22 results about "Insertion procedure" patented technology

An illustrative insertion management system may be configured to provide, as a first input to a machine learning model, geometric model data specific to a recipient of a cochlear implant and representative of a geometrical model of a cochlea of the recipient, provide, as a second input to the machine learning model, procedure data representative of one or more contextual attributes of a lead insertion procedure in which an electrode lead is inserted to the cochlea of the recipient, and generate, based on an output of the machine learning model that takes into account the geometric model data and the procedure data, procedure assistance data configured to assist a user in performing the lead insertion procedure.

The invention relates to a laryngoscopy system for performing a safe and simple insertion procedure of at least one medical instrument, other than an endotracheal tube, into a patient. The laryngoscopy system comprises, as separate components, at least one video intubation laryngoscope and the medical instrument, e.g., a suction catheter or an endoscope. Furthermore, the invention relates to the intubation of a patient with an endotracheal tube and other procedures in the field of laryngoscopy, e.g., for performing a laryngoscopic examination and / or a laryngoscopic procedure on a patient.

An exemplary system comprises a memory that stores instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may comprise accessing an individual three-dimensional (“3D”) cochlea model of a cochlea of a recipient of a cochlear implant system that includes a stimulating lead inserted into the cochlea during a lead insertion procedure, generating, based on the individual 3D cochlea model and procedure data associated with one or more lead insertion procedures performed with respect to one or more other recipients, an individualized drug delivery profile for the recipient, and transmitting a command to the cochlear implant system to cause release of a drug from the stimulating lead in accordance with the individualized drug delivery profile.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical apparatus and instruments, and provides a closed vertebral nail path blood collection device and a use method thereof.The closed vertebral nail path blood collection device comprises an outer tube, a sliding way is formed in the top of the outer tube inwards along the axis of the outer tube, and a blood penetrating hole is formed in the bottom of the outer tube and communicates with the bottom of the sliding way; the piston is slidably connected in the slide way, a piston push rod is fixedly connected to the side, away from the blood penetrating hole, of the piston, a connecting assembly is detachably connected to the top of the outer tube, the standard nailing device clamps the outer tube through the connecting assembly, and the connecting assembly is fixedly connected with the piston push rod. The device can be seamlessly connected with an existing pedicle screw implantation process, and it can be ensured that pure vertebral screw channel bone marrow blood is collected in a closed environment.

The disclosure provides insertion tools and articles that facilitate entry of a medical device, such as a balloon cathet - er, into the body. In embodiments the insertion tools have an elongate hollow body (50) that is able to protect a portion of a medical device, such as a balloon of a balloon catheter, during an insertion procedure. In one embodiment the insertion tool has an elongate hollow body (131), a tapered distal end (135), and a locking mechanism (133) at the proximal end which can secure a portion of a balloon catheter. An opening at the distal end can allow passage of the balloon in a folded uninflated state.

An exemplary system comprises a memory that stores instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may comprise accessing an individual three-dimensional (“3D”) cochlea model of a cochlea of a recipient of a cochlear implant system that includes a stimulating lead inserted into the cochlea during a lead insertion procedure, generating, based on the individual 3D cochlea model and procedure data associated with one or more lead insertion procedures performed with respect to one or more other recipients, an individualized drug delivery profile for the recipient, and transmitting a command to the cochlear implant system to cause release of a drug from the stimulating lead in accordance with the individualized drug delivery profile.

An exemplary system comprises a memory that stores instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may comprise accessing an individual three-dimensional ("3D") cochlea model of a cochlea of a recipient of a cochlear implant system that includes a stimulating lead inserted into the cochlea during a lead insertion procedure, generating, based on the individual 3D cochlea model and procedure data associated with one or more lead insertion procedures performed with respect to one or more other recipients, an individualized drug delivery profile for the recipient, and transmitting a command to the cochlear implant system to cause release of a drug from the stimulating lead in accordance with the individualized drug delivery profile.

The invention relates to a laryngoscopy system for performing a safe and simple insertion procedure for inserting at least one medical instrument, which is not an endotracheal tube, into a patient. The laryngoscopy system comprises, as mutually separate components, at least one video intubation laryngoscope and the medical instrument, e.g., a suction catheter or an endoscope. Furthermore, the invention relates to the field of intubating a patient with an endotracheal tube as well as to additional procedures in the field of laryngoscopy, e.g., for performing a laryngoscopic examination and / or a laryngoscopic procedure on a patient.

