Handheld Medical Scope With Wireless Imaging and Integrated Irrigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical scopes are obstructive due to physical connections with external devices and components during procedures.
Innovation Solution
A handheld medical scope with a wireless connection to computing devices, featuring a one-hand and two-hand operation mode, including an elongate controller housing, deflection mechanism, fluid reservoir, and wireless data transmission, allowing for operation without physical connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If medical scope is physically connected to external devices via fluid tubes and electrical cables, then functional connectivity is achieved, but maneuverability and flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the physical connections (fluid tubes and electrical cables) from the medical scope system. The scope is designed as a self-contained unit with all necessary components (fluid reservoir, pumps, cameras, processors) integrated into the scope body, allowing it to operate independently without external connections during procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple previously separate components into a single integrated medical scope unit. The fluid reservoir, fluid pumps, cameras, processors, and control interfaces are combined within the scope housing, creating a unified device that maintains all necessary functions while eliminating external connections.
2Adaptability or versatility
If medical scope uses integrated fluid reservoir and pumps within housing, then independence from external devices is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested configuration where the fluid reservoir is positioned within the scope housing, and the fluid pumps are integrated into the same housing structure. This nested arrangement allows multiple components to occupy shared space efficiently, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining integration and independence.
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AI summary
A medical scope that includes a handheld controller comprising an elongate controller housing sized to be operable by one hand of a user; a fluid reservoir positioned within the elongate controller housing and including a fluid cavity in fluid communication with at least one irrigation channel positioned inside an insertion tube; a fluid pump in operative communication with a second control and in fluid communication with the fluid cavity and the irrigation channel; a camera positioned at an first end portion of the insertion tube; memory, an antenna, and a processor positioned within the elongate controller housing, wherein the processor is in operative communication with at least the memory, the camera, and the antenna, wherein the processor is configured at least to: receive image data from the camera; and wirelessly send, through the antenna, the image data to a computing device located within a predetermined distance from the antenna.