A wireless endoscope includes: a wireless receiving circuit configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted voice; a first processor configured to process the voice received by the wireless receiving circuit; a light source apparatus configured to generate illumination light to illuminate a subject; an image pickup sensor configured to pick up an image of the subject; a wireless transmission circuit configured to wirelessly transmit an image pickup result of the image pickup sensor; and a second processor configured to control the light source apparatus based on a processing result of the first processor.

Provided is an information processing apparatus (100) that includes: a movement history acquiring section (110) that acquires a movement history, based on an absolute coordinate, of a gazing point of a first user that gazes at a display region, in which the absolute coordinate is in a three-dimensional space displayed in the display region; and a display controller (120) that controls a display unit that displays the display region to visualize, to a second user, the movement history of the gazing point. This allows the gazing point of the first user to be shared with the second user without hiding a target object.

An endoscope system includes an endoscope and an image processing device attached to one another. The image processing device includes at least one processor configured to perform operations of determining an operator's action based on an action signal from an endoscope inserted into a subject body, deciding whether an image is set as a detection target image based on the operator's action and detecting a specific region from the detection target image. The processor performs an operation of determining whether the operator's action at a time of capturing the image is a treatment action to give the subject body a treatment. Furthermore, the processor detects, from the image, a region, which exhibits a specular reflection and whose time change in area and position is large, as a washed region and then determine the operator's action at the time of capturing the image is the treatment action when the washed region is detected.

A head-mounted display device interfaces with a medical device configured to perform an invasive procedure on a patient. The display device includes a frame for mounting on a person's head, a display, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a network, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the frame, the display and the wireless transceiver and receives input data relating to the medical device. The processing circuit retrieves from a memory an instruction relating to the medical device based on the input data and displays the instruction relating to the medical device on the display.

A multifunctional laryngoscope is provided that includes a handle comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a display screen on the handle. The laryngoscope includes a laryngoscope camera at the distal end of the handle and an introducer comprising an orientation sensor at a distal end of the introducer. The laryngoscope includes a processor programmed to execute instructions for receiving from a steering input a steering command in a first reference frame, and mapping the steering command to a second reference frame oriented to the distal end of the introducer based on an orientation signal from the orientation sensor.

Errors in a blended stream that would result in non-display or obscuring of a live video stream from a medical device may be automatically detected, and a failover stream corresponding to the first live video stream may be displayed to medical personnel. For example, one or more second input streams that are being blended may contain no data or invalid data which may result in the blended stream not displaying (or obscuring) the live video stream (if the blended were displayed). Switching from blending to a failover buffer may occur within the time to process a single video image frame. Upon detection (prior to display) that the blended stream would not display the live video stream, display of the live video stream from the failover buffer may be initiated. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

According to one aspect, an endoscope system may include a shaft having a proximal end and a distal portion configured for insertion into a subject. The distal portion may have a distal end. The shaft may also include a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The lumen may be configured to receive an instrument extendable through the lumen of the shaft. The endoscope system may also include a visualization system coupled to the shaft for visualizing a region distal to the distal end of the shaft. The endoscope system may also include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the shaft. The handle may be configured for gripping by a user. The handle may include a shaft control system for controlling operation of the shaft. The handle may also include an instrument control system for controlling operation of an instrument extendable through the shaft.

An endoscope operation section of the present invention includes an operation section having a second longitudinal axis extending in a substantially same direction as a first longitudinal axis of an insertion section, the operation section being configured to be grasped by an operator, a bending operation member, including an axis crossing the second longitudinal axis at an acute angle during nonoperation, and configured to bend the insertion section, a first pedestal section to which a suction operation member is attached, a second pedestal section in which a surface projecting further in the forward direction by a predetermined height than the first pedestal section is formed, the predetermined height being set to a higher position in the forward direction than a position of a suction tube connecting member of the suction operation member, and a pressing operation member provided on the surface of the second pedestal section and pressed and operated.

A colposcope includes an inserter including an elongated body defining an interior space and an image capture device configured to be selectively and slidably positioned within the interior space of the elongated body. The elongated body has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The distal end portion is substantially funnel shaped and has a distal end that includes first and second portions. The first portion includes a base at a first edge of the distal end, and the second portion includes a lip at a second edge of the distal end that is diametrically opposed from the first edge. The lip is positioned further from the proximal end portion than the base.

Fluorescence videostroboscopy imaging is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a controller configured to cause the emitter to emit the pulses of electromagnetic radiation at a strobing frequency determined based on a vibration frequency of vocal cords of a user. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.