Patents Issued in January 3, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190000551
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire a position of an interatrial septum and a device reaching position in a medical image indicating heart of a subject; calculate a puncturing region, in the interatrial septum, enabling a medical device to reach the device reaching position through the interatrial septum on the basis of the position of the interatrial septum and the device reaching position; and present the puncturing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yukari SONE, Kazumasa ARAKITA, Takahiko NISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20190000552
    Abstract: Methods of orthopedic fixation and imagery analysis are provided. Images of first and second bone segments attached to a fixation apparatus are captured. Fixator elements identified in the images can be used to obtain imaging scene parameters. Bone elements identified in the images can be used with the imaging scene parameters to reconstruct a three dimensional representation of positions and/or orientations of the first and second bone segments with respect to the fixation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Arkadijus Nikonovas
  • Publication number: 20190000553
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a robotic device, and a surgical tool coupled to the robotic device and comprising a distal end. The system further includes a neural monitor configured to generate an electrical signal and apply the electrical signal to the distal end of the surgical tool, wherein the electrical signal causes innervation of a first portion of a patient's anatomy which generates an electromyographic signal, and a sensor configured to measure the electromyographic signal. The neural monitor is configured to determine a distance between the distal end of the surgical tool and a portion of nervous tissue based on the electrical signal and the electromyographic signal, and cause feedback to be provided to a user based on the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Chris Alan Lightcap, Hyosig Kang, Arthur E. Quaid, III, Rony Abovitz
  • Publication number: 20190000554
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Charles A. TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20190000555
    Abstract: A surgical shaft assembly includes a proximal shaft portion, a distal shaft portion, and a control circuit. The proximal shaft portion includes a first sensor generating a first signal and a second sensor generating a second signal. The distal shaft portion includes a clutch assembly rotatable with the distal shaft portion about a longitudinal axis and relative to the proximal shaft portion. The clutch assembly is further rotatable relative to the distal shaft portion to transition the shaft assembly between two articulation states. The rotation of clutch assembly with the distal shaft portion changes the first signal, and the rotation of the clutch assembly relative to the distal shaft portion changes the second signal. The control circuit is configured to detect a change in the second signal occurring without a corresponding change in the first signal. The detected change indicates a transition between the two articulation states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Brian D. Schings, Brett E. Swensgard, Raymond E. Parfett, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Publication number: 20190000556
    Abstract: In one aspect, a medical tracking system is described. The medical tracking system includes a first tracking system providing a first tracking region. The first tracking system is configured to track a tracked instrument within the first tracking region. The medical tracking system further includes a second tracking system providing a second tracking region. The second tracking system is configured to track the tracked instrument within the second tracking region. The medical tracking system also includes a processor coupled to the first tracking system and the second tracking system. The processor is configured to determine, based on data received from the first tracking system and data received from the second tracking system, transposition information to map data received from the first tracking system and data received from the second tracking system into a common space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gal SELA, Kamyar ABHARI, Dorothy LUI, Kai Michael HYNNA, Kirusha SRIMOHANARAJAH
  • Publication number: 20190000557
    Abstract: A console may receive signals from one or more components of the medical system over an input/out (I/O) interface. The console may process the received signals into one or more packets and transmit the one or more packets over a first interface. The console may identify an origin of the one or more packets. The console may monitor time intervals between the one or more packets to determine a connection status of the one or more components. The console may parse each of the one or more packets into a packet header and data and inspect the data for errors. The console may transmit an indication of the connection status and an indication of errors to a display over a second interface. The display may indicate the connection status and the presence of errors using one or more display schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Oleg Khudish, Andres Claudio Altmann
  • Publication number: 20190000558
