164results about "Otoscopes" patented technology

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.

The utility model provides a visual ear canal cleaning and nursing instrument. The visual ear canal cleaning and nursing instrument comprises a head-mounted structure and a nursing device, the nursing device comprises a visual assembly and a nursing assembly. The visual assembly comprises a barrel, a camera shooting unit arranged in the barrel and a light supplementing unit used for supplementing light. The camera shooting unit is arranged close to the opening and is used for shooting so as to observe the condition in the cavity; the number of the light supplementing units is multiple, and the multiple light supplementing units are arranged on the camera shooting unit in a surrounding mode. The nursing assembly comprises a cleaning unit used for cleaning the cavity, and the cleaning unit is arranged close to the visual assembly. Compared with the prior art, the visual ear canal cleaning and nursing instrument is worn on the head to liberate the two hands, and other things can be done during nursing; the visual assembly is used for shooting the interior of the cavity, a user can conveniently observe and know the condition in the cavity, and the cleaning unit is used for cleaning the cavity, so that the user can observe the condition in the cavity before and after cleaning and master the nursing result.

The present disclosure provides an endoscopic apparatus and associated methods. The apparatus may include a steerable tool having a first flexible tube concentrically nested within a second flexible tube. The apparatus may include an end cap disposed on the steerable tool, an image sensor disposed on the end cap, and one or more light sources disposed on the end cap. The apparatus may be configured for accessing a region within a middle ear cavity of a patient. As such, the apparatus may further include a flexible tube, through which the steerable tool may extend, as well as a pre-curved rigid tube, through which the flexible tube may extend, thus allowing the apparatus to be deployed for middle ear access.

Disclosed herein are drug delivery devices including catheter assemblies, infusion systems, pre-filled syringes, methods of use, combination products, kits of parts, and drug products with parts lists for independent sourcing, for use in the otic administration of a drug product to a subject in need thereof.

Devices, systems, and methods are provided for imaging cholesteatoma, e.g., using an endoscope including a light source configured to deliver visible light at one or more narrowband wavelengths distally from the endoscope selected to cause autofluorescence in target tissue, a camera coupled to the imaging element to acquire image signals of locations beyond the distal end, and one or more filters configured to remove wavelengths of light in the image signals acquired by the camera including the one or more narrowband wavelengths of visible light.

The utility model provides a visual ear canal cleaning and nursing instrument. The visual ear canal cleaning and nursing instrument comprises a head-mounted structure and a nursing device, the head-mounted structure comprises a connecting shell; the nursing device comprises a visual assembly, a nursing assembly and a liquid storage assembly, and the visual assembly is connected with one end of the connecting shell and comprises a cylinder, a camera shooting unit and a light supplementing unit; the number of the light supplementing units is multiple, and the multiple light supplementing units are arranged on the camera shooting unit in a surrounding mode. The nursing assembly comprises a cleaning unit used for cleaning the cavity, and the cleaning unit is arranged close to the visual assembly; the liquid storage assembly is arranged at the end, away from the visual assembly, of the connecting shell, the liquid storage assembly communicates with the nursing assembly, and the liquid storage assembly is detachably connected with the nursing assembly. Compared with the prior art, the visual ear canal cleaning and nursing instrument can be worn on the head of a user, cleaning and nursing of ear canals are achieved while the two hands are liberated, and the user can adopt different liquid medicine or cleaning liquid according to needs through detachable connection of the liquid storage assembly.

An ENT surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly, a flexible substrate, and at least at least one electrically-conductive sensor trace formed on the flexible substrate. The shaft assembly has a distal end sized and configured to fit in an anatomical passageway in an ear, nose, or throat of a patient. The flexible substrate extends along at least a portion of the shaft. The at least one sensor trace includes at least one concentric loop portion, wherein the at least one concentric loop portion defines at least one navigation sensor.

A health-device adapter for handheld electronic devices comprises a holder (20) with a base (22), longitudinally extending so as to define broad front wall (24) and back wall (26), and a gripping assembly (30, 32) to hold, in use, a handheld device, and connected to the base (22). The adapter further comprises a health-device support (50) connected to the holder (20) and suitable to support a health-device (100). The health-device support (50) is movably engaged to the gripping assembly of the holder (20).

