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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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7553277 |
Endoscope with variable direction of view
An endoscope, comprising an elongated rigid shaft and an optical imaging system arranged at a distal end of the shaft for receiving light from an observation area, wherein the optical imaging...
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7520854 |
Endoscope system allowing movement of a display image
Rotate instructing switches 26, 27, and 28 of an operating remote controller 5 are pressed and then a CPU 12 controls image processing of an image pickup processing portion 8, a direction...
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7285088 |
Endoscope apparatus
An endoscope apparatus comprises: an endoscope in which a bending section is provided in its elongated insertion section; control wires stretching out of the bending section; a drive unit, which is...
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7264588 |
Endoscopic inspection using a flexible sleeve
An endoscopic apparatus including an internal unit, adapted to be advanced into a gastrointestinal tract of a patient so as to enable inspection of the tract, an anchor unit, adapted to be held in...
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7104953 |
Endoscope system
In this invention, a drum around which an insertion portion is wound is integrally housed in a carrying case, and a cylinder for supplying a fluid to a hydropneumatic actuator and a solenoid valve...
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7101362 |
Steerable and shapable catheter employing fluid force
A catheter employing fluid force to steer and/or shape the catheter. In one particular implementation, the catheter includes at least one actuating lumen operably associated with the shaft of the...
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7041053 |
Endoscope provided with a section for bending the endoscope
An endoscope is provided with a centering control section and a centering button. The centering control section is configured to control a bending mechanism in such a manner as to return a bendable...
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7008376 |
Electric bending endoscope
An electric bending endoscope includes a bending portion arranged to an inserting portion and a bending driving unit which bends the bending portion. In the electric bending endoscope, the bending...
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6951537 |
Endoscope of which the bending part is operated by fluid supply or exhaustion
An endoscope whose bending section is moved with supply or discharge of fluid comprises: a fluid-pressure actuator that is included as a bending section in an insertion unit and has fluid chambers...
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6932761 |
Electrically-bent endoscope
An electrically-bent endoscope includes a bend driving portion for bending a bending portion. The bend driving portion has a motor for generating driving force, a gear train for transmitting...
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6899674 |
Endoscope shaft comprising a movable end portion
The present invention relates to an endoscope shaft comprising a movable distal end portion which is bendable by means of an operating device, the distal end portion having at least one...
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6875170 |
Positioning, exploration, and/or intervention device, in particular in the field of endoscopy and/or mini-invasive surgery
The positioning, intervention, and/or exploration device has two endpieces ( 6 a -6 d , 7 ) and at least one cable ( 20 ) extending from one endpiece to the other ( 6 a -6 d , 7 ), it has at least...
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6793622 |
Electric bending endoscope
An electric bending endoscope having a traction-member operating device according to the present invention has traction members each of whose one end portion is fixed to and extends from a distal...
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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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6595914 |
Electric bending endoscope device operating during power failures
The electric bending endoscope device according to the present invention comprises: an endoscope having a bending portion; a bending control mechanism for electrically driving the bending portion...
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6585641 |
Transesophageal probe with variable stiffness
A transesophageal probe with variable stiffness has a probe head connected to a distal end of an endoscope. A flexible tube is secured to the endoscope. Finally, a semi-rigid rod is slidably...
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6547723 |
Fully-swallowable endoscopic system
A fully-swallowable endoscopic system includes a rod-shaped endoscope body which can be swallowed entirely by a patient to be examined so as to be placed in a body cavity, the rod-shaped endoscope...
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6540670 |
Endoscope system
In this invention, a drum around which an insertion portion is wound is integrally housed in a carrying case, and a cylinder for supplying a fluid to a hydropneumatic actuator and a solenoid valve...
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6503194 |
Endoscope shaft comprising a movable distal end
The invention relates to an endoscope shaft comprising a movable distal end portion and an operating device which is operatively connected through the endoscope shaft with the distal end portion...
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6485409 |
Propulsion of a probe in the colon using a flexible sleeve
Endoscopic apparatus which advances within a lumen ( 40 ) includes a probe ( 20 ) having distal and proximal ends and a flexible sleeve ( 26 ) coupled proximally to the probe. The sleeve is...
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6371907 |
Endoscope apparatus driving manipulation wires with drive motor in drum portion
A cylindrical surface on which an insertion portion where a curving portion is provided is wound for containing is formed in a drum portion rotatably supported by a fulcrum. Inside the cylindrical...
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6165123 |
Controllable multi-directional positioning system
A surgical positioning device that includes a body having a first un-stressed configuration and at least one fluid channel to receive a fluid. The at least one fluid channel is constructed and...
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6162171 |
Robotic endoscope and an autonomous pipe robot for performing endoscopic procedures
A robotic endoscope for performing endoscopic procedures in a tubular organ comprising: (a) a plurality of segments, connected together by a plurality of flexible articulated joints, having a...
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6048307 |
Endoscope with a movable frontal end area
An endoscope comprising an endoscope shaft (2) having in the front end portion a movable section, with the endoscope shaft (2) having provided therein at least one miniaturized electric drive...
