Patents Examined by Timothy J. Neal
  • Patent number: 12213652
    Abstract: The present invention discloses to surgical port add-on, an adaptor, modules and methods thereof for producing and using a surgical port especially adapted for cleaning surgical tools operable in a body cavity. The invention also discloses a surgical port add-on, an adaptor, modules and methods thereof an adaptor that can be pertaining to the attached in or on a trocar and for use of the same d for cleaning the lens and light source of an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SCOPIX LTD.
    Inventors: Mordehai Sholev, Asaf Sholev
  • Patent number: 12207790
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a proximal balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the proximal balloon; a push tube slidably mounted to the sleeve; and a distal balloon secured to the distal end of the push tube, the interior of the distal balloon being in fluid communication with the push tube, wherein the distal balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein when the distal balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and when the distal balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: John Frederick Cornhill, Jeffrey Milsom, Sameer Sharma, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Christopher Dillon, Gabriel Greeley, Rahul Sathe, Matthew DeNardo, Ashley Whitney, Jeremy Van Hill, Anthony Assal
  • Patent number: 12201274
    Abstract: The present invention discloses to surgical port add-on, an adaptor, modules and methods thereof for producing and using a surgical port especially adapted for cleaning surgical tools operable in a body cavity. The invention also discloses a surgical port add-on, an adaptor, modules and methods thereof an adaptor that can be pertaining to the attached in or on a trocar and for use of the same d for cleaning the lens and light source of an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Scopix Ltd.
    Inventors: Mordehai Sholev, Asaf Sholev
  • Patent number: 12201268
    Abstract: An endoscope having an operating handle including a handle housing arranged at a proximal end and an insertion tube extending from the handle towards a distal end of the endoscope and terminating in a steerable tip part at the distal end of the endoscope, the endoscope further including a control mechanism with a Bowden cable having an outer guide tube having a first length between a proximal end and a distal end of the outer guide tube and an inner pull-wire having a second length between a proximal end and a distal end of the inner pull-wire, the second length being longer than the first length, the proximal end of the outer guide tube is affixed to the operating handle by an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AMBU A/S
    Inventor: Kaspar Mat Matthison-Hansen
  • Patent number: 12201282
    Abstract: An endoscope assembly includes a base module, an injection needle, and an image sensing unit. The base module includes an illumination input end. The injection needle is tubular, is connected to the base module, and has a needle shaft. The needle shaft has a bevel surface that is formed on a distal end thereof. The image sensing unit includes a tube portion that extends inside the needle shaft, and an image sensor that is connected to a distal end of the tube portion and that is adjacent to the bevel surface of the needle shaft. Additionally, a passage is formed between the tube portion and an inner surface of the needle shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Hong So Kao, Chin Piao Chang
  • Patent number: 12193779
    Abstract: Provided is a camera drape which enables easy replacement of a rigid endoscope during a surgical operation while suppressing deterioration in the quality of video. A camera drape comprises: a spacer that is arranged between an endoscope-side lens of a rigid endoscope and a camera-side lens of a camera head; and a drape body that is attached to the spacer and covers, among the rigid endoscope and the camera head, only the camera head. The spacer includes a clamping plate having a through hole that faces the endoscope-side lens and the camera-side lens in a state where the spacer is clamped between an eyepiece unit for supporting the endoscope-side lens and an endoscope connection unit for supporting the camera-side lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Meilleur Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsurashi Yamane, Kaori Nakagawa, Junko Ochibe
  • Patent number: 12200327
    Abstract: A video endoscope including an operating handle; an insertion tube extending distally from the operating handle; a camera at the distal end of the insertion tube; a working channel extending from the housing to the distal end of the insertion tube; and control cables; the operating handle including: a housing; a control lever comprising a wall and trunnions extending laterally from the wall; a first wall comprising a first support aperture; a second wall comprising a second support aperture, the first support aperture and the second support aperture receiving the trunnions to facilitate rotation of the control lever; a sealed compartment; and lateral grooves configured to receive guiding cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: AMBU A/S
