An image processing apparatus for determining the aspect of ratio of a planar rectangular region located in three dimensions is provided and is configured to capture a two-dimensional projection of the planar rectangular region located in three dimensions, determine four corners of the rectangular region in the two-dimensional projection, estimate an aspect ratio of the planar rectangular region located in three dimensions based on the four corners of the rectangular region in the two-dimensional projection, and render, via a graphical user display, a rendered rectangular form of the two-dimensional projection of the planar rectangular region located in three dimensions corrected for geometric projection distortions in a rectangular form on the graphical user display, wherein the rendered rectangular form has the estimated aspect ratio.
An image processing apparatus is provided and is configured to generate a second corrected image by using an average first corrected images, extracting one or more regions of the average first corrected images indicative of motion in the exacted image data; combining the extracted one or more regions with the first corrected image; generate a binary mask of the second corrected image, the binary mask having a region indicative of motion replaced using an average of a predetermined number of binary masks; generate a filtered image based on the binary mask of the second corrected image and the second corrected image; generate a third corrected image by performing second image correction processing on the filtered image; and perform blending processing that combines the third corrected image with the first corrected image to generate a final corrected image.
According to the present disclosure, a method and apparatus for automatically laying out buttons in a user interface corresponding to regions in a provided template includes obtaining a template, determining connected regions in the template to be associated with a set of user actions, determining locations of user interface buttons to be shown to the user for each respective connected region, associating the user interface buttons with a set of user actions, drawing the user interface buttons over the template as a user interface, and rendering the user interface.
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing photo-bleaching and/or performing intravascular imaging and/or optical coherence tomography (OCT) while detecting and/or characterizing one or more tissues are provided. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, capsules and needles (e.g., a biopsy needle). Preferably, the intravascular imaging devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums involve photo-bleaching feature(s) and/or include or involve a method, such as, but not limited to, using one or more images to detect and/or characterize the one or more tissues and/or to perform coregistration. Photo-bleached devices or systems may be used for improved imaging, including for fluorescence devices or systems.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 5/02 - Détection, mesure ou enregistrement en vue de l'évaluation du système cardio-vasculaire, p. ex. mesure du pouls, du rythme cardiaque, de la pression sanguine ou du débit sanguin
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A61B 90/30 - Dispositifs pour éclairer une zone chirurgicale, les dispositifs ayant une corrélation avec d’autres dispositifs chirurgicaux ou avec une intervention chirurgicale
THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INCORPORATED (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Athanasiou, Lampros
King, Franklin
Hata, Nobuhiko
Kobayashi, Satoshi
Masaki, Fumitaro
Wollin, Daniel Arthur
Abrégé
Disclosed are a device and a method of autonomous stone ablation during laser lithotripsy, the method including inserting a catheter into a lumen; navigating the catheter through the lumen along an insertion trajectory; obtaining at least one image of an object within the lumen; segmenting the at least one image; determining a size of the object; and in response to the size exceeding or being equal to a predetermined size: defining a region of lasing of the object, aligning a tip of the catheter with the region of lasing, and performing lithotripsy.
A61B 18/24 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci par application de radiations électromagnétiques, p. ex. de micro-ondes en utilisant des lasers le faisceau étant dirigé le long, ou à l'intérieur d'un conduit flexible, p. ex. d'une fibre optiquePièces à main à cet effet avec un cathéter
A61B 18/26 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci par application de radiations électromagnétiques, p. ex. de micro-ondes en utilisant des lasers le faisceau étant dirigé le long, ou à l'intérieur d'un conduit flexible, p. ex. d'une fibre optiquePièces à main à cet effet pour produire une onde de choc, p. ex. lithotritie par laser
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
G16H 40/60 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santéTIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux
A61B 18/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci
THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INCORPORATED (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Masaki, Fumitaro
Kato, Takahisa
Hata, Nobuhiko
Kobayashi, Satoshi
King, Franklin
Ninni, Brian
Wollin, Daniel Arthur
Kibel, Adam Stuart
Abrégé
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for steering a continuum robot through an anatomy, including receiving an identification of a first target location; inserting the continuum robot into the anatomy; steering, during a first navigation, the continuum robot along a first path toward the first target location; storing, in a memory, location data of a plurality of points along the first path; receiving a selection of at least two points of the plurality of points; editing location data of the selected at least two points; and steering, during a second navigation, the continuum robot along a second path toward a second target location, with the second path differing from the first path based on the edit of the location data of the selected at least two points.
A61B 34/00 - Chirurgie assistée par ordinateurManipulateurs ou robots spécialement adaptés à l’utilisation en chirurgie
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INCORPORATED (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Masaki, Fumitaro
Kato, Takahisa
Ninni, Brian
Hata, Nobuhiko
King, Franklin
Abrégé
Examples of autonomous navigation, movement detection, and/or control include, but are not limited to, autonomous navigation of one or more portions of a continuum robot towards a particular target, movement detection of the continuum robot, Follow-The-Leader smoothing, and/or state change(s) for a continuum robot. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio, bronchial, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
G16H 40/60 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santéTIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour le fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux
A catheter kit includes a catheter unit and a catheter case. The catheter unit includes a linear member, a frame guiding the linear member, a first bendable portion that bends when a first linear member of the linear member is driven, and an intermediate portion that supports between the first bendable portion and the frame. An accommodation space that accommodates the catheter unit is provided in the catheter case. A restriction portion is provided in the accommodation space, the restriction portion is used to, when the catheter unit and a base unit including a driving source that drives the linear member are coupled to each other, calibrate a coupled state between the linear member and the driving source.
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing robotic control and/or using force and/or force difference determination(s) to estimate/determine exerted force by using wire force information are provided herein. Examples include, but are not limited to, use with a continuum robot or catheter having at least one independently manipulatable, bendable section for advancement through a passage, without contacting fragile element(s) within the passage, where one or more driving wires of the catheter have force(s) and/or force difference(s) to be determined/estimated. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for bronchial or other medical applications. Techniques provided herein also improve processing, imaging, and catheter control efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
B25J 9/06 - Manipulateurs à commande programmée caractérisés par des bras à articulations multiples
B25J 9/10 - Manipulateurs à commande programmée caractérisés par des moyens pour régler la position des éléments manipulateurs
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
11.
APPARATUS FOR CATHETER INSERTION AND LOCKING DETECTION AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SAME
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for medical applications and, more particularly, a hub attachment collar applicable for safe disconnect of guide tools and devices used in medical procedures, including in robotic medical procedures, with such guide tools and devices including catheters, cameras, and endoscopes.
Disclosed are a robotic apparatus, a catheter and method for use, with a push-pull assembly that includes a pusher hypotube with a distal end extending towards the continuum robot, a proximal end extending towards the controller, and a hollow extending through at least a part of a longitudinal length thereof; a support sleeve with a proximal end slidably maintained within the hollow; and a driving wire with a proximal end affixed to the pusher hypotube and a portion extending through the support sleeve. A deformable member may be positioned within a portion of the hollow that surrounds at least a portion of the driving wire, with the deformable member maintaining at least one of a uniform inner diameter and/or a uniform outer diameter when compressed. The deformable member may be formed of metal with a predetermined pattern that surrounds at least at part of the hub hypotube.
An apparatus including a controller; a bendable device 200 having one or more bending segments, each bending segment being controlled by one or more control wires; and a modular actuator assembly with a plurality of modular actuator elements and a base, wherein each modular actuator element is removably attached to the base and is configured to drive a single control wire.
