IMAGING ELEMENT CLEANING APPARATUS WITH STRUCTURE-MANDATED CLEANING MEMBER MOTION CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20250064310A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18945851

    申请日:2024-11-13

    Applicant: ClearCam, Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing an effective and reliable approach for cleaning an exposed surface of an imaging element (e.g., a lens) of apparatuses including but not limited to medical imaging instruments such as endoscopes and laparoscopes and the like. In the case of medical imaging instruments, cleaning apparatuses configured in accordance with embodiments the present invention can be cleaned while the distal end portion of the endoscope is in vivo. Such apparatuses have a cleaning member incorporated therein (e.g., a resilient polymeric wiper, a sponge, an absorbent pad or the like) that is used for cleaning the exposed surface of the imaging element. The apparatus is preferably adapted for being mounted on the imaging apparatus but can also be entirely or partially integral with one or more components of the imaging apparatus or system of which it is a component.

    Endoscopic instrument for ophthalmic surgery

    公开(公告)号:US12232704B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US17907474

    申请日:2021-03-26

    Abstract: A surgical instrument comprises an elongate probe, in which the probe comprises an endoscope and a treatment channel. In some embodiments, the endoscope comprises a lens, in which the treatment channel extends through the distal end of the lens, which can facilitate alignment of the probe with a target tissue. In some embodiments, the treatment channel and the endoscope may comprise a co-axial configuration, which can decrease parallax when a user views the distal end of the working channel and target tissue beyond the distal end. Alternatively, the probe may comprise lenses arranged to provide stereoscopic vision of the end of the probe. The treatment channel may comprise an optical fiber to deliver light energy or a working channel. The treatment channel may comprise a housing such as a tube extending from the endoscope, in which the endoscope is configured to image the end of the treatment channel.

    Electronic collimation and depth detection in a side-viewing laparoscopic probe for the detection of high energy gamma radiation

    公开(公告)号:US12213822B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17148716

    申请日:2021-01-14

    Inventor: Gregg J. Chapman

    Abstract: The necessary detector configuration and mathematical algorithms to implement a lateral (side-viewing) field of view in a gamma detection probe designed for laparoscopic use is disclosed. For this application, the diameter of the probe is limited to 12 mm. A hybrid collimation design, using a combination of both electronic collimation and metallic shielding, allows the probe to detect gamma emissions form 15 KeV-1.0 MeV. In the lower energy range, the 1.52 mm tungsten shielding is sufficient to collimate the primary detector. Two additional detectors are used to provide electronic collimation and depth detection. The upper energy limit of 1.0 MeV is imposed to exclude the possibility of electron-positron pair production which occurs at energies of 1.022 MeV and greater.

    APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SURGICAL LASER DELIVERY

    公开(公告)号:US20250000578A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18883177

    申请日:2024-09-12

    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques described herein can include delivery of a surgical laser beam for tissue excision or to facilitate hemostasis. The surgical laser beam can be generated, for example, using an ultrafast laser source. Such an approach can provide non-invasive treatment in relation to, for example, aerodigestive anatomy, such as for treatment of laryngeal, oropharyngeal, bronchial, and oral cavity tissues. Other generally available laser sources and their associated treatments may present various drawbacks making them less suitable for treatment for laryngeal, pharyngeal or bronchial pathologies, and use of the apparatus and techniques described herein can address such drawbacks.

    FLEXIBLE OPTICAL CANNULA
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250000339A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18216126

    申请日:2023-06-29

    Abstract: An intervertebral disc surgical system has at least one optical cannula configured with a working channel and an optical channel, wherein the working channel and the optical channel are positioned parallel to one another. The working channel is configured to receive the elongated tubular member of an electrosurgical instrument and the optical channel is configured to receive an optical scope. The optical cannula has an optical cannula operative end for entering an operative field of a patient.

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