    Abstract: Devices and methods for ultrasound image-guided percutaneous cardiac valve implantation and repair comprise, in combination, a plurality of devices including but not limited to an ultrasound-image guided catheter, a pericardial sheath, a cardiac valve delivery system and an ascending aortic filter. An image-guided catheter is utilized to introduce via an introducer needle and a guide wire a pericardium portal for permitting entry from the chest wall to inside the pericardial space between the pericardial outer lining and inner lining. The pericardium portal permits the use of ultrasound vision to locate a site proximate the left ventricular apex for introduction of a sheath via a myocardium needle into the left ventricular space at an angle and avoiding any coronaries or vessels. A first delivery system permits placement of at least one aortic filter which collects any emboli, particulate matter, plaque and prevents such matter travelling via the ascending aorta to the brain, causing a stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Theodore P. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20190000559
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electromagnetic field generator alignment are disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes an electromagnetic (EM) sensor configured to generate, when positioned in a working volume of the EM field, one or more EM sensor signals based on detection of the EM field, the EM sensor configured for placement on a patient. The system may also include a processor and a memory storing computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: determine a position of the EM sensor with respect to the field generator based on the one or more EM sensor signals, encode a representation of the position of the EM sensor with respect to the working volume of the EM field, and provide the encoded representation of the position to a display configured to render encoded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: David Burdick Berman, Hedyeh Rafii-Tari, Prasanth Jeevan, Nicolas E. Robert
  • Publication number: 20190000560
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electromagnetic distortion detection are disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes an electromagnetic (EM) sensor configured to generate an EM sensor signal in response to detection of the EM field. The system may also include a processor configured to calculate a baseline value of a metric indicative of a position of the EM sensor at a first time and calculate an updated value of the metric during a time period after the first time. The processor may be further configured to determine that a difference between the updated value and the baseline value is greater than a threshold value and determine that the EM field has been distorted in response to the difference being greater than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: David Burdick Berman, Christopher K. Sramek, Hedyeh Rafii-Tari, Prasanth Jeevan, Nicolas E. Robert
  • Publication number: 20190000561
    Abstract: Methods may be provided to operate an image-guided surgical system using imaging information for a 3-dimensional anatomical volume. A pose of a probe that defines a longitudinal axis may be detected based on information received from a tracking system. A placement of a virtual implant for the 3-dimensional anatomical volume may be determined based on the pose of the probe and based on an offset from an end of the probe along the longitudinal axis, such that a trajectory of the virtual implant is in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the probe in the pose. After determining the placement of the virtual implant, the virtual implant may be adjusted in response to movement of the probe while maintaining the trajectory of the virtual implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Decker, Jeffrey Forsyth, Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson, Mir Hussain, Andrew Berkowitz, Michael Brauckmann
  • Publication number: 20190000562
    Abstract: A registration system for medical navigation includes a shape sensing device (SSD) (104, 504) having at least one sensor (450, 505) for providing corresponding sensor information (SI) indicative of at least one of a position of the at least one sensor (450, 505); a registration fixture (106) having a channel (130) configured to receive at least part of the SSD and defining a registration path (P). The registration fixture may be configured to be attached to a registrant object (RO) (119) defining a workspace. A controller (110) may be configured to: sense a shape of a path traversed by the SSD based upon the SI when the at least one sensor is situated within the channel (130), determine whether the sensed shape of the path corresponds with a known shape selected from one or more known shapes, and perform a coordinate registration based upon the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: PAUL THIENPHRAPA, BHARAT RAMACHANDRAN, ARYEH LEIB REINSTEIN, DOUGLAS ALLEN STANTON
  • Publication number: 20190000563
    Abstract: System and method for determining the position and orientation (P&O) of a tool-tip relative to an eye tissue of interest. The system includes and imaging and tracking module coupled with a processor. The imaging and tracking module at least includes an imager. The imager acquires at least one image of at least one tissue-reference-marker. The imaging and tracking module further determines information relating to the P&O of the tool. The processor determines the P&O of the tissue-reference-marker according to the acquired image of the tissue-reference-marker. The processor determines the P&O of the eye tissue of interest, according to the P&O of the tissue-reference-marker, and a predetermined relative P&O between the tissue-reference-marker and the eye tissue of interest. The processor also determines the P&O of a tool-tip according to a tool-marker and determines the relative P&O between the tool-tip and the eye tissue of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ron Schneider, Abraham Zeitouny, Einav Namer Yelin