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
An apparatus can include an actuator configured to move a wire along a longitudinal direction, a tractor that is connected to the wire and is configured to move the wire along the longitudinal direction, a driving unit, a first arm connected to the driving unit that drives the first arm to the longitudinal direction, a board connected to the first arm, a second arm connected to the wire, a plurality of sensors that can include at least a first sensor and a second sensor arranged at a different position from each other along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, at least one positional sensor configured to detect light from the board, a support member configured to support at least one positional sensor, and a breakaway mechanism that can include a breakaway connector configured to connect and disconnect the first arm and the second arm.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 34/00 - Chirurgie assistée par ordinateurManipulateurs ou robots spécialement adaptés à l’utilisation en chirurgie
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
G01B 11/00 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques optiques
15.
MULTI-LAYER OUTER COVER FOR BENDABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
The present disclosure relates to a bendable medical device with a skeleton structure, driving wires, and a multi-layer outer cover. This multi-layer cover includes, from an interior face to an exterior face: an inner polymer tube which contacts the skeleton structure, a mesh tubular structure comprising a mesh which covers the inner polymer tube, and an outer polymer tube which contacts the mesh tubular structure.
A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
A61B 17/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing robotic control and/or for manufacturing and/or using a catheter having a tip are provided herein. Examples of such control, catheter manufacturing and use include, but are not limited to, correction of one or more sections or portions of a continuum robot as the continuum robot is moved. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for bronchial or other medical applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing, imaging, and catheter control efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
Disclosed are a robotic apparatus, a catheter and method for use, with a push-pull assembly that includes a pusher hypotube with a distal end extending towards the continuum robot, a proximal end extending towards the controller, and a hollow extending through at least a part of a longitudinal length thereof; a support sleeve with a proximal end slidably maintained within the hollow; and a driving wire with a proximal end affixed to the pusher hypotube and a portion extending through the support sleeve. A deformable member may be positioned within a portion of the hollow that surrounds at least a portion of the driving wire, with the deformable member maintaining at least one of a uniform inner diameter and/or a uniform outer diameter when compressed. The deformable member may be formed of metal with a predetermined pattern that surrounds at least at part of the hub hypotube.
Disclosed are a robotic apparatus, a catheter and a continuum robot hub for use with same, and a methods for use and manufacture. The continuum robot hub includes a distal end, a proximal end, a section extending from the distal end to the proximal end, and a plurality of hub guide channels that each extend across a distal pitch diameter change and a proximal pitch diameter change along an exterior surface of the section. The distal pitch diameter change extends from the distal end along a first length of the hub, and the proximal pitch diameter change extends from a proximal end of the distal pitch diameter change along a second length of the hub.
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for medical applications and, more particularly, a hub attachment collar applicable for safe disconnect of guide tools and devices used in medical procedures, including in robotic medical procedures, with such guide tools and devices including catheters, cameras, and endoscopes.
An apparatus includes a controller; a bendable device having one or more bending segments, each bending segment being configured to bend, rotate, or translate by pulling or pushing a set of drive wires; an actuator device having a plurality of driving portions, each drive wire being connected to a driving portion, each driving portion having a driving source connected to a force sensor configured to detect force of the drive wire and generate an analog force signal in response to the detected force; one or more ADC, wherein the analog force signals of the set of drive wires are generated and communicated to a single ADC configured to convert the analog force signals to digital force signals, the digital force signals being serially communicated to the controller, wherein the controller drives the driving sources based on the digital force signals.
G01L 1/22 - Mesure des forces ou des contraintes, en général en mesurant les variations de la résistance ohmique des matériaux solides ou des fluides conducteurs de l'électricitéMesure des forces ou des contraintes, en général en faisant usage des cellules électrocinétiques, c.-à-d. des cellules contenant un liquide, dans lesquelles un potentiel électrique est produit ou modifié par l'application d'une contrainte en utilisant des jauges de contrainte à résistance
G01L 5/22 - Appareils ou procédés pour la mesure des forces, du travail, de la puissance mécanique ou du couple, spécialement adaptés à des fins spécifiques pour la mesure de la force appliquée aux organes de commande, p. ex. organes de commande des véhicules, détentes
Disclosed are a multi-part body for supporting a plurality of longitudinal members for operation of a continuum robot, the body including a first part, a first plurality of nodes formed on or through the first part and surrounding a longitudinal axis; a second part; a second plurality of nodes formed on or through the second part and surrounding the longitudinal axis; and grooves formed along a longitudinal axis by joining the first part to the second part and aligning the first plurality of nodes with the second plurality of nodes.
Provided herein is a robot apparatus, system and method of use. The robot system may comprise a bendable body having a plurality of steerable segments, a display, and a controller, where the controller controls actuation of the steerable segments based on an input data. The controller may provide a display that provides information to the user about the various bending modes, and the controller may change the bending mode based on information from the bendable body.
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
A61B 1/018 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments caractérisés par les conduits internes ou par leurs accessoires destinés à recevoir des instruments
A61B 10/04 - Instruments endoscopiques, p. ex. instruments de type cathéther
23.
Flexible PCB Camera for Bendable Medical Apparatus
A flexible PCB camera and a printed circuit board having an active portion, a flexible portion and a connection portion, wherein the flexible portion is located between the active portion and the connection portion, wherein the flexible PCB camera and the printed circuit board are configured to be inserted into the hollow chamber of an articulated medical device for traversing and capturing images through a hollow core of an apparatus that is capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small spaces of a patient to reach a target and illumination of the target for image sensor capture.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
24.
METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A MEDICAL DEVICE
A continuum robot having independently manipulateable bendable section for advancing the robot through a passage, without contacting fragile elements within the passage, wherein the robot incorporates a system, method and apparatus for transitioning between modes for ease of use by a physician, as well as a transitional park mode for ensuring correct manipulation of the continuum robot.
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
An articulated medical device having a hollow core, wherein the device is capable of maneuvering through cavities to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, and once the medical device has reached the target, allowing a medical tool to be guided through the hollow cavity for facilitating medical procedures, including endoscopes, cameras, and catheters, at the target.
An apparatus includes a bendable body including at least a distal bending portion and a proximal bending portion, a first driving mechanism for bending the distal bending portion, a second driving mechanism for bending the proximal bending portion, a controller that controls the first driving mechanism to bend the distal bending portion and controls the second driving mechanism to bend the proximal bending portion, and a receiving unit that receives a command on an amount of bending of part or all of the bending portions. The controller is configured to switch between first control for bending only the distal bending portion according to the command received by the receiving unit and second control for bending the distal bending portion and the proximal bending portion so that the distal bending portion and the proximal bending portion have constant curvature according to the command received by the receiving unit.
A medical apparatus (100) includes a medical device (108) with bending sections and a distal end, at least one imaging device (110) at the distal end, at least one sensor (112), and at least one processor (201) which performs receiving input data input data from user input, the imaging device (110), the sensor (112), or combinations thereof, determining a bending plane and a bending angle of the distal end of the medical device (108), predicting location movement and position of the bending sections based on input data, displaying an image view based on the input data and displaying the predicted location movement and position of the bending sections on the image view.
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
A61B 1/05 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments combinés avec des dispositifs photographiques ou de télévision caractérisés par le fait que le capteur d'images, p. ex. l'appareil photographique, est placé dans la partie de l'extrémité distale
A61B 1/267 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments pour les voies respiratoires, p. ex. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
28.
METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANIPULATING A MEDICAL DEVICE
A continuum robot having at least two independently manipulatable bendable section for advancing the robot through a passage, without contacting fragile elements within the passage, wherein the robot incorporates a system, method and apparatus including a ‘relax mode’ capable of relaxing at least one of the bendable sections, allowing the bendable section to conform to the surrounding anatomy.