    Inventors: Kaspar Mat Matthison-Hansen, Thomas Bachgaard Jensen, Jakob Bønnelykke Kristensen
  • Patent number: 12193650
    Abstract: Implementations described herein are directed toward an improved orthopedic arthroscopy system that reduces the number of necessary arthroscopic portals while at the same time improving endoscopic visualization and instrumentation capability within the joint space. Main embodiments of the disclosed system replace the traditional rod endoscope with a rotatable, optical cannula through which instruments can be used to manipulate tissue and perform surgery. By adding the cannula rotation capability, visualization of instrument tool tip can be easily adjusted. The disclosed system would eliminate the need for unnecessary wrist rotation by the surgeon thereby making it easier to coordinate hand position while performing surgical tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ResnENT, LLC
    Inventors: Willard S. Noyes, Benjamin J. Gray, Philip J. Simpson
  • Patent number: 12200363
    Abstract: An endoscope and related method comprise a proximal handle and a distal shaft having an insertion end. A housing comprising a camera assembly may be mounted on an insertion end of the shaft and include at least one lens and an image sensor. The camera assembly housing is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the long axis of the shaft, giving the camera assembly a variable field of view. The rotatable camera assembly housing may be mounted to the insertion end of the shaft so that the rotatable housing of the camera assembly comprises the distal-most element of the endoscope shaft or insertion end. The endoscope may include a circuit board having a first portion disposed within the proximal handle and one or more extension portions that extend within the shaft to the camera assembly and/or to a light source near the distal end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Andrew M. Haggerty, Kevin L Grant, Peter K. Vondras, Timothy D. Moreau, Jason A. Demers, Daniel B Davis
  • Patent number: 12193645
    Abstract: A method for fluorescence imaging includes receiving first fluorescence imaging data, receiving a user input selecting a reference region associated with the first fluorescence imaging data, determining a reference fluorescence intensity level based on the reference region, receiving second fluorescence imaging data, determining a relative fluorescence intensity level of a region associated with the second fluorescence imaging data that is relative to the reference fluorescence intensity level, and displaying an indication of the relative fluorescence intensity level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Jørgen Walle-Jensen, Paul Roald Westwick, Vivian Wing Yan Wong, Justin Winston Junyick Choy
  • Patent number: 12193642
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes circuitry configured to monitor a characteristic of an endoscope including an imaging device and a scope coupled to the imaging device, wherein the characteristic is indicative of whether the scope is inserted in a living body or not, in the event that the characteristic satisfies a predetermined condition, control a focus of the endoscope system in a first manner and, in the event that the characteristic does not satisfy the predetermined condition, control the focus of the endoscope system in a second manner, different from the first manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Onikubo, Takashi Kawai, Yoshito Terashima, Yoshikazu Oochi
  • Patent number: 12193633
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image generated by an image sensor capturing a subject image introduced by an endoscope; a luminance calculation unit configured to calculate a luminance level of the subject image included in the captured image; and a dimming controller configured to control a light amount of irradiation light onto a subject and an electronic shutter of the image sensor based on the luminance level, and execute first dimming control of narrowing the electronic shutter before reducing the light amount as the luminance level increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 12193639
    Abstract: The endoscope has an elongated outer tube 2 and an optical element unit 3 provided inside the outer tube 2, the outer tube 2 has an inner layer 21 configured by a soft resin, a reinforcement layer 22 provided outside the inner layer 21, and an outer layer 23 configured by a soft resin covering the reinforcement layer 22; and the optical element unit 3 has an image transmission portion for image transmission 31, a laser transmission portion 32, and a fiber bundle for illumination 33 to fill the space between an inner surface 21a of the inner layer 21, an outer surface 31a of the image transmission portion 31, and an outer surface 32a of the laser transmission portion 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: OK Fiber Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Oka, Sachiko Minakawa, Yasuo Seki
  • Patent number: 12185911