  • Publication number: 20190000564
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for generating medical images. The method utilizes a novel algorithm to co-register Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) volumes and additional imaging modalities, such as optical or RGB-D images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nassir Navab, Bernhard Fuerst, Mohammadjavad Fotouhighazvini, Sing Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20190000565
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robotic surgical system that includes a control circuit configured to detect a condition at an end effector during a closure phase. The control circuit detects a condition at an end effector during a closure phase. The control sets command velocity of a motor coupled to a displacement member coupled to the end effector based on the detected condition at the end effector during the closure phase. The control circuit fires the displacement member at the set command velocity and detects a condition at the end effector during a firing phase. The control circuit sets command velocity of the motor based on the condition detected at the end effector during the firing phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Sarah A. Worthington
  • Publication number: 20190000566
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for compensating for compression in elongated shafts of medical instruments. Medical instruments can include elongated shafts that may experience compression when articulated. The medical instruments can be attached to instrument positioning devices that are configured to move the medical instruments to compensate for this compression. For example, an instrument positioning device can advance a medical instrument to compensate for compression in an elongated shaft of the medical instrument. In some instances, the amount of compression is determined using a compression compensation parameter. The compression compensation parameter can be determined during a calibration process of the medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Chauncey F. Graetzel, June Gyu Park
  • Publication number: 20190000567
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a surgical robotic arm, an electromechanical instrument, an instrument drive unit, and a coupling shaft. The electromechanical instrument is configured to be detachably coupled to the surgical robotic arm. The electromechanical instrument includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end having an end effector. The instrument drive unit includes a motor configured to actuate the end effector. The coupling shaft defines a longitudinal axis and is configured to be coupled between the instrument drive unit and the surgical robotic arm such that the instrument drive unit is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the coupling shaft relative to the surgical robotic arm or the electromechanical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: ROBERT ALLEN, CHI MIN SEOW, MICHAEL ZEMLOK
  • Publication number: 20190000568
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for compensating for insertion of an instrument into a working channel of another instrument in a surgical system. According to one embodiment, a method of compensation includes: detecting insertion of an insertable instrument into a working channel of a flexible instrument; detecting, based on a data signal from at least one sensor, a position change of a distal portion of the flexible instrument from an initial position: generating a control signal based on the detected position change; and adjusting a tensioning of a pull wire based on the control signal to return the distal portion to the initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Jeffrey Connolly, Casey Teal Landey, Chauncey F. Graetzel
  • Publication number: 20190000569
    Abstract: Surgical robotic systems including a surgical robot, a sensor, and a surgical control computer are disclosed. To determine an actual or predicted collision of a robotic arm of the surgical robot with a patient, the sensor is configured to output a proximity signal indicating proximity of the robotic arm to a patient while the robotic arm is adjacent to the patient. A processor of the surgical control computer receives the proximity signal from the sensor and determines when the robotic arm has collided with the patient or is predicted to collide with the patient based on the received proximity signal. In response to determining such an actual or predicted collision, the processor performs a remedial action. By having surgical robotic systems perform remedial action(s) responsive to determining an actual or predicted collision, collisions between the robotic arm and the patient can be reduced and/or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Neil Crawford, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth, Michael Brauckmann
  • Publication number: 20190000570
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system may be used to perform a surgical procedure. Providing guidance for the robotic surgical system includes integrating a Point of View (PoV) surgical drill with a camera to capture a PoV image of a surgical area of a subject patient; displaying an image of the surgical area, based on a viewing angle of the PoV surgical drill, thus enabling the surgeon to operate on the surgical area using the PoV surgical drill. The PoV surgical drill operates based on the surgeon's control of a guidance drill. The content of the images may change based on a change in the viewing angle of the PoV surgical drill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Justin Esterberg, Jeffrey Roh
