14 results about "Via bronchus" patented technology

Systems and methods involve abrading a patient lung airway wall to reduce mucus production therein. Exemplary techniques include rotationally and / or linearly oscillating an abrasive material against the airway wall so as to damage mucus producing tissues, for example by removing goblet cells, while destroying less than the entire airway wall. The abrasive material may be present on the surface of an expandable balloon body or another expandable device, which can be delivered to the patient treatment site via a bronchoscope. In some cases, the abrasion techniques can cause cell damage or death at a controlled or predetermined tissue depth.

The utility model discloses a bronchoscope's air leakage prevention negative pressure interface structure, including bronchoscope main part, the bottom of bronchoscope main part is provided with operating part, and the bottom of operating part is connected with the detection tube of checking bronchus, and the outer setting of bronchoscope main part has the connecting assembly, and the connecting assembly is provided with the suction needle cylinder of the suction of detection tube. When the bronchoscope main part cooperation detection equipment detects the bronchus of sick child, the stability of air pressure environment is very important. The device passes through the adsorption of sucking disc, and the air pressure fluctuation in subsequent suction process is effectively reduced, and the stability of air pressure environment in detection process is ensured. Meanwhile, the cooperation of positioning clamp, first spring, second connecting plate and other components realizes the firm fixing of suction needle cylinder, avoids the security risk caused by the loosening or falling of suction needle cylinder, and further improves the stability and safety of air pressure regulation.

Devices, systems, and methods for measuring the diameter of an airway in a human or animal subject are disclosed. The device comprises a flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end. Flexible sizing elements are disposed along and extend approximately orthogonally from the catheter body. The sizing elements have different heights from one another and are configured to fit through the working channel of a bronchoscope. Devices, systems, and methods for redirecting airflow through a lung airway are also disclosed. The method comprises introducing into the airway a catheter comprising a distal end, a proximal end and an elongated portion therebetween, wherein the distal end comprises an airway closing mechanism, and wherein the proximal end comprises an actuator to actuate the airway closing mechanism; and actuating the airway closing mechanism to at least partially close the airway.

The utility model relates to a melamine pulse batch-type purging separation device, the output end is connected with a pipeline system, the device comprises a branch air pipe, a flow deflector is arranged at the connecting position of the pipeline system and the branch air pipe, the flow deflector wraps the outlet of the branch air pipe and forms a flow guide cavity, the flow deflector comprises an arc-shaped part and a straight line part, and the arc-shaped part is connected with the straight line part. And the straight line part is parallel to the flow direction of gas in the pipeline system. According to the utility model, the valve is intermittently purged through the branch air pipe pulse, so that the interior of the valve body is ensured to be clean, and the valve acts freely and is closed tightly; meanwhile, the flow deflectors are arranged, the flow direction of gas can be changed, the gas is forced to be parallel to the linear part, and therefore the gas flowing out of the branch gas pipes and the gas flow direction in the pipeline system are the same, and the pulse effect of compressed gas can be reserved.

Systems and methods involve abrading a patient lung airway wall to reduce mucus production therein. Exemplary techniques include rotationally and / or linearly oscillating an abrasive material against the airway wall so as to damage mucus producing tissues, for example by removing goblet cells, while destroying less than the entire airway wall. The abrasive material may be present on the surface of an expandable balloon body or another expandable device, which can be delivered to the patient treatment site via a bronchoscope. In some cases, the abrasion techniques can cause cell damage or death at a controlled or predetermined tissue depth.

The invention relates to an airway lesion measurement system and method based on composite driving and modeling, the system can enter an airway through a bronchoscope to measure the diameter and length of a lesion site, and the system comprises a composite driving expansion module which comprises a pneumatic bag cavity and a shape memory alloy skeleton and is used for executing an expansion step; the self-locking anchoring module is integrated on the shape memory alloy framework and is used for executing a self-locking step; the three-dimensional dynamic modeling module comprises a sensor array and a data processing unit which are arranged on the shape memory alloy framework and is used for executing a modeling step; and the respiration synchronization module is used for receiving a respiration gating signal of the bronchoscope and controlling the three-dimensional dynamic modeling module to carry out data acquisition in a preset time window of end expiration. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages of being efficient in operation, convenient, easy to use, accurate and reliable in measurement performance, good in safety performance and the like.

