intended path is predicted based on at least one anatomical structure recognized by the processing circuitry using the collected airway data; and communicating the control signals generated by the processing circuitry to at least one actuation unit to actuate the three-dimensional movement of the tube.

A system and method for a laryngoscopic device which incorporates the electronic and imaging elements within the device with advanced functional iterations that incorporate mathematical pattern recognition / predictive modeling as well as parallel computing and supercomputing for data analysis as well as and integrating it with the patient's record and compiling images from multiple scopes in a cloud-based system for an AI platform to use in diagnosis and disease monitoring.

The invention relates to the technical field of endoscopes, and discloses a tracheal intubation guiding method and a laryngoscope, and the tracheal intubation guiding method comprises the following steps: obtaining a to-be-guided image to be subjected to tracheal intubation guiding; inputting the to-be-guided image into a pre-trained tracheal structure recognition model for tracheal intubation structure recognition to obtain a recognition result; if the recognition result only contains the glottis structure, outputting intubation guide information used for indicating a first glottis exposure state and capable of performing tracheal intubation or used for indicating a second glottis exposure state based on the glottis region area and the glottis region position of a target region corresponding to the glottis structure, the correction guide information indicates an operator to move the laryngoscope according to the correction direction; if the recognition result contains other regions of which the structure types are non-glottis structures, outputting correction guide information based on the structure types corresponding to the other regions and / or the region areas corresponding to the other regions; and the accuracy and the efficiency in the tracheal intubation process can be obviously improved.

Pulmonary treatment devices, systems and methods of use are provided which take into account the vast tissue damage of advanced COPD sufferers and provide treatments designed specifically to treat the particularly compromised lung tissues that are present in these patients. These treatments reduce trapped air volume, tension lung tissue and enhance lung elastic recoil. In particular, a variety of embodiments of pulmonary treatment devices are provided. The devices are comprised of a shape memory material wherein the devices are able to be expanded under tension, and then are able to recoil back toward an original relaxed or resting shape as the devices are deployed into the tissue. This action causes the pulmonary treatment devices to corkscrew into damaged tissue, becoming sufficiently entwined to allow pulling of the tissue by retraction of the device. This in turn re-tensions the lung causing lung volume reduction.

A method for automatic registration of a robotic endoscopic instrument is provided. The method includes: (a) generating a first transformation between an orientation of the robotic endoscopic instrument and an orientation of the position sensor based at least in part on a first sensor data set acquired using the position sensor; (b) generating a second transformation between a coordinate system of the robotic endoscopic instrument and a coordinate system of the model representative of the anatomical lumen network based at least in part on the first transformation and the second set of sensor data; and (c) updating the second transformation using an update algorithm based at least in part on the third sensor data set.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a plastic auxiliary ventilation mask for endoscopy, which comprises a mask body, a T-shaped support is fixedly connected to the mask body, a first elastic bandage is arranged on the T-shaped support, and a first fixing ring and a second fixing ring are symmetrically and fixedly connected to the side wall of the mask body respectively; a second elastic bandage is arranged on the mask, one end of the second elastic bandage is fixedly connected with the first fixing ring, and the other end of the second elastic bandage penetrates through the second fixing ring and is detachably connected with the second fixing ring; the edge of the mask is provided with a shaping assembly used for automatically fitting the face of a patient when the mask is worn. A driving assembly is arranged in the second fixing ring; an air hole is formed in the mask, a catheter used for being inserted into an endoscope is arranged on the air hole, and a universal assembly is arranged in the air hole; a sealing assembly used for automatically opening and closing a channel in the catheter when the mask is used is arranged in the catheter. The auxiliary ventilation mask can be automatically attached to the face of a patient, and the problem that the attaching degree is poor is effectively solved.

