616 results about "Medical procedure" patented technology

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a hospital gown designed for breast and abdominal examinations. In an illustrative example, the gown includes a first aperture and a second aperture conforming to the breast region. The first aperture may, for example, circumscribe a patient's left breast area, while the second aperture may, for example, circumscribe a patient's right breast area. The gown includes a first flap and a second flap. The first flap may, for example, be releasably coupled to the first aperture by at least one releasable coupler such as snaps or buttons, and the second flap may, for example, be releasably coupled to the second aperture by at least one releasable coupler. Various embodiments may advantageously be configured for selective exposure during examinations, enhancing patient comfort while providing necessary access for medical procedures.

A system configured to reduce scatter radiation around a surgical table during a medical procedure that may include at least one radiation shield configured to be connected to a surgical table with an attachment mechanism, wherein the at least one radiation shield includes one or more adjustable radiation shield segments coupled or releasably coupled to the at least one radiation shield. A device may include a pump in fluid communication with the one or more adjustable radiation shield segments comprising a pneumatic channel that is configured to at least partially inflate the pneumatic channel such that at least a first portion of the at least one radiation shield extends vertically above at least a portion of the surgical table, wherein a second portion of radiation shield is configured to extend below the surgical table. A device may include a controller configured to activate the pump.

An illustrative system may access a first image sequence captured by an imaging device during a medical procedure, the first image sequence comprising first images. the first images based on illumination of a scene associated with the medical procedure using visible-spectrum light: access a second image sequence captured by the imaging device during the medical procedure. the second image sequence comprising second images. the second images based on illumination of the scene using non-visible spectrum light: and provide the first image sequence and the second image sequence to a machine learning module.

A tracking and steering system for medical devices comprises a magnetic element attached to a distal portion of the medical device, a sensor on the patient's external surface detecting the magnetic field strength of the medical device's magnetic element, and a steering magnet on the patient's external surface with an electromagnet attracting the medical device's magnetic element. A console with memory and processors receives sensor data to determine the medical device's distal tip position and controls the sensor and steering magnet activation. A display shows an image of the patient with an icon indicating the medical device's location relative to the patient, enhancing medical procedures with real-time tracking and steering capabilities.

An apparatus for performing a medical procedure including an electrosurgical unit (10) for generating radiofrequency energy, an interventional wire (2, 2', 2'', 2''') including a distal tip portion (17) configured to deliver the radiofrequency energy to tissue during the medical procedure and an activator (7) to activate delivery of the radiofrequency energy from the electrosurgical unit (10) to the interventional wire (2, 2', 2'', 2'''). The distal tip portion (17) of the interventional wire (2) includes a core wire in a tubular structure. A distal tip structure or element at the end of the core wire delivers the radiofrequency energy to tissue.

A cage can be positioned around a medical balloon, such as an angioplasty balloon, to assist in a medical procedure. The cage can include a plurality of strips, each extending between a set of rings including first and second rings. As the balloon expands, the first and second rings move closer together and allow the strips to expand outward. The cage may have wedge dissectors on the strips.

The invention relates to a valve used in medical procedures. More specifically the invention relates to an introducer sheath valve used in minimally invasive and conventional surgical procedures. The valve may accommodate a wide range of surgical implement diameters, shapes, and multiple implements without imposing the high frictional forces of known valves.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for tracking performance of medical procedures. The process includes identifying a sterile zone within video feeds of a medical procedure room, where the sterile zone includes a region of pixels that define a three-dimensional physical space. Identifying humans in the room and classifying each identified human as being permitted or not permitted to enter the sterile zone. Generating a skeletal poise model and using the skeletal poise model in correlation with the sensor data to track movement of the human's limbs with respect to the sterile zone. Determining that at least a portion of a skeletal poise model of at least one human classified as not being permitted to enter the sterile zone crossed a boundary of the sterile zone, and in response, causing an alert to be presented on at least one display device located within the medical procedure room.

