A device and method for treating disease involves inserting a scope into a patient's body, the scope having a light source, a camera and a cartridge connected thereto. The cartridge has two chambers separated by membrane, a first one of the chambers containing a virus, and a second one of the chambers being connected to a plurality of microneedles configured for extending into the patient's tissue upon insertion of the scope. Cells from the patient are removed via suction from the microneedles and are deposited in the second chambers. The membrane is then broken to mix the virus with the cells to infect the cells, and the infected cells are then transported back into the patient to treat the disease.

An endoscopic deployment device includes a body mountable on an endoscopic device, the body having a movable carrier couplable to an end effector device, the end effector device having an end effector shaft covered by an outer sheath and an end effector extending from a distal end of the end effector shaft, the outer sheath being sized and shaped for insertion through a working channel of the endoscopic device, the body having a carrier channel for the carrier to slide therein, wherein the end effecter is actuatable between an open position and a closed position; and a motor having a drive shaft coupled to the carrier, rotation of the drive shaft sliding the carrier in the carrier channel and actuating the end effector in response to a signal from one or more actuation buttons; wherein at least one vibration motor generates vibrations as an angular position of the motor changes.

Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for performing robotic surgery, including a surgical robot having a plurality of robotic arms, an image capture device operably coupled to a first one of the plurality of robotic arms and a light source, a surgical tool operably coupled to a second one of the plurality of robotic arms and a light sensor, and a computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to determine whether the light sensor coupled to the surgical tool is detecting at least a predetermined amount of light emitted by the light source coupled to the image capture device, and provide a notification when it is determined that the light sensor coupled to the surgical tool is not detecting at least the predetermined amount of light emitted by the light source coupled to the image capture device.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image diagnosis assistance apparatus, an endoscope system, and an image diagnosis assistance method that are capable of appropriately performing reporting by using screen display and audio. An image diagnosis assistance apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an image acquiring unit that acquires a chronological medical image, a recognizing unit that performs recognition of a region of interest in the acquired medical image, a reporting unit that performs reporting of a result of the recognition by using screen display and audio, and a determining unit that makes a determination on an examination status. The reporting unit performs reporting by using the screen display regardless of a result of the determination, and performs reporting by using the audio in either of a first mode of using audio having a first reporting level and a second mode of using audio having a second reporting level lower than the first reporting level, in accordance with a result of the determination.

An endoscope handpiece and system may include an angle of view selector, a depressible button, which may be connected to a lock disposed within a port of the endoscopic handpiece. The system may further provide an endoscope, which may be connected to the handpiece via the port and locked in place by the lock.

Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where the elongate probe includes an atraumatic tip and where the atraumatic tip includes one or more of a loop, a curl, coil, a flexible distal tip section, a steerable distal tip section, a distal tip section configured to transition away from a first shape toward a second shape upon insertion of the elongate probe within the patient. The optical fiber includes sensing core fibers configured to facilitate a determination of a physical state of the elongate probe. The elongate probe is also configured to project illuminating light away from a distal end and receive imaging light at the distal end.

An endoscope system includes a correction-value calculating unit that calculates a correction value of data to be used for calculation of the biological information or the like; an index-value calculating unit that calculates one type of index value or a plurality of types of index values to be used as a determination reference for determining whether, for example, the correction value is to be calculated; a determination unit that determines, by using the one type of index value or the plurality of types of index values, whether an endoscope image is appropriate for correction; and a correction unit that, if the determination unit determines that the endoscope image is appropriate for correction, corrects the endoscope image, the biological information, or the data by using the correction value calculated by using the endoscope image that has been determined to be appropriate for correction.

Apparatuses and methods for imaging objects in cardiovascular system are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a catheter configured to traverse a blood vessel. The catheter includes: a flushing fluid inlet configured to inject a flushing fluid into the blood vessel; a flushing fluid outlet configured to evacuate the flushing fluid from the blood vessel; and an imaging module configured to image an object in the blood vessel. A first volumetric flow of the flushing fluid into the blood vessel and a second volumetric flow of the flushing fluid out of the blood vessel are synchronized to maintain a pressure in the blood vessel below a predetermined threshold.

A medical image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a medical image, a classifier that classifies the medical image or a region of interest included in the medical image into any of two or more classes based on a feature amount obtained from the medical image, a reliability calculation unit that calculates reliability of a classification result of the medical image or the region of interest from the classifier, and a confirmation unit that confirms the classification result of the medical image or the region of interest based on the calculated reliability.

A device and method for treating disease involves inserting a scope into a patient’s body, the scope having a light source, a camera and a cartridge connected thereto. The cartridge has two chambers separated by membrane, a first one of the chambers containing a virus, and a second one of the chambers being connected to a plurality of microneedles configured for extending into the patient’s tissue upon insertion of the scope. Cells from the patient are removed via suction from the microneedles and are deposited in the second chambers. The membrane is then broken to mix the virus with the cells to infect the cells, and the infected cells are then transported back into the patient to treat the disease while some cells are removed and stored separately for later use.