A61B 17/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux
A61B 34/00 - Chirurgie assistée par ordinateurManipulateurs ou robots spécialement adaptés à l’utilisation en chirurgie
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A breakaway apparatus (100) according to some embodiments can include an actuator, a medical device, and a breakaway connection coupling the actuator and the medical device, the breakaway connection having an actuator portion on the actuator and a medical device portion on the medical device. The actuator portion can include an actuator support (110), an actuator side ferromagnetic block (116), and a slider element (126). The medical device portion can include a medical device support, a medical device side ferromagnetic block, and a slider element. At least one of the actuator side ferromagnetic block and the medical device side ferromagnetic block includes a magnet, and the actuator is coupled to the medical device by a magnetic coupling force. The actuator will decouple from the medical device when a decoupling force is greater than a predetermined amount.
THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL INCORPORATED (USA)
Inventeur(s)
Masaki, Fumitaro
Ninni, Brian
King, Franklin
Hata, Nobuhiko
Abrégé
A system for, display controller connected to, and a method of, operating a robotic catheter system which is configured to manipulate a catheter having one or more bending segments along the catheter's length and a catheter tip at the distal end thereof, and which includes an actuator unit coupled to the bending segments via one or more drive wires arranged along a wall of the catheter. The method comprising: inserting at least part of the catheter into a lumen along an insertion trajectory that spans from an insertion point to a target; causing the actuator unit to actuate at least one of the one or more drive wires to align the catheter tip with the target; determining the position and/or orientation of the catheter tip with respect to the target; and displaying information about an accuracy of alignment between the catheter tip with respect to the target.
A61B 1/267 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments pour les voies respiratoires, p. ex. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
A61B 34/00 - Chirurgie assistée par ordinateurManipulateurs ou robots spécialement adaptés à l’utilisation en chirurgie
31.
TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION IN ONE OR MORE IMAGES, SUCH AS IN INTRAVASCULAR IMAGES, USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
e.g.e.g., a biopsy needle). Preferably, the intravascular imaging devices, systems methods and storage mediums include or involve a method, such as, but not limited to, using one image, such as a carpet view, to detect and/or characterize the one or more tissues and/or to perform coregistration. Examples of identified or detected tissues include calcium, lipids, and other types of tissue.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 5/02 - Détection, mesure ou enregistrement en vue de l'évaluation du système cardio-vasculaire, p. ex. mesure du pouls, du rythme cardiaque, de la pression sanguine ou du débit sanguin
G16H 30/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement d’images médicales pour le maniement d’images médicales, p. ex. DICOM, HL7 ou PACS
G16H 30/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement d’images médicales pour le traitement d’images médicales, p. ex. l’édition
The device 1 includes a main body drive portion (300) including a plurality of driving sources (M11 to M33), a base unit (200) including a coupling device (21) connected to the main body drive portion, a bendable unit (100) detachably attached to the base unit, and a detection unit configured to detect the coupling portions. In the above configuration, the driving sources are driven, and coupling is detected by sensors.
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
A continuum robot having at least two independently manipulateable bendable section for advancing the robot through a passage, without contacting fragile elements within the passage, wherein the robot incorporates a system, method and apparatus for rapid removal of the catheter in emergency situations. The continuum robot including a first bending section having a distal end and a proximal end wherein the first bending section is bent by at least one wire; a driver that drives the at least one wire; and a controller that controls a driving amount of the wire, wherein, the driver further comprises a safe mode that disengages the driver from the at least one wire.
A robotic catheter system and methods for implementing corrective actions during use thereof. A method comprises: providing a catheter that has one or more bendable segments and a catheter tip, inserting the catheter into a bodily lumen and navigating the catheter through the lumen along an insertion trajectory while an actuation unit applies an actuation force to the one or more bendable segments; recording a navigation parameter in relation to the insertion trajectory while the catheter is moved through the lumen, displaying, on a display, a graphical representation of the navigation parameter relative to a threshold value indicative of a location along the insertion trajectory where a navigation error of the catheter can occur or has occurred; and outputting to the display an interactive user-guide showing one or more than one corrective actions that can be taken to correct and/or prevent the navigation error.
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing intravascular imaging and/or optical coherence tomography (OCT) while detecting and/or characterizing one or more tissues are provided. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, capsules and needles (e.g., a biopsy needle). Preferably, the intravascular imaging devices, systems methods and storage mediums include or involve a method, such as, but not limited to, using one image, such as a carpet view, to detect and/or characterize the one or more tissues and/or to perform coregistration. Examples of identified or detected tissues include calcium, lipids, and other types of tissue.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 5/02 - Détection, mesure ou enregistrement en vue de l'évaluation du système cardio-vasculaire, p. ex. mesure du pouls, du rythme cardiaque, de la pression sanguine ou du débit sanguin
G06V 10/82 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant les réseaux neuronaux
G06V 40/10 - Corps d’êtres humains ou d’animaux, p. ex. occupants de véhicules automobiles ou piétonsParties du corps, p. ex. mains
36.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COREGISTRATION AND MARKER DETECTION, INCLUDING MACHINE LEARNING AND USING RESULTS THEREOF
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums using artificial intelligence application(s) using an apparatus or system that uses and/or controls one or more imaging modalities, such as, but not limited to, angiography, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Multi-modality OCT, near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF), OCT-NIRF, near-infrared auto-fluorescence (NIRAF), OCT-NIRAF, etc. are provided herein. Examples of AI applications discussed herein, include, but are not limited to, using one or more of: AI coregistration, AI marker detection, deep or machine learning, computer vision or image recognition task(s), keypoint detection, feature extraction, model training, input data preparation techniques, input mapping to the model, post-processing, and/or interpretation of output data, one or more types of machine learning models (including, but not limited to, segmentation, regression, combining or repeating regression and/or segmentation), marker detection success rates, and/or coregistration success rates to improve or optimize marker detection and/or coregistration.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 6/00 - Appareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiationsAppareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiations combinés avec un équipement de thérapie par radiations
A61B 6/12 - Agencements pour détecter ou localiser des corps étrangers
A61B 6/46 - Agencements pour l’interface avec l’opérateur ou avec le patient
A61B 6/50 - Appareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiationsAppareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiations combinés avec un équipement de thérapie par radiations spécialement adaptés à des parties du corps spécifiquesAppareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiationsAppareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiations combinés avec un équipement de thérapie par radiations spécialement adaptés à des applications cliniques spécifiques
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
There is provided a navigation system, a medical system, a method of use, and media for using in navigation of a bendable medical device. The system and method comprises a display device and a controller, where the controller is configured to display on the display device an image of a biological lumen imaged from the distal end of a bendable medical device; and a representation of an airway structure. The representation of the airway structure includes: a navigation path through at least a portion of the airways; and a guidance reference plane located perpendicular to navigation path and located at an insertion depth of the distal end of the bendable medical device.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
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One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing robotic control, correction, adjustment, and/or smoothing for a continuum robot are provided herein. Examples of such control, correction, adjustment, and/or smoothing include, but are not limited to, correction of one or more sections or portions of a continuum robot as the continuum robot is moved, state transition(s) or change(s), and path smoothing for a continuum robot. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio, bronchial, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
An apparatus that communicates with an image capture apparatus configured to capture video data is provided. The apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors that, upon execution of the instructions stored in the one or more memories, are configured to receive video data from the image capture apparatus, identify at least one subject in the received video data that is in a predetermined pose, identify a first position on the subject identified as being in the predetermined pose, generate a pose region surrounding the identified subject having the identified first position, generate a search region that includes a portion of the identified subject proximate to the first position, search within the search region for a gesture being performed by the one or more subjects, and execute a processing operation corresponding to the detected gesture.