  • Publication number: 20190000571
    Abstract: Devices, Systems, and Methods for instrument verification or checking the accuracy of the registration of the instrument for use with surgical robot systems. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The end-effector, surgical instruments, the patient, and/or other objects to be tracked include active and/or passive tracking markers. Cameras, such as stereophotogrammetric infrared cameras, are able to detect the tracking markers. Instruments having relatively large tips may be used for verification of the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert Johnson, Sanjay M. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20190000572
    Abstract: An example robot system for guiding a percutaneous device into a prostate of a patient includes a guide defining an opening configured to direct the needle, a robot coupled to the guide, and a rotation member coupled to the robot. The robot being configured to move the guide in a left-right and anterior-posterior directions based on information on the prostate of the patient. The rotation member being configured to change a yaw angle of the guide within a coronal plane of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tsz Ho Tse, Alex Squires, Sheng Xu, Reza Seifabadi, Bradford Wood
  • Publication number: 20190000573
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a system having a port assembly and instrument arm assembly. The port assembly includes an outer body, inner body, and internal channels. The outer body includes a first access port, first and second ends, and anchoring portions. The inner body may be positionable in the first access port. The internal channels may be formed around an exterior of the inner body when the inner body is positioned in the first access port. The instrument arm assembly may include one or more joint portions, arm segments, an end instrument, and an instrument arm anchor portion. One of the internal channels may be configurable to house at least a portion of the instrument arm anchor portion. The port assembly may be configurable to allow an insertion of the instrument arm assembly through the first access port of the outer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Chung-Kwong Yeung, Kai-Leung Yung, Jimmy Tsun-Ping To
  • Publication number: 20190000574
    Abstract: A method of jointed device movement inside a body comprising: measuring movement of at least one input object portion; mapping the measured input object portion movement to a jointed device portion movement; and moving the device portion according to mapped measured movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Memic Innovative Surgery Ltd.
    Inventors: Dvir COHEN, Eli SHAPIRA
  • Publication number: 20190000575
    Abstract: A robotic system employing a plurality of surgical robots (20) and a surgical procedure controller (22)for executing a surgical procedure on an anatomical structure (e.g., a heart) within an anatomical region (e.g., a thoracic region). In operation, controller (22) autonomously controls a navigation of each surgical robot (20) within the anatomical region relative to the anatomical structure by directing a navigation of each surgical robot (20) within the anatomical region relative to the anatomical structure based on a surgical plan for executing the surgical procedure on the anatomical structure (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: David Paul NOONAN, Aleksandra POPOVIC
  • Publication number: 20190000576
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for medical robotic systems that leverage a versatile, open kinematic chain together with a set of medical-procedure-specific software-controlled actuation constraints in order to perform a variety of medical procedures. The robotic system can be operated in a first mode by identifying a remote center and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain intersection of at least an insertion axis with the remote center. The robotic system can be operated in a second mode by identifying a virtual rail position and constraining the actuation of motorized joints to maintain alignment of the insertion axis along the virtual rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: David Stephen Mintz, Bruce R. Woodley, Travis Michael Schuh, Yanan Huang, Matthew Reagan Williams
  • Publication number: 20190000577
    Abstract: In some aspects, a control algorithm is provided for manipulating a pair of articulation arms configured to control an articulation angle of an end effector of a robotic surgical instrument. Other aspects of the present disclosure focus on the robotic arm system, including the pair of articulation arms coupled to the end effector and guided by independent motors controlled by a control circuit. Each of the articulation arms are designed to exert antagonistic forces competing against each other that are apportioned according to a ratio specified in the control algorithm. The ratio of the antagonistic forces may be used to determine the articulation angle of the head or end effector of the robotic surgical arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, David C. Yates
  • Publication number: 20190000578
