Abstract: An endovascular device monitoring system is provided that determines, based on movement of the endovascular device past a selected reference location, at least one of a movement rate of an endovascular device and position of a distal end of an endovascular device in a body of a patient.

Abstract: A method and system for computer assisted orthopedic feedback of at least one surgical object relative a pre-operative plan are disclosed. The pre-operative plan includes a virtual object, which is the virtual representation of the surgical object, and a virtual structure, which is the virtual representation of the patient structure.

Abstract: Image-guided systems and methods for enhanced medical tool tracking and guidance, virtual three-dimensional imaging, and enhanced fields of view. The system includes an imaging probe configured for side-view imaging. The guide sheath includes elongated flexible body and a channel configured to accept the imaging probe and a medical tool. The image console is configured to process imaging energy acquired by the image probe during side-view imaging to generate image data and calculate a global position of a distal end of the imaging probe or a distal end of the medical tool relative to a target in a tissue during imaging of the tissue using any one of 1D, 2D, and 3D sub-sets of the image data despite the target being located outside of fields of view of the imaging probe and not directly visualized by the imaging probe.

Abstract: Systems and methods for treatment of a spine of a patient. The system includes a treatment device comprising a probe tip at a distal end of the device. The system further includes a display device configured to display information associated with the treatment. The system further includes at least one computing device in electrical communication with the display device and the treatment device. The memory of the computing device includes software for operating a GUI. The at least one computing device configured to display the GUI comprising a virtual representation of: a first skeletal structure; at least one of an organ and a muscle; and a nerve network. The device also configured to display a graphic along a portion of the neural pathways associated with a user selected vertebra of the vertebrae when the treatment device is actuated to deliver the treatment.

Abstract: Implementations relate to a foot controller. In some implementations, a controller includes a stationary portion and a cradle member configured to receive a foot of a user. The cradle member is moveable to a plurality of positions along paths, the positions including one or more of a left position, a right position, a front position, or a back position. One or more of the paths have a component direction along a left-right axis of the controller and one or more of the paths have a component direction along a forward-back axis of the controller. One or more sensors sense the cradle member at a particular position, output sensor signals indicative of the particular position, and cause activation of a selected function provided by a system based on the sensed particular position.

Abstract: A surgical apparatus system for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) which includes a wrist assembly. The wrist assembly includes a first jaw, a first actuation hub, and a cable redirecting hub operably coupled to the first actuation hub, a second jaw, a second actuation hub, a housing for the first and second jaws, a first cable, a second cable, a third cable, rotational position sensors, and a control system. The first and second jaws of the wrist assembly are movably opposed, and the cables are configured such that applying tensions upon them cables produces rotation about a jaw axis. The wrist assembly may further include a hinge-rotary assembly to configured to provide rotation about a pitch axis and/or a roll axis. The wrist assembly may further include a fourth cable configured such that applying tensions upon the fourth cable and the opposing cable produces rotation about a pitch axis.

Abstract: Provided is a roll joint member for a surgical instrument. The roll joint member includes a wire guide portion, a guide member including a wire support portion, and a shaft member rotatably coupled to the guide member.

Abstract: A system and method for integrated table motion includes a device. The device includes an articulated arm having joints and a distal portion distal to the joints and a control unit. To support integrated motion with a separate table, the control unit is configured to receive a table movement request from the table, determine whether allowing the table movement request would result in a first joint of the joints being at a range of motion limit, allow the table to perform the table movement request based on determining that allowing the table to perform the table movement request would not result in the first joint being at the range of motion limit, track movement of the table due to performing the table movement request, and maintain, using the joints and based on the tracked movement, a position and/or an orientation of the distal portion relative to the table.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for detecting a position of an object with a robot surgical system having an articulable, separable camera stand. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base with a robot arm and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The end-effector, surgical instruments, the patient, other objects, or any combination thereof, may be tracked via active and/or passive tracking markers. A camera, such as an infrared camera, a bifocal camera or a stereophotogrammetric infrared camera, is mounted on a separable camera stand and is able to detect the tracking markers when in use. Using the camera, the robot determines a position of the object from the tracking markers, which may be a three-dimensional position of the object or the markers. When convenient, the camera base may be assembled into the robot base, e.g., by sliding the camera base into the robot.