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5893878 |
Micro traumatic tissue manipulator apparatus
An apparatus for surgically manipulating tissue without causing irreparable damage to the tissue during retention and manipulation is disclosed. The tissue manipulator apparatus includes a shaft...
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5860914 |
Bendable portion of endoscope
A bendable portion for an endoscope includes a bending mechanism which minimizes the bendable portion diameter and allows a large degree of bending. A bending mechanism embodiment uses a shape...
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5704898 |
Articulation mechanism for an endoscope
An articulation mechanism for an endoscope wherein the endoscope has a generally elongated shaft and cables extending between a control head located at the proximal end thereof and an objective...
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5531664 |
Bending actuator having a coil sheath with a fixed distal end and a free proximal end
A bending drive member to bend a bending member is arranged to extend in the direction of length of an elongate tube having flexibility, and attached to near the distal end of the tube with the...
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5400769 |
Electrically bendable endoscope apparatus having controlled fixed bending speed
In response to the operation of a bending operation switch, a controlling circuit switches on/off a plurality of transistors of a driving circuit, controls the polarity of a voltage applied to a...
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5396879 |
Elongate medical instrument with distal end orientation control
A medical device comprises an elongate insertion member such as a catheter or a laparoscopic instrument shaft having a flexible distal end portion, the insertion member being adapted for insertion...
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5343854 |
Device for establishing communication between the interior and exterior of endoscope
A device that establishes communication between the interior and exterior of an endoscope using a communicating valve, and which is hygienic and free from leakage. The device has a valve opening...
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5203319 |
Fluid controlled biased bending neck
A tubular, fluid-controlled bending neck is provided for an elongated flexible probe, such as a video borescope. An elongated tubular elastomeric bladder is fitted to a proximal connector that fits...
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5188111 |
Device for seeking an area of interest within a body
An assembly is provided for seeking an area of interest within a body. The assembly includes an elongated directable member having a distal end for insertion into the body. The distal end includes...
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5181514 |
Transducer positioning system
An endoscope ultrasound probe for use with an ultrasound imaging system in transesophageal echo cardiography comprises a motorized positioning system which provides for automated control of an...
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5179934 |
Endoscope
An endoscope comprises an insertion section, and this insertion section has a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a bendable portion located between the distal and proximal end...
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5159446 |
Electronic endoscope system provided with a separate camera controlling unit and motor controlling unit
At least one controlling unit of a controlling unit for controlling a bending driving motor bending driving a bendable portion, a controlling unit for controlling an advancing and retreating...
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5158086 |
Invasive probe system
An invasive probe system has a hand-held, electrically powered controller acting through a position control cable having a vertebrae-type articulation assembly for connecting to a probe head. The...
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5140975 |
Insertion tube assembly for probe with biased bending neck
An elongated flexible probe has a tubular fluid-controlled bending neck. A connector joins the bending neck to a flexible elongated insertion tube formed of an elastic tubing on which a filament...
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5105819 |
Ultrasound endoscope device
An ultrasonic endoscope device for scanning a patient's organ is constructed using a mobile ultrasonic transducer probe on a carriage housed in a distal and section of the device, within a guide...
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5031510 |
Evacuation spring for hydraulic/pneumatic muscle
A hydraulically or pneumatically actuated muscle has an elongated elastomeric bladder that is covered by a tubular sheath. A fluid conduit is coupled to the bladder to supply hydraulic or pneumatic...
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5018436 |
Folded bladder for fluid dynamic muscle
A hydraulic or pneumatically actuated muscle has an elongated elastomeric tubular bladder covered by a tubular braid. A fluid conduit supplies hydraulic or pneumatic pressure to the bladder to...
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5019121 |
Helical fluid-actuated torsional motor
A hydraulically or pneumatically actuated fluid-dynamic motor has an elongated elastomeric bladder, a braid disposed over the bladder, and a flexible but substantially incompressible spine disposed...
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5014515 |
Hydraulic muscle pump
This invention comprises four hydraulic muscle pumps connected to four hydraulic dynamic muscles in hermetically sealed pairs to transfer tensive forces from a local to a remote location for use in...
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5014600 |
Bistep terminator for hydraulic or pneumatic muscle
A terminator for a hydraulic or pneumatic muscle seals the end of the internal elastomeric bladder and provides direct transfer of force between the external braid and a mechanical device to which...
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5011486 |
Composite nerve guidance channels
Medical devices and methods employing biocompatible polymers and nerve growth-enhancing active factors are disclosed for use as guidance channels for regenerating nerves. The devices are formed...
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4941454 |
Servo actuated steering mechanism for borescope or endoscope
This invention involves a cable bendable borescope in which opposing cable pairs are displaced to deflect the tip of the borescope in the perpendicular planes of motion. A servo motor is connected...
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4941456 |
Portable color imager borescope
A portable steerable borescope has a cable bendable steering section adjacent the viewing head, a servo control mechanism for the actuation cables of the bendable steering section, a joystick for...
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4906230 |
Steerable catheter tip
A catheter sized and adapted to be passed through a tortuous path into a desired location in a human medical patient's body is disclosed. This catheter includes a deflection system, such as a...
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