G06V 40/20 - Mouvements ou comportement, p. ex. reconnaissance des gestes
G06V 10/22 - Prétraitement de l’image par la sélection d’une région spécifique contenant ou référençant une formeLocalisation ou traitement de régions spécifiques visant à guider la détection ou la reconnaissance
G06V 20/40 - ScènesÉléments spécifiques à la scène dans le contenu vidéo
G06V 40/16 - Visages humains, p. ex. parties du visage, croquis ou expressions
40.
MEDICAL APPARATUS WITH SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing robotic control and/or using support structure for avoiding/reducing buckling are provided herein. Examples include, but are not limited to, use with a continuum robot or catheter having at least one independently manipulatable, bendable section for advancement through a passage, without contacting fragile element(s) within the passage, where one or more driving wires of the robot or catheter have a support structure for driving wire kink/buckling prevention. The support structure may extend from a hub to the bendable section(s). Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for bronchial or other medical applications. Techniques provided herein also improve processing, imaging, and catheter control efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
Provided herein is a robot apparatus, system and method of use. The robot system may comprise a bendable body having a plurality of steerable segments and a controller, where the controller controls actuation of the steerable segments based on an input data. In some embodiments, the input data is at least one of: a target bend, or a data representation of target bend. In some embodiments, the input data of operation mode may be the selection of a Distributed bending mode, wherein the controller is configured to move the at least one proximal drive wire and the at least one distal drive wire simultaneously.
An apparatus and control method is provided and controls the issuance of a meeting invitation for an online meeting which allows for meetings to be established and initiated more smoothly. Accordingly the apparatus and method includes receiving a captured video from a camera capturing a meeting room, detecting one or more face regions from the captured video of the meeting room, searching for email addresses corresponding to each of the one or more face regions, obtaining time information regarding the online meeting to be held, and performing control for sending a meeting invitation created based on the time information regarding the online meeting to email addresses corresponding to each of the one or more face regions detected from the captured video of the meeting room.
A steerable device has a hub body; a drive wire with a proximal end extending from the hub body; a support sleeve attached to the drive wire, wherein the support sleeve covers the drive wire at the proximal end to the hub body; an insulated clamp rod with a proximal end and a distal end, and having a bore in the distal end that does not extend to the proximal end; a support sleeve is bonded into the bore; and an actuator having an actuator clamp, wherein, when the actuator clamp engages the clamp rod, a length from the distal end of the clamp rod to the actuator clamp is equal to or greater than a predetermined creepage distance, and wherein, when the actuator clamp engages the clamp rod, the proximal end of the support sleeve does not overlap with the distal end of the actuator clamp.
An apparatus including an articulated medical device having a hollow core, capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small cavities to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, an insertion stage configured to move the articulated medical device along an insertion direction, an arm to support the insertion stage, wherein the arm has at least one height change joint to change a height of the insertion stage, and a support platform, wherein the arm can include a plurality of arm joint locks. The apparatus is capable of manual and robotic manipulation.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
An apparatus is provided and connects to a first server. The apparatus receives a first video stream of a captured image captured by a first camera connected to the first server and receives a second video stream of a part of the captured image captured by the first camera. A participant ID is assigned to the first video stream and a virtual participant ID is assigned to the second video stream.
An apparatus and control method for controlling an online meeting is provided for receiving, from a camera, a captured video of the meeting room, transmitting, via a first server, the captured video of the meeting room to an online meeting client, specifying an ROI (Region Of Interest) in the meeting room, controlling an optical zoom magnification of the camera for capturing a still image of the ROI in the meeting room, and transmitting, via a second server that is different from the first server processing the captured video of the meeting room, the still image that the camera captures after the control for the optical zoom magnification to the online meeting client.
A system for starting multi online meeting having a client, a server, a first meeting control apparatus associated with a first room, and a second meeting control apparatus associated with a second room. The client requests, to the server, to add another meeting control apparatus to the online meeting which the first meeting control apparatus joins. The server provides access information to the second meeting control apparatus to the client in response to the request from the client. The accesses the second meeting control apparatus based on the access information provided by the server and send the meeting ID to the second meeting control apparatus so that the second meeting control apparatus can join the online meeting. The second meeting control performs a verification process to check if a person is in the second room or not. The second meeting control apparatus joins the online meeting and sends an image captured by an image capture apparatus in the second room to the server after the verification process is passed.
An apparatus is provided that includes at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions stored in at least the one memory, is configured to access to a server to inquire status information of an online meeting with a meeting ID, receive the status information which shows if the online meeting is running or not from the server, select a room for starting the online meeting in a case where the online meeting is not running, receive access information to a meeting control apparatus corresponding to the selected room, and send the meeting ID to the meeting control apparatus so that the meeting control apparatus performs a verification process to check if a person is in the selected room or not to start the online meeting with the meeting ID.
An image processing apparatus is provided and includes one or more processors and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to receive a captured video from a camera capturing a meeting room, extract and store a predefined region of the video as extracted image data, generate a first corrected image by performing first image correction processing on the extracted image data to correct noise and generate a binary mask of the first corrected image, generate a filtered image based on the binary mask of the first corrected image and the first corrected image, generate a second corrected image by performing second image correction processing on the filtered image; and perform blending processing that combines the second corrected image with the first corrected image to generate a final corrected image.
A control apparatus for determining an amount of zoom to be applied in an image frame is provided and incudes identifying an imaging target in an image being captured by an image capture device, determining, based on a current imaging condition, an amount of zoom applied by the image capture device ensuring the imaging target is substantially centered in an image frame, modifying the determined zoom amount in response to a determination that that the determined zoom amount would cause the image capture device to exceed a directional movement limit, providing a control command to the image capture device that controls the image capture device to obtain an image of the imaging target using one of the determined amount of zoom or the modified zoom amount, and controlling the image capture device to capture an image of the imaging target at the zoom level included in the control command.
H04N 23/69 - Commande de moyens permettant de modifier l'angle du champ de vision, p. ex. des objectifs de zoom optique ou un zoom électronique
H04N 23/61 - Commande des caméras ou des modules de caméras en fonction des objets reconnus
H04N 23/695 - Commande de la direction de la caméra pour modifier le champ de vision, p. ex. par un panoramique, une inclinaison ou en fonction du suivi des objets
51.
METHODS OF LIMITING POWER TO A PORTABLE/HAND-HELD DEVICE
An articulated medical device having a hollow core, capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small cavities to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, wherein the medical device is capable of manual and robotic manipulation.
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
52.
ROBOTIC CATHETER WITH DISTAL GUIDE RING WITH NOTCH
A steerable medical instrument, such as a catheter or endoscope, comprises a tubular body having non-steerable section and steerable sections arranged from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The tubular body defines a tool channel and a plurality of wire conduits formed along the wall of the tubular body. The steerable section includes wire-guiding members arranged in lengthwise direction alternated with void regions.
Examples of such autonomous navigation, movement detection, and/or control include, but are not limited to, autonomous navigation of one or more portions of a continuum robot towards a particular target, movement detection of the continuum robot, Follow-The-Leader smoothing, and/or state change(s) for a continuum robot. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for gastro-intestinal, cardio, bronchial, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
A61B 1/267 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments pour les voies respiratoires, p. ex. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
54.
AUTONOMOUS PLANNING AND NAVIGATION OF A CONTINUUM ROBOT WITH VOICE INPUT
Examples of such autonomous navigation, movement detection, and/or control include, but are not limited to, autonomous navigation of one or more portions of a continuum robot towards a particular target, movement detection of the continuum robot, Follow-The-Leader smoothing, and/or state change(s) for a continuum robot. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio, bronchial, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 34/32 - Robots chirurgicaux opérant de façon autonome
A61B 90/50 - Supports pour instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. bras articulés
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A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
G02B 23/24 - Instruments pour regarder l'intérieur de corps creux, p. ex. endoscopes à fibres
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A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
55.