Abstract: An instrument drive unit for use with a surgical robotic arm includes a body, a first gear, and a driven coupler. The body has a proximal end and a distal end configured to be coupled to a surgical instrument. The first gear is non-rotatably coupled to the proximal end of the body. The driven coupler is disposed at the proximal end of the body and laterally offset from the first gear. The driven coupler is operably coupled to the first gear such that rotation of the driven coupler rotates the first gear to effect rotation of the body about a longitudinal axis defined by the body.

Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided that includes an elongated shaft that includes a proximal end and a distal end; a cantilever beam is disposed at the distal end of the shaft; an optical fiber extends within a channel that extends within between proximal and distal portions of the cantilever beam; a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the proximal portion of the beam; a second FBG is formed in a segment of the optical fiber within the distal portion of the beam.

Abstract: This disclosure covers various concepts to use for obtaining measurement of tension in catheter pullwires to improve controllability of a robotic surgical system.

Abstract: A flexible-manipulator guide member is provided in an inserted portion of a flexible manipulator including the elongated flexible inserted portion, the movable portion disposed at the distal end of the inserted portion, a drive portion disposed at the base end of the inserted portion, and the elongated driving-force transmitting member that transmits motive power of the drive portion to the movable portion, and is provided with a lumen through which the driving-force transmitting member passes in the longitudinal direction, wherein the lumen has a twisted shape about the longitudinal axis of the inserted portion.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fixing a stent in position in an anatomical lumen. Such systems and methods include an intra-luminal stent and a magnet, implanted, for example, in the subcutaneous layer of the subject. The stent and the magnet are magnetically coupled such that the magnetic forces fix the stent in position. Use of the invention permits fixation of an intra-luminal stent to avoid stent migration while minimizing tissue damage.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sterile channel pre-drape assembly comprising a plurality of legs radiating from a common center region. Each of the plurality of legs has one or more sterile interior surfaces and one or more outer surfaces. The sterile interior surfaces of a pair of the plurality of legs define a sterile channel that is bounded by the outer surfaces of the pair of the plurality of legs. The sterile channel pre-drape assembly also includes an attachment element affixed to the sterile channel pre-drape assembly. The attachment element is configured to attach the sterile channel pre-drape assembly to a portion of a surgical system.

Abstract: A surgical drape comprising a flexible opaque sheet, a flexible transparent sheet disposed adjacent the opaque sheet to permit the patient to view the surgical procedure therethrough, the transparent sheet being sealed along a substantial portion of its bottom edge to the opaque sheet, one or more fasteners configured to dispose the opaque sheet adjacent the transparent sheet, wherein the opaque sheet is configured to selectively cover and uncover the transparent sheet, one or more engagement mechanism disposed at a top edge of the transparent sheet capable of engaging with a support structure, and the transparent sheet configured for being selectively covered and uncovered during the surgical procedure to respectively prevent and permit the patient to view progress of the surgical procedure without affecting surgical access to the surgical field, the top edge of the transparent sheet extending beyond a portion of the top edge of the opaque sheet.

Abstract: A holder for use in combination with an external object is provided, in particular a holder for which the external object moves around a remote center of motion. The external object may be a medical instrument such as a cannula or trocar whereby the remote center of motion is the patient's abdomen. The holder includes two members, generating motion in both a longitudinal and rotational manner. The holder can be used to support another object, in a particular embodiment a camera, convenient for performing endoscopic (laparoscopic) surgery and is equipped with means for generating motion, both in a longitudinal and rotational manner following XYZ coordinates. The holder is particularly useful for working in small areas as it occupies only a small bedside space, without scarifying on functional work area of the instrument mounted in the holder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an end effector having a line laser mounted therein, comprising: a main body forming the body of an end effector; a support part installed in the main body and supporting needle guide apparatuses for guiding a needle; a line laser part installed on one side and the other side of the support part, and emitting line laser beams so as to mark a needle insertion point for inserting the needle into a lesion of a patient; and a guide part for guiding the line laser beams emitted from the line laser part so as to cross the line laser beams, wherein the line laser part emits the line laser beams via the guide part such that the needle insertion point is marked at a predetermined distance away from the needle guide apparatus.

