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7591783 |
Articulation joint for video endoscope
A video endoscope system includes a reusable control cabinet and an endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope may be used with a single patient and then disposed. The endoscope includes...
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7578787 |
Catheter device
Catheter device, comprising a catheter ( 2 ) for introduction into a hollow organ, especially a vessel, with a number of bending elements ( 12, 12 a - 12 f, 12 a ′- 12 e ′) arranged around the...
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7435216 |
Robotized laparoscopic system
A robotized laparoscopic system capable of executing commands of an operating surgeon is provided. The laparoscopic system includes a cylindrical tube inserted through an incision. A small-sized...
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7367939 |
Rotational, translational and torqueing control members for an endoscopic instrument
A flexible endoscopic dip applier includes a flexible coil with a manual actuator coupled to one end and a jaw assembly coupled to the other end. A store of clips is arranged adjacent to the jaw...
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7344493 |
Endoscopic device having ultrasonic positioning
An endoscopic device includes ultrasonic emitters, receivers, and reflectors for the precise alignment of parts of an endoscope relative to each other. The methods for determining the relative...
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7331924 |
Endoscope apparatus having electric bending endoscope
An electric bending endoscope apparatus includes an electric bending endoscope, a bending control device for controlling a bending direction and the amount of bending of a bending portion based on...
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7277833 |
Modeling of the workspace and active pending behavior of an endscope using filter functions
A method is provided for simulating a flexible tube in an environment. The method comprises determining a model of the flexible tube according to a plurality of internal constraints of the flexible...
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7212694 |
Fiber-optic sensing system for measuring curvature
The invention provides a fiber-optic sensing system for measuring a curvature in a small and elongated cavity of an object. The system includes a light source, an optical fiber and a light signal...
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7194296 |
Flexible instrument with optical sensors
A flexible instrument includes a flexible member having a proximal portion, an intermediate portion, and a distal portion. At least one optical sensor positioned proximate the proximal portion of...
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7087013 |
Steerable segmented endoscope and method of insertion
A steerable endoscope has an elongated body with a selectively steerable distal portion and an automatically controlled proximal portion. The endoscope body is inserted into a patient and the...
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7060027 |
Electric bending endoscope apparatus
Driving force of a bending motor is transmitted to a sprocket via a clutch mechanism portion. The operation of a switching operation lever switches the clutch mechanism portion to a...
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7044907 |
Steerable endoscope and improved method of insertion
A steerable endoscope has an elongated body with a selectively steerable distal portion and an automatically controlled proximal portion. The endoscope body is inserted into a patient and the...
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6869396 |
Steerable endoscope and improved method of insertion
A steerable endoscope has an elongated body with a selectively steerable distal portion and an automatically controlled proximal portion. The endoscope body is inserted into a patient and the...
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6846286 |
Endoscope system
An endoscope system is provided, including an endoscope having a flexible inserting tube to be inserted into a human body and a plurality of bending sensors distributed over the flexible inserting...
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6835173 |
Robotic endoscope
An endoscope is provided which comprises an elongated body adapted for insertion into a body lumen, and a plurality of electrically controlled actuators associated with the body which are...
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6770027 |
Robotic endoscope with wireless interface
An endoscope apparatus and method of operating the same. The endoscope apparatus comprises an endoscope portion and a control and display unit. The endoscope portion preferably comprises: (i) a...
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6669629 |
Endoscope system comprising an electrically bendable endoscope
The endoscope system comprises a endoscope in which a bendable portion is motor bendable; an operation switch for giving an instruction as to a bending amount; a motor for bending the bendable...
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6594517 |
Method and apparatus for generating controlled torques on objects particularly objects inside a living body
A method and apparatus for generating a controlled torque of a desired direction and magnitude in an object within a body, particularly in order to steer the object through the body, such as a...
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6551237 |
Centering mechanism for controlling the bending of an electrically bendable endoscope, and an endoscope system
According to the centering mechanism of this invention for an electrically bendable endoscope, the control circuit, in response to an instruction for centering, computes residual bending angles in...
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6203493 |
Attachment with one or more sensors for precise position determination of endoscopes
A locatable endoscope (14) attachment including an attachment (20) connectable to an insertion tube portion of an endoscope for determining the endoscope's (14) position; and one or more sensors...
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5957833 |
Sensor device for spacial imaging of endoscopes
A sensor device and system projects a three-dimensional image of the position of the colonoscope within the gut onto a video screen next to the optical image from the end of the colonoscope. The...