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical equipment, and discloses an ear cleaning device for pediatrics, which is characterized in that the outer part of a shell is connected with a sliding assembly for sliding in a sliding manner, the bottom of the sliding assembly is rotatably connected with a rotating column, and the bottom of the rotating column is fixedly connected with a clamping device; an illumination assembly for illumination is arranged in the clamping device, a fixing block is fixedly connected to the exterior of the clamping device, a deviation block is fixedly connected to the interior of the shell, the clamping device is ejected out through a sliding assembly, and the deviation block can incline due to the arc-shaped design of the deviation block. According to the utility model, the clamping device can be arranged to shift under the action of the shift block, and the arc-shaped design of the shift block enables the clamping device to automatically adjust the contact angle according to the unique shape of the auditory meatus of a child, so that the discomfort caused by improper angle is reduced, and the safety of the auditory meatus of the child is effectively protected; and meanwhile, through matching of the sliding blocks and the sliding grooves, effective storage can be achieved.

The application relates to a micro actuator for inner ear injection sampling surgery, and relates to the field of medical instruments.The application solves the problems that the existing actuator cannot more accurately assist the doctor in judging the surgery progress, lacks clinical surgery practicability in design, and makes the otological surgery still have certain operation difficulty.The microneedle puncture mechanism module is embedded in the driving and sensing module, the driving and sensing module is installed on the high-precision linear driving module, the end operation mechanism module is installed at the front of the driving and sensing module, the microneedle puncture mechanism module passes through the end operation mechanism module and extends out, and the endoscope camera module in the end operation mechanism module provides real-time images in the surgery process, the tension sensor in the driving and sensing module monitors the change of the steel wire tension in real time, and safety interaction with the ear canal environment is ensured.The application is used for inner ear injection sampling surgery.

There is provided an ear probe for ear examination. The ear probe comprises a waveguide comprising an elongated tube, wherein the waveguide is configured to transfer light; and a capsule fixed to the waveguide and including an image sensor. The image sensor configured to generate multiple images of an ear canal and / or tympanic membrane. The waveguide is configured to guide the capsule to an ear canal of an ear to be examined, and the waveguide is configured to adapt to structure of an ear to be examined

The systems and methods can be employed for transtympanic access to the middle ear for delivery of therapeutic formulations or implant devices to target locations under direct visualization. The systems and methods can also be used to improve access and visualization for various otologic surgical procedures, such as, but not limited to, cholesteatoma removal, tympanic membrane repair, and ossicular chain repair.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a multipurpose otoscope. The otoscope comprises a handheld part, an otoscope main body, a rotating disc and a plurality of ear speculum bodies, the otoscope main body is connected with the handheld part, a magnifying lens is arranged at the rear end of the otoscope main body, and a light source is arranged in the otoscope main body; the rotating disc is rotatably connected with the handheld part, the rotating disc is provided with a plurality of mounting positions, the plurality of mounting positions are arranged around the axis of the rotating disc at intervals, and each ear speculum is correspondingly mounted in one mounting position; each ear speculum has a contraction state and an extension state; wherein the rotating disc is used for rotating relative to the handheld part, so that one ear speculum directly faces the otoscope main body. According to the multipurpose otoscope, a plurality of ear speculum devices are arranged on the rotating disc, so that the ear speculum devices can be quickly replaced and adjusted, the auditory meatus examination efficiency can be guaranteed, and the situation that the structure is damaged due to repeated plate insertion, consequently, the structure is loosened or an optical axis deviates, and the imaging quality is affected can be avoided.

A scope (1) for examining or surgically treating ears comprising at least one camera (6), a light source (7), and a stabilizer (2) for supporting the camera (7) in or on the stabilizer (2), the stabilizer (2) being integral with the camera (7) and being configured to stabilize the scope (1) in an ear canal.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and particularly relates to a silica gel head auricular point probe with a positive point positioning function, which comprises a holding tube, a positioning head, a telescopic piece, an auricular point probe ball, a transparent silica gel sleeve, a lighting assembly, a rolling piece and the like. Wherein the telescopic piece is movably connected into the holding pipe and comprises a through pipe and a spring, the outer side of the through pipe is fixedly connected with a baffle disc, one end of the spring abuts against the side face of the baffle disc, and one end of the through pipe is inserted into the hole probing ball and sleeved with a transparent silicon rubber sleeve; the lighting assembly comprises a lighting bin and a lamp body, and light is transmitted to the hole detection ball through a light guide column; the top of the holding pipe is provided with a rolling piece, and convex particles are uniformly distributed outside; by arranging the telescopic piece and the spring, ear injury caused by overlarge pressure in the acupoint detection process is avoided, the accuracy of acupoint detection is ensured through the lighting system, the massage function is added through the rolling piece, the auricular point can be accurately detected, effective stimulation can be provided, and the problems that positioning is inaccurate, pressure control is improper, positive point recognition is difficult and the massage function is single are solved.