This invention discloses an automated bronchoscope system for clearing airway secretions, relating to the field of automated bronchoscopy. The system includes: an endoscope image acquisition module for real-time acquisition of images of the airway lumen distal to the bronchoscope; a secretion recognition module for analyzing the airway lumen images to identify secretion targets and output their aspirability characteristics; an operation decision module for determining, based on the aspirability characteristics, whether the current secretion target is within a preset airway level where suction can be performed, and generating a suction command if the determination is positive; and a suction execution module for applying negative pressure to the secretion target through the suction channel of the bronchoscope in response to the suction command. This solution achieves precise positioning and selective suction of sputum targets within the airway, effectively avoiding the risk of aspirating airway tissue or foreign objects, and improving the success rate of clearing secretions of different characteristics.

A medical device for treating a related patient includes an intratracheal sensor device configured to measure the fluid pressure within the trachea of the related patient, and an electronic controller configured to receive data of the fluid pressure from the intratracheal sensor device and calculate a measurement value of the fluid flow rate through the trachea based on the measured fluid pressure.

A surgical system includes a bronchoscope, an extended working channel defining an elongated passageway and adapted to extend through the bronchoscope, and a valve in fluid communication with the passageway of the extended working channel. The surgical system further includes an elongated surgical instrument configured and dimensioned to be inserted through the extended working channel. During operation, a fluid is able to flow from the valve and through the extended working channel such that the fluid travels within an annular area surrounding the elongated surgical instrument positioned within the extended working channel.

Systems and methods involve abrading a patient lung airway wall to reduce mucus production therein. Exemplary techniques include rotationally and / or linearly oscillating an abrasive material against the airway wall so as to damage mucus producing tissues, for example by removing goblet cells, while destroying less than the entire airway wall. The abrasive material may be present on the surface of an expandable balloon body or another expandable device, which can be delivered to the patient treatment site via a bronchoscope. In some cases, the abrasion techniques can cause cell damage or death at a controlled or predetermined tissue depth.

Systems and methods involve abrading a patient lung airway wall to reduce mucus production therein. Exemplary techniques include rotationally and / or linearly oscillating an abrasive material against the airway wall so as to damage mucus producing tissues, for example by removing goblet cells, while destroying less than the entire airway wall. The abrasive material may be present on the surface of an expandable balloon body or another expandable device, which can be delivered to the patient treatment site via a bronchoscope. In some cases, the abrasion techniques can cause cell damage or death at a controlled or predetermined tissue depth.

The invention discloses a visual instrument capable of being integrated with a bronchoscope and an integrated system, and relates to the technical field of medical instruments.The visual instrument comprises a flexible catheter, an image obtaining unit, an executing mechanism and a control mechanism; the flexible catheter is used for stretching into a working clamp channel of the bronchoscope, and the far end of the flexible catheter can stretch out of an instrument outlet in the far end of the bronchoscope. The image acquisition unit is arranged at the far end and used for being in communication connection with the image processing module, and the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring tissue image information and sending the tissue image information to the image processing module; the executing mechanism is arranged at the far end head and is used for sampling or one or more of treatment; the control mechanism is connected to the near end of the flexible catheter and connected with the executing mechanism so that the action of the executing mechanism can be controlled. According to the visual instrument capable of being integrated with the bronchoscope and the integrated system, operation and treatment of entering a deeper position under direct vision are facilitated.

A system comprising an adjustable mounting arm, a bronchoscope coupled to the adjustable mounting arm, an attachment coupled to the bronchoscope, and a steerable sheath coupled to the attachment and configured to be inserted through the bronchoscope, The system further includes a flexible probe configured to be inserted through the steerable sheath and the bronchoscope.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a bronchial sputum plug cleaning device which comprises a catheter and a guide wire movably arranged in the catheter and further comprises a cleaning part arranged at the end of the guide wire and capable of being connected with a sputum plug through pulling and winding and moving out of the catheter along with the guide wire; the control part is arranged on the outer side of the tail end of the guide wire and can control the guide wire to be pulled and rotated, according to the bronchial sputum embolism cleaning device, the conical spiral winding wire is designed to serve as the cleaning part and can be flexibly bent in the bronchial tube and effectively make contact with the sputum embolism, and the outermost ring of the large end of the winding wire is a smooth section; the sputum suppository is simple in structure and convenient to use, damage to the bronchus wall when the sputum suppository passes through the bronchus is avoided, operation safety is guaranteed, meanwhile, the sputum suppository grabbing effect is enhanced through the cilia design on the winding wire, and the sputum suppository can be wound more effectively and moved out of the catheter along with the guide wire.