According to one embodiment, a balloon catheter includes a balloon located at a distal end of the balloon catheter. The balloon includes a first transferrable marking and a second transferrable marking on an exterior surface of the balloon. The first transferrable marking includes a partially IR-transmittable marking material. The second transferrable marking includes an IR-transmittable marking material. An OCT probe including the balloon catheter and a method of using the OCT probe are also disclosed.

Markers and related systems and methods are provided for localizing lesions within a patient's body, e.g., within a breast. The marker includes one or more photosensitive diodes for transforming light pulses striking the marker into electrical energy, one or more antennas, and a switch coupled to the photodiodes and antennas such that the light pulses cause the switch to open and close and modulate radar signals reflected by the marker back to a source of the signals. The antenna(s) may include one or more wire elements extending from a housing, one or more antenna elements printed on a substrate, or one or more chip antennas. Optionally, the marker may include a processor coupled to the photodiodes for identifying signals in the light pulses or one or more coatings or filters to allow selective activation of the marker.

Dual mode marker and tracer detection system A non-imaging detection system for locating markers or tracers in the body having a common base unit (1) and at least two detection probes, a first detection probe (4) uses a first non-imaging detection technology to detect an implantable marker (8) for lesion localisation and a second detection probe (3) uses a second different, non-imaging detection technology to detect an implantable tracer (9) for lymph node detection, wherein the base unit is capable of receiving detection signals and providing detection information to a user from both probes.

Insertion devices, systems, and methods for inserting a needle into a target tissue in an individual in need thereof are disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are needle cartridges comprising a needle, a plate, and a needle holder. Also disclosed herein are methods of introducing a catheter into a target tissue in an individual in need thereof.

The invention relates to video glasses and a stereoscopic microscope with video glasses for use in microsurgical procedures. The video glasses comprise a support device configured to fasten the video glasses to a head of a user, an image display unit for outputting images, a joint with a rotational axis, which connects the support device with the image display unit rotationally about the rotational axis between an operating position, in which the image display unit is arranged in front of the eyes of the user and images can be displayed to the user, and a rest position, in which the image display unit is arranged upwards out of the visual field of the user, and a locking device. The locking device comprises a latching device and a catch arranged to let the latching device upon rotation in a rotational direction about the rotational axis engage the catch in a holding position and to release the latching device from the catch upon further rotation in the rotational direction, and wherein a rotation in the opposite rotational direction beyond the holding position is impeded as long as the latching device is engaged in the catch.

Improvements for use with tissue expanders are provided. A tissue expander includes: a selectively inflatable and deflatable shell that is configured to be implanted; and an access port for selectively inflating and deflating the shell, the access port comprising a sidewall, a base at a first end, and a membrane at a second end opposite the first end wherein the sidewall and the base of the access port are constructed of a material that is non-reactive with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine; and a structure of the access port is composed of a material that has a rate of temperature change lower than that of human tissue.

A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an effectuator element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The system may include a transmitter configured to emit one or more signals, and the transmitter is coupled to an instrument coupled to the effectuator element. The system may further include a motor assembly coupled to the robot and a plurality of receivers configured to receive the one or more signals emitted by the transmitter. A control unit is coupled to the motor assembly and the plurality of receivers, and the control unit is configured to supply one or more instruction signals to the motor assembly. The instruction signals can be configured to cause the motor assembly to selectively move the effectuator element.

Markers and related systems and methods are provided for localizing lesions within a patient's body, e.g., within a breast. The marker includes one or more photosensitive diodes for transforming light pulses striking the marker into electrical energy, one or more antennas, and a switch coupled to the photodiodes and antennas such that the light pulses cause the switch to open and close and modulate radar signals reflected by the marker back to a source of the signals. The antenna(s) may include one or more wire elements extending from a housing, one or more antenna elements printed on a substrate, or one or more chip antennas. Optionally, the marker may include a processor coupled to the photodiodes for identifying signals in the light pulses or one or more coatings or filters to allow selective activation of the marker.

Insertion devices, systems, and methods for inserting a needle into a target tissue in an individual in need thereof are disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are needle cartridges comprising a needle, a plate, and a needle holder. Also disclosed herein are methods of introducing a catheter into a target tissue in an individual in need thereof.

A system for facilitating arthroplasty procedures includes a robotic device, a reaming tool configured to interface with the robotic device, and a processing circuit communicable with the robotic device. The processing circuit is configured to obtain a surgical plan comprising a first planned position of an implant cup and a second planned position of an implant augment relative to a bone of a patient, determine a planned bone modification configured to prepare the bone to receive the implant cup in the first planned position and the implant augment in the second planned position, generate one or more virtual objects based on the planned bone modification, control the robotic device to constrain the cutting tool with the one or more virtual objects while the cutting tool interfaces with the robotic device and is operated to modify the bone in accordance with the planned bone modification.