    Abstract: A virtual reality system providing a virtual robotic surgical environment, and methods for using the virtual reality system, are described herein. The virtual reality system may be used to expedite the R&D cycle during development of a robotic surgical system, such as by allowing simulation of potential design without the time and significant expense of physical prototypes. The virtual reality system may also be used to test a control algorithm or a control mode for a robotic surgical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Haoran YU, Pablo Eduardo GARCIA KILROY, Bernard Fai Kin SIU, Eric Mark JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20190000579
    Abstract: Methods and products for protecting tissue of a patient during a surgical procedure that involve making an incision in the tissue and retracting the tissue to make a larger opening, wherein the methods and products use a water-resistant stress-distributing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Adolfo Llinas, Stephen E. Krampe, Matthew T. Scholz, Patrick J. Parks
  • Publication number: 20190000580
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system may include an actuator including a plurality of linearly displaceable drive members, where at least one drive member actuates at least one degree of freedom of a surgical instrument, and a sterile adapter interposed between the actuator and the surgical instrument. The sterile adapter includes a flexible barrier and a plurality of extensible covers integrally formed with the flexible barrier, and the plurality of extensible covers are arranged to receive the plurality of drive members. In some variations, the system may include an interlocked arrangement coupling the actuator and the surgical instrument across the sterile adapter, the interlocked arrangement urging the actuator and the surgical instrument together when the actuator actuates the at least one degree of freedom of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Charles J. SCHEIB, Andrea BAJO, Kent M. ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20190000581
    Abstract: A surgical apparatus for use by a surgeon can include a tray and a plurality of surgical instruments. The tray can have a plurality of structures located on an upper side of the tray for receiving the plurality of surgical instruments. The tray can receive a separate control unit. The tray can also have a fluid reservoir receiver for receiving a bottle or container of fluid, such as balanced salt solution. The fluid reservoir receiver can include one or more features, including, a spike, an air vent, and a light. A separate container can be used to place the bottle or container of fluid into the fluid reservoir receiver on the tray. This separate container can include a collapsible section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ralph Kerns, Mark Humayun, Matthew T. McCormick, Trent Spencer Wells, Lawrence Chong, Jaw Chyng Lue
  • Publication number: 20190000582
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for counting sharps returned to a container. An example method of counting sharps returned to a container having at least two layers of penetrable conductive material includes periodically checking a plurality of circuits formed by the first and second layers of material to determine if each circuit is open or closed, and keeping a count of the number of closed circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Michael T. McElhinny, Steven J. Fleck, Joshua J. Hill
  • Publication number: 20190000583
    Abstract: A device for securing and disinfecting waste materials introduced therein, the device comprising a container, having at least one interior surface and at least one exterior surface, the at least one interior surface forming at least one chamber within the container for storing the waste materials introduced into the at least one chamber of the container, at least one aperture for introducing the waste materials into the at least one chamber, and at least one disinfecting substance adhered to the at least one interior surface for disinfecting the waste materials in contact with the at least one interior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Gary Steven Sichau, Terence K. Gray
  • Publication number: 20190000584
    Abstract: An overstroke mechanism for use with a surgical instrument includes an overstroke sleeve, an overstroke biasing element, a spindle, an outer shaft, and an overstroke pin. A first condition of the overstroke mechanism is configured to prevent a predetermined closure force from acting on the jaw members of the surgical instrument when a stroke is provided by a handle assembly of the surgical instrument that is greater than the predetermined closure force. A second condition of the overstroke mechanism is configured to prevent a further predetermined closure force from acting on the jaw members of the surgical instrument when the jaw members are approximated on an obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Jacob C. Baril
  • Publication number: 20190000585
    Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to further increase the safety of a medical procedure. [Solution] There is provided a medical safety control apparatus. The medical safety control apparatus issues a motion-restricting instruction for restricting a motion of an arm section of a support arm apparatus that supports a surgical instrument, on a basis of a surgical instrument-biological tissue distance, which is a distance between the surgical instrument and a biological tissue of a patient, the surgical instrument-biological tissue distance being detected while a treatment is being performed on the biological tissue by the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru KOKUBO, Takeshi MAEDA, Tatsumi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190000586