Various embodiments include methods for generating patient-specific heart and thorax models using anatomical landmarks and segmentation data, optimized through the application of trained neural network models. Three-dimensional medical imaging data may be processed by a trained neural network to automatically segment and isolate the heart, blood cavities, and thorax to extract feature maps from the segmented images. Anatomical landmarks, such as the heart apex and valve centers, are identified and the alignment of heart axes is verified. Reference heart and thorax models are selected and adapted to fit the patient-specific landmarks through scaling, translating, and rotating. Best adapted heart and thorax models may then be used for conducting one or more medical procedures. Neural network models, trained on historical patient data sets, may be refined through machine learning from new patient data, thereby improving accuracy.

This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for planning and performing medical procedures. The present implementations more specifically relate to analyzing objects in 3D images. In some aspects, a segmentation system may receive image data representing a 3D image of an anatomy, select a seed location for a target in the 3D image, and infer a segmentation mask associated with the seed location from at least a portion of the received image data based on a neural network model trained to segment a class of objects associated with the target. The system further extracts a polygon mesh from the segmentation mask to produce a 3D model of the target. The system can determine a spatial relationship between an instrument and the target based on a position of the 3D model relative to the 3D image. The system can also estimate a geometry of the target based on the 3D model.

Disclosed systems, apparatuses, and methods enable remotely controlling robotic-assisted medical systems, such as robotic-assisted surgery systems. Disclosed approaches facilitate deployment and improve the safety of robotic-assisted procedures.

Systems and methods for color correction of images are described herein. An example method includes receiving, at a first time and a second time: first and second image data from an imaging device of a medical imaging system captured during a medical procedure; and first and second values of an operating parameter of a light source of the medical imaging system, wherein a color of light emitted from the light source is shifted based on the values of the operating parameter. A first color shift is determined based on the first value, and a color correction function is applied to the first image data to compensate for the first color shift to generate first color corrected image data. Second color-corrected image data is generated by determining a second color shift based on the second value and applying a color correction function to the second image data to compensate for the second color shift.

A video analytic worker safety monitoring system includes at least one video camera having a field of view including a defined safety zone in a workplace, the defined safety zone including or being proximate to a workplace hazard such as an electrical hazard, a machine hazard, or a medical procedure hazard. An image processor receives a video feed from the at least one camera, wherein the image processor is configured to, based on image analysis of the received video feed, detect worker safety deficiency events.

A method (100) of monitoring a medical imaging examination is described. The method includes receiving one or more video feeds (17) of at least an imaging bay (3); detecting, from the one or more video feeds, whether a medical procedure is being performed in the imaging bay; in response to the detecting indicating a medical procedure is being performed in the imaging bay, controlling a local electronic processing device (8) assigned to the imaging bay to process the one or more video feeds to extract and present information about the medical procedure being performed in the imaging bay; and in response to the detecting indicating a medical procedure is not being performed in the imaging bay, controlling the local electronic processing device to not process the one or more video feeds.

An electronic device that monitors usage of medical devices (such as a surgical instrument, a surgical screw, surgical supplies or a surgical machine) is described. During at least a medical procedure, the electronic device monitors the use of medical devices in a tray of medical devices or a peel pack of medical devices. Then, the electronic device may provide, addressed to a computer system, a utilization report based at least in part on the monitoring. The utilization report may include historical usage of medical devices: in a type of the medical procedure, for a type of patient and / or by a given medical provider.

Systems and methods are described for determining and assigning tasks for performing medical procedures. The system may be configured to receive a plurality of data streams related to a medical procedure, wherein the plurality of data streams includes one or more of system data, medical environment data, and indications of personnel performing the medical procedure; analyze, using a task generation machine learning model, the plurality of data streams to generate natural language output relating to one or more tasks to be performed in furtherance of the medical procedure, wherein one or more inputs into the task generation machine learning model includes inputting embeddings of the plurality of data streams; analyze, via a task assignment machine learning model, the one or more tasks to assign the tasks to respective personnel; and provide indications to the respective personnel for performing the respective tasks assigned to the respective personnel.