Abstract: Multi-fiber laser probes utilize relative motion of fibers and other laser probe elements to preserve small-gauge compatibility while providing for multi-spot beam deliver, or to provide for the selectively delivery of single-spot or multi-spot beam patterns. An example probe includes fibers having distal ends that are movable as a group onto a distal ramp element affixed to a distal end of a cannula, so that the distal ends of the fibers can be moved between a retracted position, in which the distal ends of the fibers are within the cannula or ramp element, and an extended position, in which distal ends of the fibers are guided by grooves or channels of the ramp so as to extend at least partially through external openings in the distal end of the laser probe and so as to be pointed angularly away from a longitudinal axis of the cannula.

Abstract: A surgical device for stabilizing tissue or positioning organs, or for positioning and holding surgical instruments and devices during a surgical intervention, includes a main body and a flexible arm. The flexible arm can be fastened to the main body, which can be brought into different positions and/or locations and which can be locked in a desired positioning by a tightening mechanism. The tightening mechanism can be tightened and/or released self-actingly and/or by an energy source. In a locked state of the flexible arm, the tightening mechanism has a retightening reserve, and the flexible arm can be automatically retightened in order to maintain its locked state, in particular by an introduction of energy from the energy source or self-actingly, by utilization of the retightening reserve. A retightening mechanism for use in the surgical device automatically retightens a flexible arm when in a locked state to maintain its locked state.

Abstract: A medical device flushing apparatus may include an enclosure and at least one fluid-providing channel. The enclosure may include an interior surface defining at least part of a flushing cavity configured to receive a structure of a medical device. The at least one fluid-providing channel may interrupt the interior surface of the enclosure, the at least one fluid-providing channel configured to provide fluid to the flushing cavity. Each of the at least one fluid-providing channel may point, in a fluid-providing direction, toward an interior of the flushing cavity, each fluid-providing direction pointing away from a centroid of the flushing cavity.

Abstract: A sensor system including: a wristband (2) which has a storage unit storing patient identification information so that a patient can be identified by the patient identification information; and a sensor (3) which can measure vital information of the patient; wherein: the wristband (2) can transmit the patient identification information to the sensor (3) by human body communication through a surface of a body of the patient in a state in which the wristband (2) and the sensor (3) are attached to the patient; and the sensor (3) associates the patient identification information with the vital information and then transmits the vital information including the patient identification information to a bedside monitor 4.

Abstract: A method for detecting alignment of a drill sleeve in a drilling template relative to the jaw of a person, includes: creating an impression element including a negative impression of the jaw structure; creating an X-ray template from the impression element by disposing spaced X-ray visible reference bodies in the impression element; carrying out a first three-dimensional radiological detection, in which the jaw, together with the X-ray template fastened to the jaw, is detected by DVT or CT; creating a drilling template from the X-ray template by fastening a drilling sleeve in/on the X-ray template; inserting a reference object, including spaced X-ray visible reference bodies, into the drill sleeve; and carrying out a second three-dimensional radiological detection, in which only the drilling template, which is outside the jaw, including the reference bodies thereof, and the reference object inserted therein, including the reference bodies thereof, are detected.

Abstract: A dispenser includes a guide shaft, a housing, accommodating the guide shaft, and supporting the guide shaft movably frontward and rearward along an axial direction, a slide block slidably mounted on the guide shaft, a piston shaft having one end mounted on the slide block, and another end projecting from the housing as the slide block moves frontward, a handle projecting from the housing, a slide bar having one end rotatably supported on the housing, and another end approaching the handle when rotated, and an engaging piece provided on the one end of the slide bar and engaging a guide groove formed in the guide shaft, wherein the engaging piece moves the guide shaft frontward when the other end of the slide bar is rotated to approach the handle due to an operation of a user.

