Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for flushing a body cavity with a fluid, the fluid being pumped by means of two lines from the body cavity. The respective pumping capacity is regulated via controllable pinch valves, the two pinch valves being coupled in an antiparallel manner.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2024
Assignee:
W.O.M. WORLD OF MEDICINE GMBH
Inventors:
Christian Hunger, Lucile Tartivel, Jan Hendrik Carstens, Mike Plessner, Nils Gelbert, Stan Schnuettgen, Oliver Rath, Thomas Christmann
Abstract: The present invention relates to an insufflator with a novel type of input processing for the setpoint value of the pressure in the body cavity. The new device makes it possible to predefine the pressure in the body cavity as the set pressure when there is sufficient expansion and to apply this pressure to the previous control in order to work as gently as possible on the patient.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an insufflator having an improved detection of the filter load and evaluation of the data in order to enable a longer service life of the filter or a consistent function.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 20, 2023
Publication date:
December 28, 2023
Applicant:
W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH
Inventors:
Tobias Kluge, Fabian Langen, Jan-Henrik Carstens, Henrik Stier
Abstract: The present invention relates to operating modes of a medical device for support and device training by a service person connected via data line. In particular, the invention relates to the simulation of operating modes of an insufflator by means of a computer located elsewhere, for example, in a training center. The invention further relates to the simulation of operating conditions of a medical fluid pump by means of a computer located at another location, e.g., in a training center.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 8, 2023
Publication date:
November 16, 2023
Applicant:
W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH
Inventors:
Christian Hunger, Erika Mase, Henrik Stier, Jan-Hendrik Carstens, Julia Grundmann, Hans-Joachim Cappius
Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical pump for endoscopy having a pressure control unit, wherein the pressure control unit takes into account blood pressure changes of the subject.
Abstract: A medical apparatus for supplying fluids into body cavities includes a controllable fluid pump, a memory device, a feed line, a pressure sensor in the feed line, a medical instrument to be connected to the feed line. The pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value. The resistance coefficients ?1 and ?2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined when starting the pump. The pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in a memory device of the pump.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 5, 2017
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignee:
W.O.M. WORLD OF MEDICINE GMBH
Inventors:
Andreas Zeyssig, Stephan Schulze, Ibrahim Ilik
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining compliance of a cavity in minimally invasive surgery and to devices for carrying out said method.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 7, 2021
Publication date:
August 31, 2023
Applicant:
W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH
Inventors:
Jan-Hendrik Hendrik Carstens, Ibrahim Ilik, Felix Menzel
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical apparatus for use in laparoscopic surgery, that includes an insufflator supplying a gas; a heating and humidification system which includes a heating element and humidification material, the heating and humidification system receives the gas supplied by the insufflator and warms and humidifies the gas; and a computing device for measuring at two or more time periods a resistance value associated with a component of the heating and humidification system and based in part on the measured resistance values, determines a water content of the humidification material.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining cavity volumes of rubber-elastic medical products (e.g., latex products) for destruction-free leakage testing and to devices for carrying out said method.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 7, 2021
Publication date:
August 3, 2023
Applicant:
W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH
Inventors:
Jan-Hendrik Carstens, Ibrahim Ilik, Felix Menzel
Abstract: Subject matter of the invention is a hose set intended for surgical interventions and having a device coupling feature, which includes an arrangement of a water trap and a filter in a single-piece housing.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 17, 2020
Publication date:
February 16, 2023
Applicant:
W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH
Inventors:
Fabian Langen, Tobias Kluge, Jan Bischof, Esther Fels, Carl Chambers
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an insufflator with insufflation tube with integrated heating element and humidifier for laparoscopy, whereby measurement of the moisture content is possible.
Abstract: Subject matter of the present invention is a device for the separation of flue gas particles and liquid droplets in the exhaustion of surgical gases during laparoscopic interventions.
Abstract: Disclosed is a medical instrument for use in minimally invasive therapy that generates, by at least two independent devices, an aspiration that advantageously causes the stability of the distension and the viewing conditions by adjusted flow rates.
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an insufflator which includes a controller, an insufflation line, a desufflation line, and one pressure sensor and one volume flow sensor associated with each of the insufflation and desufflation lines. The insufflation line is in fluid communication with a gas source and the desufflation line in fluid communication with a suction pump. Wherein the controller controls ventilation of a gas present in patient by adjusting an amount of suction in the desufflation line as a function of pressure measurements obtained from the pressure sensors associated with the insufflation and desufflation lines. Additionally, the controller includes an activation blocking system that prevents suction in the desufflation line when a pressure measured by means of the pressure sensor associated with the insufflation line is lower than a preset threshold value.
Abstract: Disclosed are methods for measuring and controlling the gas temperature in medical procedures. In embodiments of the disclosed methods a gas is supplied to a patient using a gas supply device and a supply line. A heating system heats the gas using a heating wire prior to the gas being provided to the patient. A controller electrically controls the heating power of the heating wire based on an estimated value of a temperature at an exit of the heating system obtained from a mathematical estimation system, wherein a resistance of the heating wire is an input variable of the mathematical estimation system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 26, 2021
Publication date:
November 11, 2021
Applicant:
W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH
Inventors:
Felix Menzel, Andreas Zeyssig, Johannes Korner
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining and controlling the internal body pressure during a medical procedure that includes controlling the output of a fluid pump by means of an estimated pressure value, wherein resistance coefficients ?1 and ?2 of a medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure value are determined by evaluating a pressure behavior during pump start up.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 21, 2021
Publication date:
November 11, 2021
Applicant:
W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH
Inventors:
Andreas Zeyssig, Stephan Schulze, Ibrahim Ilik
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for flow tempering medical irrigation fluids and to a method carried out with the aid of this apparatus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 9, 2021
Assignee:
W.O.M. WORLD OF MEDICINE GMBH
Inventors:
Andreas Lutz, Karl-Heinz Guenter Schoenborn
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement of a hose cassette for a peristaltic pump. The hose cassette has a U-shape and is made from a flexible material, so that the liquid-conveying hose segment can surround the roller wheel in a better way, whereby the pumping capacity is improved. Surprisingly, a cassette configured in such a way can in an easier and more economical manner be made than cassettes of the prior art.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical apparatus for use in laparoscopic surgery, that includes an insufflator supplying a gas; a heating and humidification system which includes a heating element and humidification material, the heating and humidification system receives the gas supplied by the insufflator and warms and humidifies the gas; and a computing device for measuring at two or more time periods a resistance value associated with a component of the heating and humidification system and based in part on the measured resistance values, determines a water content of the humidification material.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an insufflator comprising an insufflation hose with an integrated heating element and a humidifying medium for use in laparoscopy, wherein the heating wire is adapted to measure the resistance and permits a refill alarm.