The ultrasound probe cover system comprises a cradle arm supporting an ultrasound probe in a predetermined position, a first applicator arm articulating relative to the cradle arm and housing a sterilizer applicator and a gel applicator for applying a sterilizing agent and a gel to the probe head, and a sheath arm with a sheath holder supporting an open sheath. The sheath arm articulates relative to the cradle arm to position the sheath opening over the probe head. The sheath includes a biasing member extending helically and configured to bias the sheath to an extended configuration to facilitate placing the sheath over the probe. The cover system provides a convenient and efficient solution for covering and preparing ultrasound probes for medical procedures, enhancing hygiene and usability in healthcare settings.

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities for simulating a surgical task may be provided. In examples, a request for a simulation of the surgical task may be received. For example, the surgical task may comprise a medical procedure and a medical procedure context. Surgical event data associated with the surgical task may be received, for example, responsive to a database query. For example, the surgical event data may comprise historical data associated with the medical procedure and / or context data associated with the medical procedure context. One or more simulation parameter values may be generated, for example, based on the surgical event data. The simulation may be executed based on the simulation parameter values.

Three dimensional virtual scene reconstruction of a medical procedure environment is provided. The system can include one or more processors, coupled with memory, to identify a frame that captures a scene in a medical procedure performed with a robotic medical system. The one or more processors can generate, using one or more models trained with machine learning, one or more masks that segment an anatomical structure in the frame, label the anatomical structure in the frame, and indicate a depth value for each pixel in the frame. The one or more processors can construct 3D mesh and texture data based on the one or more masks. The one or more processors can provide, in an interactive virtual environment, a virtual scene rendered using the 3D mesh and texture data generated from the frame that captures the scene in the medical procedure.

Provided are systems and techniques for providing multiple perspectives during medical procedures. In one aspect, a method includes positioning a plurality of cannulas in a plurality of anatomical quadrants of a patient, inserting first and second surgical tools coupled to corresponding robotic arms into the respective cannulas. The method may include inserting an articulatable camera coupled to another robotic arm into another of the cannulas, where the articulatable camera is capable of showing a first view including the first surgical tool in a first anatomical quadrant and articulating to show a second view including the second surgical tool in a second anatomical quadrant. The method may further involve performing a surgical procedure in at least one of the first anatomical quadrant or the second anatomical quadrant.

A planning workstation includes a display system and a user input device and is configured to display a plurality of interactive windows for a user to view a plan for a medical procedure. Each of the plurality of interactive windows displays a different rendering of a model of anatomical passageways. The planning workstation is further configured to display a path through the anatomical passageways to a target of the medical procedure, display a virtual image of an instrument within the anatomical passageways, display a control point corresponding to a distal end of the instrument, receive a user input via the user input device, identify a position of the control point based at least on the user input, and, in response to receiving the user input, dynamically update a position of the instrument in at least one of the interactive windows to match the position of the control point.

Tracking objects in medical procedures. At least one example is a method comprising: retaining a bone marker on a distal end of an installation tool, the bone marker comprising a polyhedron having a fiducial pattern on each of at least three outward facing surfaces of the polyhedron, an externally-threaded screw extending distally from the polyhedron, and a flange proximate to an intersection of the polyhedron and the externally-threaded screw; positioning a distal end of the externally-threaded screw against a bone at a marker location; screwing the externally-threaded screw into the bone by way of the installation tool; and trapping tissue against the bone beneath the flange.

An integrated medical platform with system and methods for enhancing medical procedures by rapid-data integration, artificial intelligence (“AI”) analyses with real-time, data-driven insights generated by machine learning models, which are executed in real time and continuously evolving to assist medical professionals in providing favorable outcomes. Other aspects of the integrated medical platform are configured to improve quality of procedures, automate regulatory headaches and streamline clinical coordination to improve outcomes and cost. In some embodiments, a unified tracking system is configured to track TAVR procedures introduces hospitals to an integrated, multimodal AI-enabled platform designed as an all-in-one platform configured to improve planning and care coordination of complex procedures. Smart data collection optimizes billing and streamlines registry data capture. It provides predictive clinical guidance powered by privacy-preserving federated deep learning and generative AI improves patient care.