DEVICE MOVEMENT DETECTION AND NAVIGATION PLANNING AND/OR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION FOR A CONTINUUM ROBOT OR ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE OR SYSTEM
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing navigation planning, autonomous navigation, movement detection, and/or control for a continuum robot are provided herein. Examples of such planning, autonomous navigation, movement detection, and/or control include, but are not limited to, navigation planning and/or autonomous navigation of one or more portions of a continuum robot towards a particular target, movement detection of the continuum robot, Follow-The-Leader smoothing, and/or state change(s) for a continuum robot. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio, bronchial, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve reduced mental and physical burden and improved ease of use.
A61B 34/32 - Robots chirurgicaux opérant de façon autonome
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
G06T 7/136 - DécoupageDétection de bords impliquant un seuillage
The present disclosure provides a method and server that registers an image capture device to a head-mounted-display's 3-dimensional coordinate system is provided. This includes capturing one or more images of the head-mounted display with the image capture device. At the time of capturing of each of the one or more images, a 3-d pose of the head-mounted display is measured via the head-mounted-display's internal inertial measurement unit in a native coordinate system of head-mounted display. From that, the image capture device's parameters are estimated in the native coordinate frame. Operations associated with this estimation include determining a known physical location on the head-mounted display device and detecting a detected feature point in the one or more images from the image capture device. In certain embodiments, the detected feature point is a 2-d projection onto the image plane corresponding to the known physical location on the head-mounted display.
H04N 13/332 - Affichage pour le visionnement à l’aide de lunettes spéciales ou de visiocasques
H04N 13/363 - Reproducteurs d’images utilisant des écrans de projection
H04N 13/361 - Reproduction d’images stéréoscopiques mixtesReproduction d’images stéréoscopiques et monoscopiques mixtes, p. ex. une fenêtre avec une image stéréoscopique en superposition sur un arrière-plan avec une image monoscopique
A method of assembling a rapid-exchange catheter, includes providing a tubular sheath that is flexible and includes a proximal section, a mid-shaft section and a distal section, the tubular shaft defining a first lumen that extends through the proximal section, the mid-shaft section, and the distal section; providing a rapid exchange segment defining a second lumen that extends from an entry port to an exit port thereof, and having a stub portion formed at an angle with respect to the second lumen; and coupling the tubular sheath and the rapid exchange segment such that the distal section of the tubular sheath and the stub portion of the rapid exchange segment are mated to each other in a lengthwise direction at an angle such that a longitudinal axis of the first lumen and a longitudinal axis of the second lumen are laterally offset from each other by an offset distance.
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing correction, adjustment, and/or smoothing for a continuum robot are provided herein. Examples of such correction, adjustment, and/or smoothing include, but are not limited to, correction of one or more sections or portions of a continuum robot as the continuum robot is moved, Follow-The-Leader smoothing, state transition(s) or change(s), and path smoothing for a continuum robot. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio, bronchial, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
Some devices, systems, and methods obtain a fluoroscopic image and corresponding C-arm positional information of the fluoroscopic image, wherein the fluoroscopic image depicts a distal end of a bendable medical device, and wherein the C-arm positional information indicates a rotation angle of a C-arm of a C-arm scanner; obtain an orientation of the distal end in an image plane of the fluoroscopic image, wherein the image plane is defined in a detector reference frame; obtain an instructed direction; determine, in the image plane, a movement direction of the distal end that corresponds to the instructed direction; map the movement direction from the image plane to a distal-end reference frame of the distal end, wherein the mapping is based on an orientation of the distal end in an intermediate reference frame and on the C-arm positional information; and control the distal end to move according to the mapped movement direction.
A61B 6/00 - Appareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiationsAppareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiations combinés avec un équipement de thérapie par radiations
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
60.
METHODS, APPARATUSES AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR ABLATION PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing ablation planning and/or ablation performance are provided. Examples of applications for such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, lesions and tumors, and such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may be used for radiotherapy applications (e.g., to determine whether to place seed(s) for radiotherapy). Preferably, a medial axis or a center line for a predetermined biological object (e.g., a lesion or tumor) is determined/found, one or more target points are picked along the medial axis or center line, and the ablation or radiotherapy zones are defined and optimized. Security checks may be performed in one or more embodiments to ensure proper use of the equipment and patient information.
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
A61B 18/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci
A61B 18/02 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci par refroidissement, p. ex. techniques cryogéniques
A61B 18/18 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux pour transférer des formes non mécaniques d'énergie vers le corps ou à partir de celui-ci par application de radiations électromagnétiques, p. ex. de micro-ondes
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A61N 5/10 - RadiothérapieTraitement aux rayons gammaTraitement par irradiation de particules
G06T 7/68 - Analyse des attributs géométriques de la symétrie
G16H 20/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées aux thérapies ou aux plans d’amélioration de la santé, p. ex. pour manier les prescriptions, orienter la thérapie ou surveiller l’observance par les patients concernant des thérapies mécaniques, la radiothérapie ou des thérapies invasives, p. ex. la chirurgie, la thérapie laser, la dialyse ou l’acuponcture
G16H 30/40 - TIC spécialement adaptées au maniement ou au traitement d’images médicales pour le traitement d’images médicales, p. ex. l’édition
An apparatus communicates with an image capture apparatus capturing video data includes one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors that, upon execution of the stored instructions, receives video data from the image capture apparatus, searches the received video data for a first gesture performed by one or more subjects in the video data, searches, for a predetermined period, within a detection area including an area where the first gesture is detected, for a second gesture performed by the one or more subjects, wherein the first gesture being different from the second gesture, determines whether a distance between a position of the detected second gesture and a position of a face of a subject performing the second gesture is within a predetermined threshold, and executes a processing operation corresponding to the detected second gesture when it is determined that the distance is within the predetermined threshold.
G06F 3/042 - Numériseurs, p. ex. pour des écrans ou des pavés tactiles, caractérisés par les moyens de transduction par des moyens opto-électroniques
G06F 3/0487 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] utilisant des caractéristiques spécifiques fournies par le périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des fonctions commandées par la rotation d’une souris à deux capteurs, ou par la nature du périphérique d’entrée, p. ex. des gestes en fonction de la pression exercée enregistrée par une tablette numérique
G06V 10/22 - Prétraitement de l’image par la sélection d’une région spécifique contenant ou référençant une formeLocalisation ou traitement de régions spécifiques visant à guider la détection ou la reconnaissance
G06V 10/24 - Alignement, centrage, détection de l’orientation ou correction de l’image
G06V 10/88 - Reconnaissance d’images ou de vidéos utilisant des moyens optiques, p. ex. filtres de référence, masques holographiques, filtres de domaine de fréquence ou filtres de domaine spatial
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62.
STRUCTURE MASKING OR UNMASKING FOR OPTIMIZED DEVICE-TO-IMAGE REGISTRATION
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for performing medical procedure (e.g., needle guidance, ablation, biopsy, etc.) planning and/or performance, and/or for performing registration using at least one mask, are provided. Examples of applications for such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, lesions and tumors, and such devices, systems, methods and storage mediums may be used for radiotherapy applications (e.g., to determine whether to place seed(s) for radiotherapy). The devices, systems, methods and storage mediums provide improved registration results by utilizing at least one mask to suppress one or more artifacts or objects (which may or may not include, but is not limited to, at least one medical instrument or tool) in an image including a portion of the medical guidance device and/or to enhance a region or target of interest in the image.