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for tracking one or more instrument in a surgical kit. The method comprises receiving one or more signals from a first set of sensors and activating a second set of sensors based on the one or more signals. Further to activating, the method comprises receiving data from the second set of sensors and computing, a current state associated with each of the instrument based on the data, and historical data. Furthermore, the method comprises transmitting the current state of the surgical kit, the current state associated with each of the instrument and a location co-ordinate of the surgical kit via a communication channel based on a signal strength of the communication channel and deactivating the tracking device, thereby tracking one or more instrument in a surgical kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Lalit Kumar SINGH, Pankaj GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20190000587
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for illuminating a surgical field has an optical waveguide for transmitting light by total internal reflection. One or more control elements are disposed on the optical waveguide. The control elements extract light from the optical waveguide and control first and second optical properties of the extracted light Another surgical instrument includes a first and second optical waveguide for transmitting light by total internal reflection. A coupling element is attached to both optical waveguides such that the optical waveguides are movable and pivotable relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alex VAYSER, Fernando ERISMANN, Douglas RIMER, Gaston TUDURY
  • Publication number: 20190000588
    Abstract: Disclosed herein in a method and system for creating and utilizing a virtual-three dimensional image in a real-world environment to guide medical procedures. The process may include receiving image data related to a patient and creating and displaying a three-dimensional holographic model of the patient utilizing the received image data, wherein creating a three-dimensional holographic model of the patient utilizing the received image data. Exemplary methods include organizing image data in a unique manner and utilizing subvolume skipping techniques allowing for more efficient accurate rendering of holographic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Osamah J. Choudhry, Christopher Morley, Jarrod Phillips, Wenbo Lan
  • Publication number: 20190000589
    Abstract: An exemplary method for managing surgical sponges in an operating room during a surgical procedure is provided. The method includes providing a first surgical sponge and a second surgical sponge. The first surgical sponge includes a first optically-scannable element, a first human-readable element, and a first detecting element, which includes a first set of unique identification information. The second surgical sponge includes a second optically-scannable element, a second human-readable element, and a second detecting element, which include a second set of unique identification information. The first and second sets of unique identification information are different from one another. The method further includes counting-in the first and second surgical sponges by optically-scanning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian James VANDERWOUDE, Michael Allan ROUX
  • Publication number: 20190000590
    Abstract: A dental surgical drill guide assembly and method includes a surgical guide housing and a base frame that fits to both gum tissue and one or multiple small areas of jawbone. The apparatus may be configured to accurately place dental implants according to planned positions. Such apparatus may increase the stability of the surgical guide by clasping and/or contacting the jawbone, while improving the overall fit and minimizing the need of invasive surgery and flapping by also clasping and/or contacting selected areas of the gum tissue at the same time. Self-locking alignment members aid in easy removal, and re-installation, of the surgical guide housing to the base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Randall C. Groscurth, Shoko U. Groscurth
  • Publication number: 20190000591
    Abstract: A combination has an implant, a dental dam and a holding device for detachably holding the dental dam at an implant end portion of the implant. The holding device is formed of a circular ring which is closed on its periphery and which has a ring-clamping portion that extends around a ring through-opening. A system has a combination that has an implant, which is preferably a dental implant; a dental dam; and a holding device. A dental tool can be used for detachably fastening a dental dam to an implant via a holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Hartmut RAU
  • Publication number: 20190000592
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing and generating a treatment plan for temporomandibular joint dysfunction where a polymeric shell appliance is utilized to generate one or more activation forces that facilitate tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities, in which each of the plurality of tooth receiving cavities is shaped and arranged to provide a counter moment of each of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce CAM, John Y. MORTON, Vadim MATOV, Jun SATO
  • Publication number: 20190000593