The invention relates to a balloon device of a visible Eustachian tube, comprising: a catheter body having a delivery channel and an expansion channel; the end, provided with a lens, of the endoscope is arranged in the conveying channel; the dilatation balloon is arranged on the outer tube wall of the catheter body; an expansion balloon cavity of the expansion balloon is communicated with the expansion channel; the protection part is arranged at one end, close to the far end, of the catheter body; and the protection part is provided with a protection hole through which the lens can pass. The endoscope is arranged in the conveying channel of the catheter body, the protection part is arranged at the end, close to the far end, of the conveying channel, the lens, located in the conveying channel, of the endoscope is protected through the protection part, the lens of the endoscope is prevented from being polluted by mucus in an auditory tube or a nasal passage, and therefore a clear view is guaranteed. The operation efficiency is improved, and the operation time is shortened.

This invention discloses a device for attaching an optical element, such as an otoscope, to a smartphone for diagnosing and / or identifying problems in the outer ear, middle ear, and / or ear canal of a patient. The device may include a body. The body may include a hole and a first engagement member configured to engage with a second engagement structure belonging to the optical element. A first surface may be attached to the body and configured to contact a first smartphone surface. A piston may be provided, which may include a second surface parallel to the first surface and configured to contact a second smartphone surface. A threaded knob may be provided, connected to the piston through the hole.

Disclosed herein is a device for modeling properties of an ear. The device includes an artificial tympanic membrane and a housing coupled to the artificial tympanic membrane. The housing defines an interior portion coupled to an interior surface of the artificial tympanic membrane. The interior portion has an adjustable volume or an adjustable type of fluid and an adjustable gas pressure. Adjustment of the volume or type of fluid and the gas pressure changes a membrane movement to produce selected movement properties according to a mobility scale.

The invention discloses a rapid ear diagnosis device, and relates to the technical field of ear diagnosis, the rapid ear diagnosis device comprises a head beam and a collection mechanism, the collection mechanism is clamped at the bottom of one end of the head beam, the collection mechanism comprises an earmuff, the interior of the earmuff is fixedly connected with a partition plate, the partition plate divides the interior of the earmuff into a first chamber and a second chamber, and the first chamber and the second chamber are communicated with each other. A camera and a light supplementing lamp set are fixedly installed on the inner side wall of the first cavity. The camera for shooting ears at multiple angles is mounted in the earmuff, and the light supplementing lamp group for supplementing light in all directions is matched, so that abnormal conditions of the ears of a patient can be quickly captured, acquired and captured information is fed back to a computer and is compared with a database, and corresponding symptoms can be quickly diagnosed by oneself; a doctor only needs to review a diagnosis result once, the whole-course diagnosis precision is high, consumed time is short, and the working efficiency is higher.

An otoscopy device comprising a base speculum (11) and a second speculum (20) attached to the second speculum. Thus, this allows for viewing and operating further down the ear canal, especially where the ear canal is twisty or tortuous. The device may further comprise a camera attachment by means of which the device can be attached to a camera, and a strut joining the base speculum to the camera attachment, in which the strut has a physical hole or space through which at least one instrument can pass so as to pass through the base speculum.

This disclosure generally relates to an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. This disclosure particularly relates to an OCT system with a multi-pass dispersion compensation cell incorporated into its reference arm. This disclosure further relates to a hand-held compact OCT system suitable for inspection of an ear of a mammal.