A61B 5/06 - Dispositifs autres que ceux à radiation, pour détecter ou localiser les corps étrangers
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A61B 90/11 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures pour la chirurgie stéréotaxique, p. ex. système stéréotaxique à cadre avec des guides pour aiguilles ou instruments, p. ex. des glissières courbes ou des articulations à rotule
G06T 7/33 - Détermination des paramètres de transformation pour l'alignement des images, c.-à-d. recalage des images utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
An apparatus includes a wavelength swept light source to generate a measurement beam, a scanner to move the measurement beam on a sample, a measurement device to measure the sample, and a safety device to stop the light source based on sweeping status of the light source.
G01B 9/02004 - Interféromètres caractérisés par la commande ou la génération des propriétés intrinsèques du rayonnement utilisant plusieurs fréquences utilisant le balayage des fréquences
G01B 9/02091 - Interféromètres tomographiques, p. ex. à cohérence optique
A wavelength interrogation apparatus includes an optical fiber with a fiber core and an interference pattern in the fiber core, one or more photodiodes or photo-sensors to convert from a transmittance light of the optical fiber to an electrical signal, and an electrical circuit to generate a pulse with a predetermined duration, wherein the apparatus provides image acquisition at accurate start wavelength. The electrical circuit can include a first amplifier, a first differentiator or high-pass filter, a comparator, and a multivibrator, and can include other components.
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A61B 1/07 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments avec dispositifs d'éclairement utilisant des moyens conduisant la lumière, p. ex. des fibres optiques
A61B 1/313 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments pour l'introduction dans des incisions chirurgicales, p. ex. laparoscopes
A method and system for editing a lumen contour of a tomographic image. A method comprises: receiving image data corresponding to a plurality of tomographic images acquired by an imaging catheter scanning a blood vessel; obtaining, by a processor, an automatically-generated lumen contour of the blood vessel from a tomographic image of the blood vessel; displaying, on a display, the automatically-generated lumen contour overlaid on the tomographic image of the blood vessel; identifying a true lumen edge of the blood vessel in the tomographic image; estimating a percentage of matching between a shape of the automatically-generated lumen contour to a shape of the true lumen edge; and receiving editing operations from a user via a touchscreen interface for editing at least part of the automatically-generated lumen contour based on the estimated percentage of matching. Plural editing modes are available based on the percentage of matching meeting one or more thresholds.
An apparatus and control method for controlling an online meeting is provided for receiving, from a camera, a captured video of the meeting room, transmitting, via a first server, the captured video of the meeting room to an online meeting client, specifying an ROI (Region Of Interest) in the meeting room, controlling an optical zoom magnification of the camera for capturing a still image of the ROI in the meeting room, and transmitting, via a second server that is different from the first server processing the captured video of the meeting room, the still image that the camera captures after the control for the optical zoom magnification to the online meeting client.
An apparatus and method is provided to obtain, from an image capture device, an image of a user wearing a head mount display device, obtain first orientation information from the head mount display device, estimate second orientation based on the obtained image, determine an offset between the first orientation information and the second orientation information, and use the determined offset to align a coordinate system of the image capture device and a coordinate system of the head mount display.
G06T 7/33 - Détermination des paramètres de transformation pour l'alignement des images, c.-à-d. recalage des images utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
G06T 7/73 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras utilisant des procédés basés sur les caractéristiques
An information processing apparatus and method is provided and includes one or more memories storing instructions and storing a data structure representing a set of candidate images and feature information about each image in the candidate set of images; and one or more processors that, upon execution of the instructions, are configured to search the data structure for a target image having feature information, determine whether the feature information satisfies a predetermined criteria, select the target image satisfying the predetermined criteria; and transmit the selected image to a secondary application.
H04N 13/344 - Affichage pour le visionnement à l’aide de lunettes spéciales ou de visiocasques avec des visiocasques portant des affichages gauche et droit
G06F 3/01 - Dispositions d'entrée ou dispositions d'entrée et de sortie combinées pour l'interaction entre l'utilisateur et le calculateur
70.
FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE CALCULATION METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for optical imaging medical devices, such as, but not limited to, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), single mode OCT, and/or multi-modal OCT apparatuses and systems, and methods and storage mediums for use with same, for viewing, controlling, updating, and emphasizing one or more imaging modalities and/or for calculating one or more Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) values or measurements are provided herein. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, and endoscopes. Techniques provided herein improve processing and imaging efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and achieve imaging devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden, that cost less, and that improve ease of use.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 5/021 - Mesure de la pression dans le cœur ou dans les vaisseaux sanguins
A61B 5/107 - Mesure de dimensions corporelles, p. ex. la taille du corps entier ou de parties de celui-ci
G16H 50/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicalesTIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour le diagnostic assisté par ordinateur, p. ex. basé sur des systèmes experts médicaux
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G16H 50/50 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicalesTIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour la simulation ou la modélisation des troubles médicaux
71.
Devices, systems, and methods for printhead cleaning and diagnostics
Some embodiments of a device comprise a cleaning-fluid-supply reservoir; a cleaning-fluid-supply conduit; one or more electrical connectors that are configured to be attached to a printhead and supply electrical signals to the printhead; one or more memories; and one or more processors that are in communication with the one or more memories. Also, the one or more processors cooperate with the one or more memories to cause the device to perform operations that include supplying cleaning fluid from the cleaning-fluid-supply reservoir, through the cleaning-fluid-supply conduit, to the printhead, and while supplying the cleaning fluid to the printhead, sending a signal to the printhead, through the one or more electrical connectors, to activate one or more piezo-electric actuators of the printhead.
A method and apparatus for performing image replacement is provided and includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors that, upon execution of the instructions, are configured to receive first images of a user during a precapture process, receive second images of a user, the second images of the user having a portion thereof blocked by a wearable device, determine orientation and position of the wearable device to identifying a location of the wearable device in the received second images, perform region swapping on the second images by replacing the blocked portion of the user with corresponding regions obtained from the first images; and generate, for output to a display on the wearable device, third images comprised of the second images and the first images.
An information processing apparatus and method is provided and comprises one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to extract a portion of the identified replacement region in 3D source image, align a target 3D replacement image with the corresponding extracted region of the 3D source image, and generate an updated 3D image having the target 3D replacement image in the replacement region.
A multimodality system includes first and second modalities, an optical probe, a detector, and a phantom with a known fluorescence, wherein the phantom would be used for calibration of the catheter providing accurate NIRAF values to the user using the phantom to calibrate an optical probe's measured NIRAF signal to the known fluorescence of the phantom.
A multimodality system includes first and second modalities, an optical probe, a detector, and a sheath with a known fluorescence phantom, wherein the phantom would be used for calibration of the catheter providing accurate NIRAF values to the user using the sheath phantom to calibrate an optical probe's measured NIRAF signal to the known fluorescence of the phantom.
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing robotic control and/or for performing localization and lesion targeting are provided herein. Examples of such control, localization and lesion targeting include, but are not limited to, correction of one or more sections or portions of a continuum robot as the continuum robot is moved and performing localization and lesion targeting in a bronchial pathway using a continuum robot. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for bronchial applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve processing, imaging, and lesion targeting efficiency while achieving images that are more precise, and also achieve devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums that reduce mental and physical burden and improve ease of use.
A61B 34/32 - Robots chirurgicaux opérant de façon autonome
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
A61B 1/267 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments pour les voies respiratoires, p. ex. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
A61B 34/10 - Planification, simulation ou modélisation assistées par ordinateur d’opérations chirurgicales
77.
PARAMETRIC CONTOUR MAP VISUALIZATION FOR NEEDLE GUIDE SYSTEM
Disclosed herein are planning, navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive image-guided percutaneous intervention in which the planning method and system use patient-specific pre-operative images and instrument-specific parameters to generate a planned insertion path. A system includes a needle guide device that interfaces with a computing device to guide a needle-like probe towards target location within an anatomy of a subject. The computing device includes a processor configured to receive volumetric image data of the anatomy of the subject, and data about parameters of the needle guide device. One or more algorithms executed by the processor provide direct visualization of a parametric contour map superposed on an image of the patient's skin surface. A user can choose an optimal insertion point for the planned insertion path based the parametric contour map.
