Patent classifications
A61B1/0004
Systems and methods for accounting for changes in surface topology when scanning a patient's teeth
Systems and methods are provided for preparation of orthodontics and prosthodontics. A method may include scanning a patient's teeth to form first 3D data of the patient's teeth including a removable element that obscures part of the dental surfaces of the patient's teeth and non-obscured tooth surfaces, removing the removable element form the patient's teeth so that the removable element no longer obscures the part of the dental surfaces of the patient's teeth, and scanning the previously obscured part of the dental surfaces of the patent's teeth and the non-obscured tooth surfaces.
Binocular viewing assembly for a surgical visualization system
A surgical device includes a plurality of cameras integrated therein. The view of each of the plurality of cameras can be integrated together to provide a composite image. A surgical tool that includes an integrated camera may be used in conjunction with the surgical device. The image produced by the camera integrated with the surgical tool may be associated with the composite image generated by the plurality of cameras integrated in the surgical device. The position and orientation of the cameras and/or the surgical tool can be tracked, and the surgical tool can be rendered as transparent on the composite image. A surgical device may be powered by a hydraulic system, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference with tracking devices.
Interface for viewing video from cameras on a surgical visualization system
A surgical device includes a plurality of cameras integrated therein. The view of each of the plurality of cameras can be integrated together to provide a composite image. A surgical tool that includes an integrated camera may be used in conjunction with the surgical device. The image produced by the camera integrated with the surgical tool may be associated with the composite image generated by the plurality of cameras integrated in the surgical device. The position and orientation of the cameras and/or the surgical tool can be tracked, and the surgical tool can be rendered as transparent on the composite image. A surgical device may be powered by a hydraulic system, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference with tracking devices.
TUNABLE COLOR-TEMPERATURE WHITE LIGHT SOURCE
A system for medical diagnosis includes a fiber optic cable and a plurality of light emitters optically coupled to a first end of the fiber optic cable. Each light emitter in the plurality of light emitters emits a distinct bandwidth of light. The system also includes a controller electrically coupled to the plurality of light emitters. The controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the controller to perform operations including: receiving instructions including an illumination mode, and adjusting an intensity of the light emitted from each light emitter in the plurality of light emitters to match the illumination mode.
Endoscope apparatus and method of detecting edge
An endoscope apparatus includes a camera and circuitry. The camera is detachably connected to a base of an endoscope adapted to be inserted in a subject and includes a sensor configured to image a subject image captured by the endoscope. The circuitry is configured to process an image captured by the camera and generate a video signal for display, calculate a gain in white balance based on the captured image, and perform mask edge detecting processing for detecting a boundary point between the subject image and a mask area other than the subject image included in the captured image.
Medical scope button system providing user feedback without the need for direct sight or activation test
Systems and methods are provided for improved control feedback of medical scopes. Buttons on a scope include both touch sensors and button press sensors. The touch sensors activate independently of a button press when a mere touch is applied to the button, causing a function indication to be displayed, preferably on the scope video display, showing which function will activate if the button is pressed. Touch indications may also be displayed identifying the button that is pressed. The buttons may be reconfigured along with the function and touch indications. Such a feedback scheme allows improved operation and safety as the operator does not need to look away from the display to identify a button to be pressed.
ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM
An endoscope system includes an endoscope including at least one switch, each of which can be assigned two functions, and a controller. The controller sets a plurality of function pairs, each of which is composed of a combination of any one of a plurality of first functions and any one of a plurality of second functions, and assigns one function pair selected from the plurality of function pairs to the switch, measures a switch pressing time period after the switch is pressed, and executes the first function when the switch pressing is released before a predetermined first time period elapses after the switch is pressed and executes the second function when the switch pressing time period passes the first time period.
Control Method, Control Device and Storage Medium for Magnetic Capsule Endoscope Control System
A control method, a control device and a storage medium for a magnetic capsule endoscope control system is provided. The control method includes: displaying a plurality of control buttons in a first area of a first display screen connected to a local industrial personal computer, wherein each control button issues a corresponding control instruction to instruct a target object to execute a specified operation, and the target object is a drive mechanism, a magnetic capsule endoscope or a camera of a control device; receiving a selection operation on any of the control buttons and controlling the corresponding target object to execute the specified operation; displaying images captured by a camera of the magnetic capsule endoscope in a second area of the first display screen.
MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSOR DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Provided is a medical image processing device, a processor device, a medical image processing method, and a computer-readable medium capable of obtaining a recognition result related to a region of interest and storing and displaying a medical image in which the recognition result matches an intention of an operator.
The medical image processing device includes an image acquisition unit (40) that acquires a medical image (38), an acquired image storage unit (46A) that stores the acquired medical image, a recognition processing unit (42A) that performs recognition processing on the acquired medical image, a user input signal acquisition unit (50) that acquires a user input signal transmitted according to an operation of a user, and a selection unit (48) that selects a medical image from medical images for which a result of the recognition processing related to a region of interest is obtained in a case where the user input signal is acquired.
HAND-HELD, MULTI-BAND IMAGING PEN
A hand-held, multi-band imaging pen is shaped and dimensioned for holding as a pen and has, at least at one end thereof, light sources and image sensors for imaging in white light and in non-white light, can have at the other end at least one light source and one light sensor, and can have a working channel for a medical instrument. The pen includes a wireless transmitter for sending images to an external display and tactile controls for lighting and camera functions.