It is provided to efficiently perform a connection insertion with respect to a connector housing (C1) repeatedly.A connector insertion unit (1) comprises a housing pallet (11), a pallet holding frame (12) configured to hold two or more housing pallets (11) in a state where they move along a circulation route (R11) from a housing feed position (121), a standby position (122), a connector insertion position (123), and a housing removal position (124) in that order, and to return to the housing feed position (121) after housing removal, a connector insertion section (13), and a pallet drive section (14) configured to cause housing pallets to move along the circulation route (R11) to cause other housing pallets (11) to move to the standby position during a period beginning with the receipt of the housing pallet (11) at the housing feed position and ending with the end of connector insertion at the connector insertion position. (122) to wait.

Abstract The invention relates to a penetrator assembly operable to provide access to an intraosseous space. According to one aspect of the disclosure, the penetrator assembly comprises a flexible outer penetrator including a longitudinal bore and a distal end operable to penetrate bone and associated bone marrow; a rigid inner penetrator including a distal end operable to penetrate bone and associated bone marrow; a hub having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the flexible outer penetrator; a connector having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the rigid inner penetrator and a proximal end configured to releasably engage a driver; and the longitudinal bore of the flexible outer penetrator configured to removably receive the rigid inner penetrator to prevent or minimize the flexible outer penetrator from bending during an insertion procedure, and the flexible outer penetrator configured to bend after removal of the rigid inner penetrator from the longitudinal bore. WO 2019 / 215705 PCT / IB2019 / 053900 1 / 19 140 130 100 149 102 110 112 111 150 FIG. 1 101 140 122 130 112 120 121 111 110 FIG. 2 150 20 24 20 38 24 06 J un 2 02 4 w o 2 0 1 9 / 2 1 5 7 0 5 P C T / I B 2 0 1 9 / 0 5 3 9 0 0 0 6 J u n 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 4 2 0 3 8 2 4 1 4 9 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 0

Ultrasound systems and methods that include and / or use interventional instruments (e.g., needles) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the ultrasound system has an interventional instrument having the at least one ultrasound transducer element attached to the interventional instrument and configured for insertion towards the patient anatomy as part of an insertion procedure. The ultrasound system is configured to: determine, during the insertion procedure, an occurrence of a trigger event; instruct, responsive to the determination of the occurrence of the trigger event, the at least one ultrasound transducer element to transmit the additional ultrasound; and determine, based on the reception of the additional ultrasound by the ultrasound scanner, that the interventional instrument is detected.

An illustrative insertion management system may be configured to provide, as an input to a machine learning model, data associated with a lead insertion procedure in which an electrode lead is inserted to a cochlea of a recipient of a cochlear implant; generate, based on an output of the machine learning model, procedure assistance data configured to assist a user in performing the lead insertion procedure; and set, based on the procedure assistance data, one or more parameters associated with the lead insertion procedure, wherein the setting comprises intraoperatively adjusting the one or more parameters during the lead insertion procedure.

An illustrative diagnostic system may perform a process comprising: performing, during a lead insertion procedure during which an electrode lead is inserted into a cochlea of a recipient of a cochlear implant, a first evoked response-based measurement test that generates first result data; determining that the first result data satisfies a first condition; performing, based on the first result data satisfying the first condition and during the lead insertion procedure, a second evoked response-based measurement test that generates second result data, the second evoked response-based measurement test being of a different type than the first evoked response-based measurement test; and performing, based on the second result data, an operation associated with the lead insertion procedure.

An exemplary system comprises memory that stores instructions; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may comprise accessing a three-dimensional (3D) cochlea model representative of a cochlea of a patient within which an electrode lead included in a cochlear implant system is to be inserted during an electrode lead insertion procedure, accessing one or more 3D electrode lead models representative of one or more electrode leads configured to be inserted within the cochlea, simulating, based on the 3D cochlea model and the one or more 3D electrode lead models, one or more insertion configurations associated with insertion of the one or more electrode leads into the cochlea, and performing, based on the simulating, an operation associated with the electrode lead insertion procedure.

An example diagnostic system is configured to: direct an acoustic stimulus generator to apply acoustic stimuli having a plurality of stimulus frequencies to a recipient of a cochlear implant during an insertion procedure in which an electrode lead communicatively coupled to the cochlear implant is inserted into a cochlea of the recipient; direct the cochlear implant to record, using electrodes disposed on the electrode lead, a plurality of evoked response signals during the insertion procedure, each evoked response signal included in the plurality of evoked response signals corresponding to a different stimulus frequency included in the plurality of stimulus frequencies; and determine an insertion status of the electrode lead within the cochlea of the recipient based on an amplitude and a phase of each of one or more evoked response signals included in the plurality of evoked response signals.