A61B 34/20 - Systèmes de navigation chirurgicaleDispositifs pour le suivi ou le guidage d'instruments chirurgicaux, p. ex. pour la stéréotaxie sans cadre
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for optical imaging medical devices, such as, but not limited to, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), single mode OCT, and/or multi-modal OCT apparatuses and systems, and methods and storage mediums for use with same, for viewing, controlling, updating, and emphasizing imaging modalities, for performing angio delay determination to find relative delay difference(s) between angio image(s) and another modality image(s), and/or for performing synchronization technique(s) are provided herein. One or more embodiments provide at least one intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI), method, device, apparatus, system, or storage medium to comprehend information, to improve or maximize accuracy in one or more images and to perform angio delay (or delay time) determination and/or synchronization. In addition to controlling one or more imaging modalities, the GUI may operate for one or more applications, including, but not limited to, angio delay measurement(s), synchronization, co-registration, and imaging.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 6/00 - Appareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiationsAppareils ou dispositifs pour le diagnostic par radiations combinés avec un équipement de thérapie par radiations
A medical device includes a flexible member having a hollow cavity extending between a proximal end and a distal end, an optical fiber extending through the hollow cavity, and a potting material to secure/pot the optical fiber to the distal end to inhibit damage of the distal end. The potting material can be an adhesive, such as a UV curable adhesive or dual-cure adhesive. The medical device can be stripped or a buffered optical fiber, and can include a spacer, wherein the optical fiber can be fused to the spacer, and potted in the distal end. The medical device can have a rebuffer heat shrink tube surrounding the area of the optical fiber on a guidewire, and can have distal optics at the distal end that include at least a spacer, a lens and a reflector. The medical device can be a disposable catheter, and an MMOCT catheter.
There is provided medical devices and methods of use. The medical device comprising: an elongated tube; a balloon disposed over the elongate tube having at least one drug and at least one fluorescent agent on an outer surface of the balloon; an optical probe at the distal end of the elongate tube comprising an optical fiber configured to guide illumination light coming from a light source and an optical member configured for fluorescence imaging; and one or more detectors configured for fluorescence detection. The probe may comprise an optical probe for fluorescence imaging, and optionally an additional probe component for structural imaging or physiological sensing. The method can be particularly useful for determining whether sufficient dose of a drug has been transferred from a balloon to the lumen.
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A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 8/12 - Diagnostic utilisant des ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonores dans des cavités ou des conduits du corps, p. ex. en utilisant des cathéters
A61K 45/06 - Mélanges d'ingrédients actifs sans caractérisation chimique, p. ex. composés antiphlogistiques et pour le cœur
81.
SYSTEM, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR RELIABLE URETEROSCOPES AND/OR FOR IMAGING
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing imaging and/or visualization and/or for performing lithotripsy are provided herein. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating, and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for ureteral, Gastro-intestinal, cardio, bronchial, and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, ureteroscopes, endoscopes, and bronchoscopes. Techniques provided herein also improve image processing and efficiency and provide reliable imaging techniques that may be used for one or more applications, including, but not limited to, ureteroscopy and lithotripsy, while reducing mental and physical burden and improving ease of use.
G06T 19/00 - Transformation de modèles ou d'images tridimensionnels [3D] pour infographie
A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
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An imaging guidewire comprises a first hypotube assembly that forms a guidewire body comprised of a first hypotube, a window attached to the first hypotube, and a flexible tip attached to the window. A second hypotube assembly forms an imaging core comprised of a second hypotube, one or more optical fibers arranged along an inner surface of the second hypotube, and a proximal connector attached to a proximal end of the second hypotube. The proximal connector is configured to connect the imaging core to a patient interface unit, wherein the second hypotube is nested inside the first hypotube, such that to acquire an image of a vessel region, the second hypotube is pulled back and pseudo rotated, or only pulled back, with respect to the first hypotube, while the one or more core optical fibers scan the vessel region with light of one or more wavelengths transmitted through the window.
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A61B 1/00 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments
A61B 1/07 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments avec dispositifs d'éclairement utilisant des moyens conduisant la lumière, p. ex. des fibres optiques
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
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Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for spectrally encoded endoscopy ghost noise reducton
An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor that executes instructions stored in the memory to receive an input image based on image data, execute noise reduction processing on the image data, and output noise-reduced output data based on a result of the noise reduction processing, wherein the noise reduction processing calculates a value using reference pixels based on a first frequency range, and subtracts a value using pixels based on a second frequency range.
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09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Digital out-of-home advertising services, namely, provision of digital advertising space and placing advertisements for others on digital screens located on printers and multifunctional office equipment; Development, operation and administration of digital signage systems and digital advertising systems for others, namely, providing advertising space by electronic means and global computer information networks Digital signage; digital signage for corporate communications and internal messaging
85.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED VIEWS IN AN ONLINE MEETING
A server is provided for a remote meeting conducted between a plurality of clients connected via a network. The server includes one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to store, in one or more memories, user id information of a client participating to the remote meeting and a video of the client, associated with each other; store, in one or more memories, a video captured by a predetermined camera and virtual user id information, associated with each other; and transmit, to a client participating to the remote meeting, the video associated with the user id information and the video associated with the virtual user id information.
A server is provided and includes one or more processors and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to receive from a communication apparatus a request for activation of an online meeting service, provide, upon receiving the request for activation, a predetermined software program to another server such that the another server is able to provide a predetermined functionality regarding the online meeting service, obtain, from the another server, location information to be accessed to use the predetermined functionality regarding the online meeting service, and provide the location information to the communication apparatus.
A method and information processing apparatus for providing feedback during an image capture process is provided and includes displaying, on a display device, a first image capture region including a plurality of cells that identify an area of an image being captured by an image capture apparatus, determining an orientation of an object in the image being captured, displaying, on the display device and within the image capture region, an orientation indicator representing the determined orientation of the object, and continually updating the display of the first image capture region to indicate areas of the image capture region from which at least one image has been captured based on the movement of the orientation indicator as the orientation of the object in the image being captured is moved.
A conveying apparatus for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including an actuator for conveying the mold, a first rotating body, and a second rotating body, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body are configured to support a bottom surface of the mold, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body assist in guiding conveyance of the mold by the actuator, wherein the first rotating body is positioned closer to a fixed platen of the injection molding machine in an axial direction of the first rotating body than the second rotating body, and wherein an improvement of the conveying apparatus is that a length in an axial direction of the second rotating body is longer than a length in the axial direction of the first rotating body.
One or more devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums for performing self-diagnosis using one or more imaging modalities are provided herein. Examples of applications include imaging, evaluating and diagnosing biological objects, such as, but not limited to, for Gastro-intestinal, cardio and/or ophthalmic applications, and being obtained via one or more optical instruments, such as, but not limited to, optical probes, catheters, capsules and needles (e.g., a biopsy needle). Devices, systems, methods, and storage mediums may include or involve a method, such as, but not limited to, for determining status or health (such as optical health) of a rotary joint of an apparatus/system and/or of the apparatus/system. A device, system, method, or storage medium may perform self-diagnosis or diagnosis to minimize, reduce, and/or avoid optical failures, rotary joint failures, or apparatus/system failures and to have a robust method(s) of determining the health of the rotary joint and/or the apparatus or system.
An optical connection system comprises a fiber optic connector, a fiber optic adapter, and a guide sleeve. The guide sleeve is coupleable with the fiber optic adapter and includes a plurality of flexible members configured to guide the fiber optic connector into the fiber optic adapter to engage the fiber optic connector with the fiber optic adapter.