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5492131 |
Servo-catheter
A catheter is guided by directional control inside a bodily passage by a servo-type system which includes a sensor to transmit position, orientation or velocity information to a microprocessor...
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5273025 |
Apparatus for detecting insertion condition of endoscope
An apparatus is provided for detecting an endoscopic inserting condition. The apparatus includes an irradiation arrangement for applying electromagnetic waves to the inside of an organism from...
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5224467 |
Endoscope with direction indication mechanism
In order to confirm the direction of each portion of an image picked up by an endoscope, the endoscope includes a direction indication mechanism detachably mounted on a tip member. This direction...
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5036464 |
Methods of detecting endoscope insertion direction
The method of detecting the direction of insertion of an endoscope includes the steps of a) forming a system of images made of a plurality of picture images which have a different number of pixels...
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4945894 |
Endoscope having X-ray non-transmitting material
An endoscope has an insertion portion to be inserted in a body cavity. Image guide fibers, light guide fibers, and an objective lens are arranged in an outer tube of the insertion portion. An X-ray...
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4933757 |
Electronic endoscope apparatus provided with a movement detecting means
There is disclosed an endoscope apparatus wherein it is judged whether a still picture is to be displayed or not for the movement quantity from a movement detecting circuit wherein difference...
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4930494 |
Apparatus for bending an insertion section of an endoscope using a shape memory alloy
The distal end of an insertion section of an endoscope is divided into a plurality of segments each including a pair of SMA coils which are arranged symmetrically with respect to an axis and...
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4916533 |
Endoscope insertion direction detecting method
The endoscope insertion direction detecting method is to extract the form of a fold existing on the inside wall of an observed part from an endoscope picture image and to judge the direction of...
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4910590 |
Endoscope insertion direction detection method
This endoscope insertion direction detection method comprises the steps of forming from the same endoscope image a plurality of picture images different in the number of pixels (or picture...
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4902129 |
Orientation indicator for a flexible fiberscope or endoscope including method of manufacture
An orientation indicator is disclosed for observing or reading the orientation of the distal end of an endoscope or of a fiberscope having an elongated flexible shaft relative to the proximate end...
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4899731 |
Endoscope
An endoscope disclosed herein is provided with an operating section and an insertion section having a bending section. Bending members, which are formed of a shape memorizable alloy and are for...
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4884557 |
Endoscope for automatically adjusting an angle with a shape memory alloy
An endoscope includes a bending member having a shape memory alloy. A pair of heating current supplying wires and a pair of resistance detecting wires are connected at one end to the ends of the...
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4655257 |
Guide tube assembly for industrial endoscope
A guide tube assembly for an industrial endoscope comprises a multiplicity of tube segments arranged to form therein a long guide bore. A hand actuator is connected to a proximal one of the tube...
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4469091 |
Tactile control device for a remote sensing device
The remote sensing device is added to a fibro-optic illuminating and viewing system such as a colonoscope. The directional sensing device is located in a flexible hood surrounding the distal end of...
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4340302 |
Endoscope with sensor
The present invention discloses a construction of an industrial endoscope with a sensor which is used for measuring the position and the moving direction of a distal end of said endoscope. The...
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4292961 |
Apparatus for automatically controlling the position of endoscopes or similar devices in a cavity
Apparatus for automatically controlling the position of a device in a cavity includes a light emitter and light sensors disposed in a distal end of the device for determining the position of the...
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4286585 |
Bend angle control for endoscope
An endoscope which comprises a distal end portion containing an observation optical system, a flexible tube, a freely bendable section for connecting the distal end portion to the flexible tube and...
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4277168 |
Endoscope with means for detecting rotation of a distal examining end
The present invention discloses an endoscope with means for detecting the direction and angle of rotation of a distal examining end. A guide tube with a mark or a porthole is provided around the...
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4273111 |
Endoscope with bend angle control
An endoscope which comprises a distal end portion (14) containing an observation optical system, a flexible tube (10), and a freely bendable section (12). In the endoscope a plurality of supersonic...
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4176662 |
Apparatus for endoscopic examination
An endoscope is disclosed having a propulsion mechanism and at least one transmitter at the distal end transmitting bursts of energy waves (radio frequency or ultrasonic) for tracking the position...
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3525561 |
DEVICE FOR INDICATING THE ORIENTATION OF THE IMAGE OF AN OBJECT IN A FIBER OPTICAL SYSTEM
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