To provide an improved system and method for controlling medical procedure processing. [Solution] The surgical laser system comprises a surgical optical fiber optically coupled to a light source, and a photodetector configured to receive a portion of light reflected from a treatment target, and to generate optical data corresponding to the portion of reflected light interacting with the photodetector. The system also comprises a computing device configured to analyze the optical data against a characteristic criterion, and to control the operation of the laser source based on a comparison of the optical data with the characteristic criterion.

The present teaching relates to estimating 3D pose of an ultrasound probe. An ultrasound image is acquired by an ultrasound probe deployed at a three-dimensional (3D) probe pose during a medical procedure directed to a target organ. A mask for each two-dimensional (2D) anatomical structure is identified and a corresponding label is estimated from the ultrasound image to generate an ASM / label pair. If a sequence of prior 3D probe poses does not exist, an ASM / label representation for the ultrasound image is generated based on the ASM / label pairs from the ultrasound image and used to estimate the 3D pose of the probe via an ASM-pose mapping model. If the sequence of prior 3D probe poses exists, the 3D probe pose is predicted based on the sequence of prior 3D probe poses and an ASM / label representation is generated based on a virtual ultrasound image created based on the predicted 3D probe pose.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for continuously detecting, and optionally classifying, abnormal perfusion patterns in tissue by means of fluorescence imaging. One embodiment relates to a computer implemented method for detecting (and / or identifying) one or more areas having an abnormal perfusion pattern in tissue of a subject, for example during a medical procedure, the method comprising the steps of: continuously acquiring fluorescence images of the tissue, wherein the fluorescence images are associated with a fluorescent output signal correlated with an input signal defined by a series of boluses of at least one fluorescent imaging agent, and wherein the series of boluses is administered with a predefined and / or controlled duration between subsequent boluses, analysing the fluorescence images, identifying at least one tissue area with normal perfusion, defining a normal perfusion pattern (in an intensity domain and) in a time domain, and detecting, in the fluorescence images, possible tissue areas with abnormal (non-normal) perfusion pattern.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for sensing. An exemplary apparatus includes a surgical device, a control unit comprising a user interface, a power unit, a motor, a warning element, a processor, and a memory including computer program instructions, the user interface operable to select between an on or off setting for the apparatus, the power unit operable to connect with a power source. The apparatus further includes a sensor located on at least one of the surgical device and the control unit, the sensor operable to sense a presence of gases, and a conduit comprising a vacuum tube fluidly coupled to the surgical device and the control unit, and a communication line operable to transmit electronic signals between the surgical device, the control unit and the sensor.

The present invention relates to a processing system for a medical device delivered into a patient's body during a medical procedure. The processing system can include a proximal valve configured to receive an intraluminal device, an optional distal valve configured to receive the intraluminal device, and a processing chamber configured to receive a portion of the intraluminal device.

An illustrative system may access a first image sequence comprising first images, the first images based on illumination, using visible-spectrum light, of a scene associated with a medical procedure; access a second image sequence comprising second images, the second images based on illumination of the scene using non-visible spectrum light; detect an object in the second image sequence; and perform, based on the detected object, an operation with respect to the first image sequence.

Disclosed systems, apparatuses, and methods enable remotely controlling robotic-assisted medical systems, such as robotic-assisted surgery systems. Such disclosed approaches provide a scalable, flexible, and efficient network for connecting physician consoles and robotic-assisted medical systems. The network can support advance or on-demand resource reservations for robotic-assisted medical procedures. Disclosed approaches improve efficiency, availability, and safety of remotely-controlled robotic-assisted medical procedures.