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a treatment plan for arch expansion where a polymeric shell appliance is utilized to generate one or more activation forces that facilitate tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities, in which each of the plurality of tooth receiving cavities is shaped and arranged to provide a counter moment of each of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce CAM, Peter WEBBER, Yuxiang WANG, Jun SATO, Jeeyoung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190000594
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental kit used for accelerating the recovery of the tissues affected by the insertion of an implant, and, implicitly, the osteointegration thereof, and also for treating diseases in the oral-maxillofacial area, such as periodontosis. According to the invention, the dental kit comprises two external mouth guards (A and B), the first of which has three work-points, and the second one has two work-points, an external mouth guard (F) with multiple work-points, a material (12) consisting of a polymer with high polarity and an apparatus (D) generating an electromagnetic field which generates, inside the mouth guards (A or B or F), a uniform field with an induction ranging between 0.7 . . . 0.9 mT, with a variation ranging between 5 . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Bogdan Constantin VLADILA
  • Publication number: 20190000595
    Abstract: A Morse taper dental implant providing two or more Morse taper interactions to secure a dental abutment within an implant and beneath a prosthesis. The implant (or anchor) penetrates the jawbone. The abutment having a conical male Morse taper component positions within a female socket forming part of a prosthesis. The abutment comprises an abutment platform from which a conical male Morse taper component extends for creating a second Morse taper interaction with a female socket. At least one aperture forms in the female socket to enable an implement to pass through for engaging the abutment, so as to release the Morse taper interaction(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190000596
    Abstract: A force damping dental bridge assembly which damps compressive, tensile, and lateral forces on a prosthetic tooth and jawbone through use of synthetic periodontal ligament fibers in the form of a damping membrane. Multiple layers of arcuate components and Morse taper interconnections secure the assembly. A threaded implant that penetrates the jawbone defining a tapered, conical inner cavity which receives a shank protruding downwardly from a full bar. An arcuate damping membrane positions on the bar and a half-bar positions over the membrane; whereby the damping membrane is sufficiently resilient to enable lateral and axial movements by the prostheses affixed to the half-bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190000597
    Abstract: A method of damping compressive, tensile, and lateral compressive and tensile forces on one or more prosthetic teeth and an implant recessed into jawbone through use of synthetic periodontal ligament fibers in the form of a damping membrane within a dental bridge assembly. An arcuate damping membrane positions on a full bar and a half-bar positions over the membrane; whereby the damping membrane is sufficiently resilient to enable lateral and axial movements by the prostheses affixed to the half-bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Clark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190000598
    Abstract: An interdental cleaning tool (1) comprises a base (10) having a shaft (20) that has a shape to be inserted into an interdental space, wherein the base (10) is formed of a composite material comprising a synthetic resin, a reinforcement material and a low-hardness resin having a lower hardness than the hardness of the synthetic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Kikkawa, Narutomo Shiraki, Satoru Komiyama, Noboru Kusakabe, Shinji Yumei, Masanori Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20190000599
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for providing personalized oral irrigation. One variation of a system for personalized oral irrigation comprises a fluid reservoir and a customized oral insert in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. The oral insert comprises an arrangement of fluid openings positioned based on the individual oral or dental structures of a user's teeth to provide a customized fluid flow over the user's teeth. Also described herein are methods for generating an arrangement of fluid openings in a customized oral insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Lee HANUSCHIK, Bruce Michael SCHENA, Gerald Thomas RYLE, Angela Junyan CHU, Kristina Jenna COOK, Kyle Geoffrey MOONEY
  • Publication number: 20190000600
    Abstract: A declogging assembly (20) is configured for use with a suction conduit (10). The suction conduit has a head (14) at a first end (15) and a vacuum tube connection (16) at a second end (17). The assembly includes a body (30). The body defines a first aperture (32), a second aperture (34), and a third aperture (36). The assembly also includes a plug (40) disposed within the body (30). The plug has a surface (42) configured to contact the head (14) of the suction conduit (10) so as to move the plug from a first position, in which the first aperture (32) is in fluid communication with the second aperture (34), to a second position, in which the first aperture (32) is in fluid communication with the third aperture (36). The assembly (20) also includes a biasing member (50) configured to bias the plug into the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
    Inventor: Stephen P. KALHORN