Patent classifications
A61B6/4441
Surgical robotic platform for operating within the constrained space of an imaging scanner
A surgical robotic platform operates within a constrained space of an imaging scanner in which a patient resides. The platform includes a gross positioning stage configured to be located outside of the constrained space An end-effector having a rotatable shaft is extendable from the gross positioning stage and into the constrained space of the imaging scanner. The shaft has a proximal end operatively coupled to the positioning stage outside of the constrained space and a distal end configured to be located in the constrained space. The distal end has a medical instrument gripper for holding a medical instrument used in a percutaneous procedure. The end-effector further includes a joint arrangement operatively coupling the shaft to the medical gripper for providing motion to the medical instrument gripper for enabling position and/or orientation control of the medical instrument. A drive module controls the joint arrangement.
Puncture-Resistant Radiolucent Operating Surface
A puncture-resistant radiolucent operating surface apparatus includes a flat radiolucent and puncture-resistant surface configured to cover the detector of an intraoperative imaging machine, and downwardly extending sidewall flanges that are connected to said flat surface and that conform to the sides of said detector.
LOCKING AND DRIVE MECHANISMS FOR POSITIONING AND STABILIZATION OF CATHETERS AND ENDOSCOPIC TOOLS
A cannister system for containing a catheter, the cannister including a drive mechanism for driving the catheter from the cannister and into a luminal network of a patient, the cannister including an entrance point for insertion of a tool into the catheter.
Image processing apparatus, X-ray diagnostic apparatus, and image processing method
A medical image-processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry configured to determine a position of a feature point of a device in a first X-ray image, and generate a superimposed image in which a 3D model expressing the device is superimposed on the first X-ray image or a second X-ray image that is acquired later than the first X-ray image. The processing circuitry is configured to superimpose the 3D model on the first X-ray image or the second X-ray image at a position based on the position of the feature point.
Radiography apparatus and method for controlling radiography apparatus
The radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit having an irradiation opening through which radiation is emitted; an image receiving unit that has an image receiving surface receiving the radiation emitted from the irradiation unit; an arm that has one end at which the irradiation unit is rotatably supported and the other end at which the image receiving unit is supported in a posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; a solenoid that locks the rotation of the irradiation unit with respect to the arm in a facing posture in which the irradiation opening and the image receiving surface face each other; and a control unit that permits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation of the irradiation unit is locked and prohibits the moving image capture irradiation in a state in which the rotation is unlocked.
DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING A LOCKING FUNCTION OF AN ADJUSTMENT AXIS OF AN X-RAY C-ARM SYSTEM
A device for implementing a latching function of an adjustment axis of an X-ray C-arm comprises at least two magnetic bodies and two components of the adjustment axis that are movable relative to one another. A first component of the two relatively movable components of the adjustment axis is operatively connected to a magnetic body of the at least two magnetic bodies. A second component of the components of the adjustment axis movable relative to one another is a component of the X-ray C-arm system and the second magnetic of the at least two magnetic bodies is operatively connected to this component.
PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PRESSURE TO BE APPLIED TO A PATIENT DURING A PRE-INTERVENTIONAL IMAGING PROCESS WITH AN IMAGING SYSTEM
A pressure control system for providing an interventional pressure to be applied to a defined area of a patient during a pre-interventional imaging process with an imaging system is provided. Therein, the interventional pressure corresponds to an interventional pressure applied to the defined area of the patient during an intervention via a medical technology device. The pressure control system includes a pressure plate, a force module, and a positioning apparatus. Therein, the force module is configured to apply a force on the pressure plate. Therein, the force on the pressure plate generates the interventional pressure. Therein, the positioning apparatus is configured to position the pressure plate and the force module relative to the patient.
IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOBILE MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM
A console includes a CPU that acquires an image to be processed which is an object to be subjected to a support process that is a diagnosis support process or an imaging support process and selects a support process to be applied to the image to be processed from a plurality of processes of the support process on the basis of a part of a subject which is included in the image to be processed.
IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOBILE MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM
A console of a mobile radiography apparatus includes a CPU that acquires a fluoroscopic image captured by a radiation detector and a visible light image captured by a visible light camera as a moving image related to the capture of the fluoroscopic image of a subject by the mobile radiography apparatus. The CPU extracts a frame to be subjected to a support process, which is a diagnosis support process or an imaging support process, from the moving image. A GPU executes the support process for the extracted frame.
CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM
A console includes a CPU and a GPU. Of the CPU and GPU, the CPU acquires an image to be processed, which is an object to be subjected to a support process that is a diagnosis support process or an imaging support process, and distributes a process to any one of the CPU, the GPU, or another GPU to execute the support process according to the content of the support process executed for the image to be processed.