Pulmonary treatment devices, systems and methods of use are provided which take into account the vast tissue damage of advanced COPD sufferers and provide treatments designed specifically to treat the particularly compromised lung tissues that are present in these patients. These treatments reduce trapped air volume, tension lung tissue and enhance lung elastic recoil. In particular, a variety of embodiments of pulmonary treatment devices are provided. The devices are comprised of a shape memory material wherein the devices are able to be expanded under tension, and then are able to recoil back toward an original relaxed or resting shape as the devices are deployed into the tissue. This action causes the pulmonary treatment devices to corkscrew into damaged tissue, becoming sufficiently entwined to allow pulling of the tissue by retraction of the device. This in turn re-tensions the lung causing lung volume reduction.

The invention relates to a navigation method and device of a bronchoscope and a storage medium. The navigation method relates to the technical field of medical information processing. The mapping library is constructed based on the dynamic tomographic image, and the target bifurcation point identifier corresponding to the target bifurcation point is determined based on matching of the multi-modal data of the target bifurcation point and the mapping library in the process that the bronchoscope advances along the initial path. And then, determining a target AR mark corresponding to the target bifurcation point identifier based on the mapping library, and superposing the target AR mark in the visual field of the bronchoscope through AR display equipment, so as to intuitively present the position mark, the feature mark, the risk mark, the path mark and other multi-modal parameters of the bifurcation point. And finally, on the basis of a position deviation value between the mark position of the target AR mark monitored in real time and the positioning data, updating the target multi-modal feature corresponding to the target bifurcation point identifier in the mapping library in real time. In conclusion, the accuracy and safety of bronchoscope navigation are improved.

Systems and methods for a robotic endoscopy system are provided. The method comprises: (a) receiving instruction to present, at a graphical display, one or both of: one or more tomosynthesis reconstructions or one or more augmented fluoroscopic overlays; and (b) in response to receiving the instruction, causing the graphical display to present one or both of the tomosynthesis reconstructions or the augmented fluoroscopic overlays.

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and discloses a medical fixator and an ablation treatment device.The medical fixator comprises a bottom supporting part and an instrument fixing part, the head end of the instrument fixing part is movably connected with the bottom supporting part, multi-angle adjustment can be achieved, and different operation requirements can be met; the tail end of the instrument fixing part is used for connecting a corresponding medical instrument; the upper area of the bottom supporting part is used for supporting a patient, for example, the bottom supporting part is fixed to a preset position such as a CBCT sickbed during preoperative preparation or during an operation, so that relative fixation of the whole device is achieved, and corresponding medical instruments can be moved to the focus position of the patient under operation of medical staff for treatment or pretreatment; the medical fixator is simple in structure and flexible to operate, the problem that a traditional fixing mode is poor in stability is effectively solved, and operation efficiency and safety are remarkably improved.

The disclosed technology relates to an intubation mode and automatic data transfer to an electronic medical record for a patient. In an example the technology relates to an anesthesia machine that performs operations including receive sensor data from one or more connected sensors; display, on the display, patient parameters based on the received sensor data, wherein the patient parameters are displayed in a first display configuration; receive video data from a video laryngoscope; receive an indication to enter an intubation mode; in response to the indication, display, on the display, the video data and the patient parameters in a second display configuration; receive an indication to exit the intubation mode; and in response to the indication to exit the intubation mode, remove the video data from the display and display the patient parameters in the first display configuration.

Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for navigating a tool inside a luminal network. An exemplary method includes receiving image data of a patient's chest, identifying the patient's lungs, determining locations of a luminal network in the patient's lungs, identifying a target location in the patient's lungs, generating a pathway to the target location, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the patient's lungs, the 3D model showing the luminal network in the patient's lungs and the pathway to the target location, determining a location of a tool based on an electromagnetic (EM) sensor included in the tool as the tool is navigated within the patient's chest, displaying a view of the 3D model showing the determined location of the tool, receiving cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image data of the patient's chest, updating the 3D model based on the CBCT image data, and displaying a view of the updated 3D model.