G02B 6/38 - Moyens de couplage mécaniques ayant des moyens d'assemblage fibre à fibre
A61B 1/05 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments combinés avec des dispositifs photographiques ou de télévision caractérisés par le fait que le capteur d'images, p. ex. l'appareil photographique, est placé dans la partie de l'extrémité distale
91.
APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LASER SAFETY INTERLOCK FOR CATHETER
The present patent application aims to teach imaging apparatus, methods, and systems for providing a laser safety interlock for at least one optical probe in the apparatus. The interlock mechanism ensures the lasers are off when the optical probe is not spinning to reduce the laser hazard.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
A61B 1/06 - Instruments pour procéder à l'examen médical de l'intérieur des cavités ou des conduits du corps par inspection visuelle ou photographique, p. ex. endoscopesDispositions pour l'éclairage dans ces instruments avec dispositifs d'éclairement
92.
APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LASER SAFETY INTERLOCK BYPASS FOR CATHETER
The present patent application aims to teach imaging apparatus, methods, and systems for providing a laser safety bypass for at least one optical probe in the apparatus, wherein the bypass interface for connection with a bypass, which when connected, disables the laser interlock.
A61B 5/00 - Mesure servant à établir un diagnostic Identification des individus
A61B 90/00 - Instruments, outillage ou accessoires spécialement adaptés à la chirurgie ou au diagnostic non couverts par l'un des groupes , p. ex. pour le traitement de la luxation ou pour la protection de bords de blessures
An apparatus is provided that configures one or more processors to obtain a plurality of photos, group the plurality of photos into groups and identify one or more photos as candidates to remove from among the plurality of photos wherein at least one group has two or more photos that are not the candidates to remove. A control operation is performed to display on a display a screen representing, for each group, one or more photos that are candidates to remove and one or more photos that are not the candidates to remove in distinguishable from each other. In certain embodiments, the grouping is performed based on a similarity and capture time of each photo being analyzed and, in some instances, two or more photos are grouped into a same group when the photos are captured in a consecutive capture mode.
G06V 10/98 - Détection ou correction d’erreurs, p. ex. en effectuant une deuxième exploration du motif ou par intervention humaineÉvaluation de la qualité des motifs acquis
G06V 10/74 - Appariement de motifs d’image ou de vidéoMesures de proximité dans les espaces de caractéristiques
G06F 3/04845 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] pour la commande de fonctions ou d’opérations spécifiques, p. ex. sélection ou transformation d’un objet, d’une image ou d’un élément de texte affiché, détermination d’une valeur de paramètre ou sélection d’une plage de valeurs pour la transformation d’images, p. ex. glissement, rotation, agrandissement ou changement de couleur
G06F 3/0482 - Interaction avec des listes d’éléments sélectionnables, p. ex. des menus
G06V 20/30 - ScènesÉléments spécifiques à la scène dans les albums, les collections ou les contenus partagés, p. ex. des photos ou des vidéos issus des réseaux sociaux
94.
LABEL-DEPENDENT LOSS FUNCTION FOR DISCRETE ORDERED REGRESSION MODEL
A processing apparatus is provided that is configured to perform operations including obtaining a plurality of images having been evaluated by different sources such that each source has classified each of the plurality of image as being a member of one of a predefined class, generating a distribution array identifying a number of times each image of the plurality of images has been classified into each of the predefined classes, generating, for each predefined class, a loss function based on the ratio of a number of images in other classes of the predefined classes to a number of images to this predefined classes, providing the generated loss function for each predefined class as evaluation parameters to a model, and using the generated loss function to determine that the model classifies raw image data as being a member of one of the predefined classes according to a predetermined accuracy threshold.
G06V 10/766 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la régression, p. ex. en projetant les caractéristiques sur des hyperplans
G06V 10/776 - ValidationÉvaluation des performances
G06V 10/764 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la classification, p. ex. des objets vidéo
95.
USING LUMINANCE DISTRIBUTIONS TO DETECT BEST AREAS OF AN IMAGE FOR PREDICTION OF NOISE LEVELS
An image processing apparatus and method are provided whereby one or more memories stores instructions which, when executed by one or more processors configures the one or more processors to perform operations including obtaining image data stored in memory of a processing device, defining one or more regions of the image to be processed based on luminance values of the region, providing, as input data, the one or more defined regions of the image to an classifier that has been trained to use image data to estimate noise in an image to output a prediction that the input data is in a first class or a second class, calculating an average by predicted class, and labeling the obtained image as the first class or second class based on the calculated average.
An image processing apparatus and method are provided which obtains an image captured by an image capture device and stored in a memory, extracts one or more regions of interest in the obtained image, normalizes the extracted one or more regions of interest to be at a same scale or some predefined scales, extract the frequency information of regions of interest, determines a sharpness of the obtained image by aggregating the frequency information in each of the one or more extracted regions of interest, and labels the obtained image with the determined sharpness score.
G06V 10/42 - Extraction de caractéristiques globales par l’analyse du motif entier, p. ex. utilisant des transformations dans le domaine de fréquence ou d’autocorrélation
G06V 10/25 - Détermination d’une région d’intérêt [ROI] ou d’un volume d’intérêt [VOI]
G06V 10/32 - Normalisation des dimensions de la forme
G06V 10/98 - Détection ou correction d’erreurs, p. ex. en effectuant une deuxième exploration du motif ou par intervention humaineÉvaluation de la qualité des motifs acquis
G06V 20/70 - Étiquetage du contenu de scène, p. ex. en tirant des représentations syntaxiques ou sémantiques
97.
USING ACTIVATION MAPS TO DETECT BEST AREAS OF AN IMAGE FOR PREDICTION OF NOISE LEVELS
An image processing apparatus is provided which obtains and provides image data at a first scale as input to a first classifier trained based on images in the first scale to classify the image data in a first class or a second class, outputs, from the first classifier, activation map data and image array data, obtains at least target region of the image data at the first scale based on output of a second classifier that uses the activation map data and image array data from the first classifier, maps the at least one target region to image data at a second scale, extracts target region image data from each of the at least one target region of the image data at the second scale and classifies, as a first type of image or a second type of image.
G06V 10/764 - Dispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant la classification, p. ex. des objets vidéo
A server is provided and comprises one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to receive a series of images including at least one user captured by an image capture apparatus and provide a user interface that enables initiation of an online meeting in response to detecting, in the received series of images, that one of the at least one users has performed a predetermined gesture indicative of the user being physically present in a particular space.
An image processing apparatus for determining the aspect of ratio of a planar rectangular region located in three dimensions is provided and is configured to capture a two-dimensional projection of the planar rectangular region located in three dimensions, determine four corners of the rectangular region in the two-dimensional projection, estimate an aspect ratio of the planar rectangular region located in three dimensions based on the four corners of the rectangular region in the two-dimensional projection, and render, via a graphical user display, a rendered rectangular form of the two-dimensional projection of the planar rectangular region located in three dimensions corrected for geometric projection distortions in a rectangular form on the graphical user display, wherein the rendered rectangular form has the estimated aspect ratio.
G06F 3/0484 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] pour la commande de fonctions ou d’opérations spécifiques, p. ex. sélection ou transformation d’un objet, d’une image ou d’un élément de texte affiché, détermination d’une valeur de paramètre ou sélection d’une plage de valeurs
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Apparatus and method for managing an online meeting
A communication apparatus is provided and is configured to send an access request to a meeting control apparatus providing control functions for the online meeting; generate a client ID after passing authentication process executed according to the access request; send a connection request including the client ID to the meeting control apparatus, and control, after connecting between the communication apparatus and the meeting control apparatus based on the connection request, the online meeting using the control functions provided by the meeting control apparatus.