    Abstract: Provided are a treatment tool elevating mechanism and an ultrasonic endoscope capable of restraining an increase in diameter of an endoscope and bearing a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Morimoto, Tsuneo Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 12185912
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an elevator of a medical device comprises using an additive manufacturing method, forming a pivot portion at a proximal end of the elevator. The pivot portion tapers proximally such that a proximalmost end of the elevator is thinner than more distal portions of the pivot portion. The method further comprises using the additive manufacturing method, forming a body of the elevator that is distal to the pivot portion. The elevator body includes a surface configured to contact an instrument inserted in a working channel of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James English, Liam Ryan, Robert Hannon, Mark Mirigian, Adam Larouche, Steven Delfosse, Stephen Hale
  • Patent number: 12185917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endoscope including a connector configured to be coupled to an external device to receive power from the external device, wherein the connector comprises: a power receiving part comprising a slider configured to move by receiving power from the external device and a sliding rail on which the slider moves; a main frame supporting the power receiving part; power transmission cables disposed on one side of the main frame and configured to transmit power to a bendable section; a rotating structure rotatably coupled to the main frame and configured to receive rotational force in response to a movement of the slider; and a chain-slider assembly configured to work in concert with the rotating structure to transmit power to the power transmission cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MEDINTECH INC.
    Inventors: Chi Won Lee, Myung Joon Kim, Suk Gyu Koh
  • Patent number: 12185923
    Abstract: Universal laryngoscope blades and associated methods are disclosed. A universal laryngoscope blade includes a blade body. The blade body includes a first end and a second end. The second end is configured for insertion into a larynx. The universal laryngoscope blade further includes a viewer connected to the blade body. The viewer is configured to function independently from each of a conventional handle and a fiber-illuminated handle. The universal laryngoscope blade further includes a blade fitting disposed at the first end of the blade body. The blade fitting is removably connectable to, one at a time, each of a hook-on fitting of the conventional handle and a hook-on fitting of the fiber-illuminated handle. The hook-on fitting of the conventional handle has at least one physical dimension that is different from at least one physical dimension of the hook-on fitting of the fiber-illuminated handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Aviram Elbaz, Nate DuBois
  • Patent number: 12185913
    Abstract: To provide an endoscope cap includes: a cover having a cylindrical shape with a bottom; a pedestal; and an elevator rotatably supported by the pedestal. The pedestal includes: a base; a support wall, rising from an edge of the base, and extending in an axial direction of the cover to support the elevator; a distal tip wall extending from a distal tip of the support wall in the same direction as the base; a bottom fixing protrusion protruding from the distal tip wall in a direction opposite to the support wall; and a lateral face fixing protrusion protruding from the base in a direction opposite to the support wall. The cover includes: a first fixing hole into which the bottom fixing protrusion is inserted, being disposed in the bottom; and a second fixing hole into which the lateral face fixing protrusion is inserted, being disposed in a lateral face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiichi Saito
  • Patent number: 12185904
    Abstract: The endoscope system includes a light source unit, a light source controller, an image acquisition unit, a white balance unit, and a correction factor-calculating unit. The white balance unit multiplies a first image signal by a first gain factor, multiplies a second image signal by a second gain factor, and performs white balance processing using a corrected gain factor that is obtained through the correction of at least one of the first gain factor or the second gain factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kosuke Iwane
  • Patent number: 12185910
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tip housing for the distal tip of a vision device such as an endoscope is disclosed. The method includes providing a molding tool, introducing in the molding tool a first housing material, introducing in the molding at least one further housing material different from the first housing material, allowing the at least one further housing material to set and form a combined housing component with the first molding material, and removing the combined housing component from the molding tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: AMBU A/S
    Inventors: Erik Øllgaard Vilhelmsen, Morten Sørensen