INTRA-KIDNEY STONE DISRUPTOR
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220409934A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17808325

    申请日:2022-06-23

    Inventor: Peter J. Crowley

    Abstract: A medical apparatus for mitigating formation of kidney stones in a human patient can include or use a turbulence generator deployable into a renal pelvis of a human kidney, the generator comprising an element configured to produce an acoustic wave in a medium within the renal pelvis, and an actuator configured such as to manipulate the turbulence generator; wherein one of the turbulence generator or the actuator can be configured for coupling with a source of power.

    INSERTION SHEATH FOR MODULAR DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20210338045A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17241212

    申请日:2021-04-27

    Abstract: A modular endoscope system comprises an exoskeleton, a camera unit couplable to the exoskeleton, a therapeutic unit couplable to the exoskeleton, a steering unit couplable to the exoskeleton, and a control unit couplable to the exoskeleton. A method for building a modular endoscope comprises determining camera and therapeutic capabilities of the endoscope, selecting an exoskeleton for the endoscope, attaching a camera unit and therapeutic unit, if such capabilities are determined, to the selected exoskeleton to satisfy the determined capabilities, and attaching a control unit to the exoskeleton to control any camera unit and therapeutic unit attached to the exoskeleton. A method of processing modular endoscope components for performing a surgical procedure comprises identifying a patient to receive a treatment, selecting components of the endoscope to perform the treatment, treating the patient with the endoscope, and deconstructing the components of the endoscope into reusable and disposable components.

    ENDOSCOPE HAVING ILLUMINATED HANDLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230037256A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17814645

    申请日:2022-07-25

    Abstract: An endoscope body of an endoscope can include a handle, a shaft extending distally from the handle, and a distal portion at a distal end of the shaft. The handle can include a light guide that can receive illumination from a light source that is separate from the endoscope body. The light guide can include an illumination splitter that can split the received illumination into a target illumination and a handle illumination. The light guide can propagate the target illumination to the distal portion to illuminate a target. The distal portion can optionally include a camera that can capture an image of the illuminated target. The illumination splitter can propagate the handle illumination to illuminate at least a portion of the handle, such as an instrument port that can provide access to a proximal end of an instrument sheath that extends to the distal portion.

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