A diagnostic system is disclosed configured to direct an acoustic stimulus generator to apply an acoustic stimulus having a stimulus frequency to a recipient of a cochlear implant during an insertion procedure in which an electrode lead of the cochlear implant is inserted into a cochlea of the recipient, direct the cochlear implant to record, using an electrode disposed on the electrode lead, an evoked response signal during the insertion procedure, the evoked response signal representative of amplitudes of a plurality of evoked responses occurring within the recipient in response to the acoustic stimulus applied to the recipient, and incrementally step the stimulus frequency through a sequence of decreasingly lower values as the electrode lead is inserted into the cochlea, the sequence of decreasingly lower values beginning with an initial value and ending with a final value lower than the initial value.

An exemplary system comprises memory that stores instructions; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may comprise accessing a three-dimensional (3D) cochlea model representative of a cochlea of a patient within which an electrode lead included in a cochlear implant system is to be inserted during an electrode lead insertion procedure, accessing one or more 3D electrode lead models representative of one or more electrode leads configured to be inserted within the cochlea, simulating, based on the 3D cochlea model and the one or more 3D electrode lead models, one or more insertion configurations associated with insertion of the one or more electrode leads into the cochlea, and performing, based on the simulating, an operation associated with the electrode lead insertion procedure.

Bone anchors and surgical instruments (e.g., bone taps, drivers, etc.) are disclosed herein that include integrated guide tips. Use of these anchors or instruments can eliminate one or more of the steps in a conventional bone anchor installation procedure, improving surgical efficiency and safety. For example, a surgical instrument can include a guide projection configured for insertion through a cannulation formed in a bone anchor when the surgical instrument is coupled to the bone anchor. The surgical instrument can also include various mechanisms for adjusting the position of the guide projection relative to the bone anchor. The guide projection can replace the needle, stylet, and guidewire used in typical insertion procedures. The bone anchor can also include integrated tapping features to eliminate the need for a separate bone tap instrument. Thus, in some embodiments, targeting, tapping, and driving the bone anchor can be performed in a single step.

An illustrative diagnostic system is configured to direct an acoustic stimulation generator to an acoustic stimulation generator to apply acoustic stimulation having a plurality of stimulus frequencies to a recipient of a cochlear implant during an insertion procedure in which an electrode lead communicatively coupled to the cochlear implant is inserted into a cochlea of the recipient, direct the cochlear implant to use an electrode disposed on the electrode lead to record a plurality of evoked response signals during the insertion procedure corresponding to the plurality of stimulus frequencies and representative of evoked responses that occur within the recipient in response to the acoustic stimulation applied to the recipient, and determine, based on one or more evoked response signals included in the plurality of evoked response signals, an insertion state of the electrode lead within the cochlea of the recipient.

It is provided to reduce the strain on an operator and to smoothly insert an end section connection (W11) of an electrical wire with terminal (W1) into a recess of a connector housing (C1).A terminal insertion unit (1) comprises a housing pallet (11), a first transport section (16), a tilt correction section (17) configured to receive the electrical wire with terminal (W1) from the first transport section (16) and detect and correct the tilt, a second transport section (18) that transports the electrical wire with terminal (W1) after the tilt correction, and a terminal insertion section (13) configured to receive the electrical wire with terminal (W1) from the second transport section (18), detect and correct a positional deviation between a forward position of the end section terminal (W11) and a position of a recess as the insertion target, while the end section terminal (W11) is inserted into the recess as the insertion target after the positional deviation correction.

Devices, systems, and methods are provided for managing suture filament during a tissue repair procedure. One exemplary embodiment of an anchor insertion tool includes a handle, an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, and a ring disposed around the elongate shaft. The ring can be configured to slide along a length of the shaft, and can be configured to engage a filament extending from an anchor removably coupled to the shaft's distal end during a suture anchor insertion procedure. In some embodiments, the ring can include one or more slots for receiving a filament and maintaining a tension applied to the filament. The ring can also include features that prevent it from rotating with respect to the shaft, such as a boss formed on a ring's central opening that engages a slot formed in the shaft. Other devices, systems, and methods for suture anchor insertion are also provided.

The present invention relates to a pupil enlargement member to be surgically inserted into an eyeball without damaging the eyeball, the pupil enlargement member comprising: a ring-shaped lens body inserted between the conjunctiva and sclera of the eyeball to surround the outer ring of the pupil; a cut portion provided in the lens body to be inserted into the incised conjunctiva; and two thread members formed as flexible bodies at both ends of the cut portion and cut upon completion of insertion into the eyeball by an insertion procedure tool.