A kind of rotary real-time panoramic otological endoscope, it is characterized that camera and endoscope lens are separated, endoscope lens and light source are separated, endoscope lens is continuously rotated in shell under the drive of motor, so that camera obtains the image of each direction;The endoscope is equipped with rotating position sensor, the rotating direction of endoscope head can be obtained;The endoscope is equipped with image processing module and image display module, wherein the image processing module is integrated with the image of endoscope in different directions to obtain real-time panoramic image by image splicing processing, and the image display module presents panoramic image to user by the way of AR augmented reality display.The endoscope can obtain 360-degree real-time image in circumferential direction, greatly facilitates the use of doctor, avoids the need of frequently rotating endoscope or replacing endoscope head.

An instrument head is provided for attachment to a plurality of instrument handles having different power profiles. The instrument head contains an illumination assembly including at least one LED as well as a drive circuit for detecting a power profile of an attached instrument handle and converting variable voltages received from the attached instrument handle to a constant current for powering the at least one LED based on the power profile. Accordingly, the instrument head enables use with a plurality of instrument handles, including those originally configured for use only with incandescent light sources.

The utility model discloses a protective loader of an ear-nose-throat endoscope, which comprises a storage seat, an endoscope handle clamping groove arranged on the storage seat and an endoscope tube clamping groove communicated with the endoscope handle clamping groove, and a locking mechanism used for synchronously fixing an endoscope handle and an endoscope tube is further arranged on the storage seat. The locking mechanism comprises an adjusting rod, the adjusting rod is movably arranged in an adjusting groove, the adjusting groove is formed in the portion, on one side of the mirror tube, of the upper side face of the storage base, a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod are arranged on the two sides of the adjusting rod respectively, and one end of the first connecting rod is connected with the mirror tube fixing plate; one end of the second connecting rod is connected with the mirror handle fixing plate; according to the ear-nose-throat endoscope storage device, an endoscope handle and an endoscope tube of the ear-nose-throat endoscope can be synchronously fixed, the stability of the ear-nose-throat endoscope during placement is improved, the ear-nose-throat endoscope can be conveniently taken during use, and the taking operation is convenient and fast.

The utility model discloses a handheld visual otoscope which is characterized in that the handheld visual otoscope comprises a grab handle, a display module, an otoscope module and a control module, the display module and an earcap module are installed at one end of the grab handle, the display module is arranged on the front face of the grab handle, the otoscope module is arranged on the back face of the grab handle, and the control module is connected with the display module. The control module is arranged on the grab handle, a battery is arranged in the grab handle, the battery is electrically connected with the display module and the control module, a charging panel connected with the control module is arranged in the grab handle, a charging contact is arranged on the charging panel, and the charging contact is exposed out of the grab handle; the end, away from the display module, of the grab handle is provided with a groove opening, the inner end face of the groove opening is provided with a connecting line interface connected with the control module, and the size of the connecting line interface is smaller than the width of the groove opening. According to the utility model, the operation convenience is improved.

The present disclosure relates to remote medical examination of a patient, and, more specifically, to a remote exam attachment that, along with a user device, may capture images of an anatomical feature for examination of a patient. The remote exam attachment may include a lens and may couple to an examination tool, such as a speculum, a scope, or a tongue depressor, which may be used with a camera of the user device. The user device may be configured to adjust one or more settings of the camera, such as the zoom, field of view, aperture, and / or the like. The user device may further be configured to transmit an image captured in conjunction with the remote exam attachment to another user device. Accordingly, the remote exam attachment, along with the user device, may capture, display, and / or transmit images of an anatomical feature, facilitating remote examination of a patient.

The utility model relates to the field of medical equipment, and discloses a head-mounted real-time display system for endoscopic examination patients, which comprises an operation table, an endoscope, endoscope processing equipment, master control display equipment, a disinfection cabinet, a disinfection assembly and VR glasses, the endoscope processing equipment is arranged on the operation table, and the endoscope processing equipment is electrically connected with the endoscope; the main control display equipment is arranged on the operation table, is electrically connected with the endoscope processing equipment, and is provided with a transmitting module; the disinfection cabinet is arranged on the operation table, and a cabinet door is connected to the disinfection cabinet through a hinge; the disinfection assembly is arranged in the disinfection cabinet, the VR glasses are arranged in the disinfection cabinet, and the VR glasses are provided with a receiving module and a microcontroller. The endoscope, the endoscopic processing device, the main control display device and the VR glasses are arranged on the operating table, medical staff and a patient can check examination images at the same time, the VR glasses are disinfected through the disinfection assembly arranged in the disinfection cabinet, and the examination efficiency is improved.