Abstract: An anatomical pre-shaped oral anatomy dental barrier, for covering a treatment area of the oral cavity, comprising an elastomeric material capable of intimately conforming to the contours of the anatomical part of the oral cavity so as to provide a substantially fluid sealed barrier to the oral anatomical part it covers, and including a self-gripping structure. The dental barrier can be a stand-alone device or for use in conjunction with other intra-oral devices where in either case the selective exposure of the erupted teeth is accomplished whilst the surrounding oral tissues are covered by the device.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning at least one bracket element at a desired location proximate to at least one respective tooth of a subject include a support body supporting and integrally formed with at least one support arm. The support arm is arranged to locate a respective bracket element at a desired location with respect to a respective tooth. At least one locating element serves to locate the support body relative to at least one tooth of a subject.

Abstract: A gingival cone collar for dental implants includes a top section, the top section having a truncated zone shape and including a top open end and a bottom open end, the top open end being larger than the bottom open end; a connection section, the connection section having a ring shape; and a bottom section, the bottom section having a top open end and a bottom open end. The connection section connects the bottom open end of the top section with the top open end of the bottom section.

Abstract: This invention provides a measure that makes it possible to prevent more effectively, in comparison with the prior art, the invasion of germs from the gap between a dental prosthesis and the gingiva when the dental prosthesis is used in an oral cavity as well as the infection and inflammation associated therewith. There is a dental prosthesis or a component thereof, characterized in that: the dental prosthesis or the component thereof has hydroxyapatite fine particles on a surface of the dental prosthesis or the component thereof; the hydroxyapatite fine particles are sintered bodies; and the hydroxyapatite fine particles have a mean particle size of 10 to 1,000 nm.

Abstract: A disposition introduced in dental implant pin to improve and speed healing of the area after insertion of the implant pin. To this end, a pin (P) containing improvements has a central diametral reduction section (6) of diametrical reduction provided with thread fillets (7), forming a space between the bone mass (M) which will allow blood clot accumulation and natural secretions of the patient's body responsible for the prompt restoration and healing of the injured region in a considerably reduced time, besides the creation of intra-implant bone rings, offering greater support to the pin body (P), providing better dissipation of the pressure exerted during mastication .

Abstract: Various systems and methods for imaging soft oral tissue via an ultrasound oral imaging instrument are disclosed. The ultrasound oral imaging instrument can be coupled to an ultrasound probe that includes an ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasound pulses. The instrument can include an actuator couplable to the ultrasound probe. The actuator can move the ultrasound probe as the as the ultrasound probe emits ultrasound pulses to image tissue against which the ultrasound probe is directed. The instrument can be utilized to image soft oral tissue by applying an acoustic coupler to the soft oral tissue to be imaged or the ultrasound probe, moving the ultrasound probe along the soft oral tissue to captured two-dimensional slices or images of the tissue, and then reconstructing three-dimensional images from the two-dimensional slices.

Abstract: The invention relates to glass-ceramics based on the lithium silicate system which can be mechanically machined easily in an intermediate step of crystallisation and, after complete crystallisation, represent a very strong, highly-translucent and chemically-stable glass-ceramic. Likewise, the invention relates to a method for the production of these glass-ceramics. The glass-ceramics according to the invention are used as dental material.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to people who do not have the time or money to go to a dentist right away or they are phobic. People need an affordable and easy solution to this problem that they can manage themselves until they can get professional dentist help. If a tooth or dental restoration goes missing the adjacent and opposing teeth can shift causing more harm; this invention can help to hold and stabilize the teeth and help prevent further shifting and harm. This invention could help improve someone's speech, smile, and self-confidence. This invention can be a solution for temporary tooth replacement while an extraction site, implant site, or surgery site is healing. This invention could be used by professionals and non-professionals in the home, office, or on the go traveling. This invention could be good to have with first-aid kits at home, office, or schools. Additional dental uses are also possible.

Abstract: A siphoning device suited for automatically removing fluid/blood from a surgical site is described, having a length of sterile flexible tubing that is configurable into a loop, the tubing having a first open end, a second open end, and a central portion. A plurality of holes punctuate the circumference of either the first open end or the central portion of the loop, the one or more sets of holes being distributed along a longitudinal direction of the tubing. A sterile absorbent covering encompasses the one or more sets of the plurality of holes, the covering being permeable to bodily fluids. The siphoning device is connected to a vacuum system that generates a negative pressure, causing fluids that have accumulated in the absorbent covering to be withdrawn into the vacuum system. Accordingly, a durable, simple non-gauze system for automatically clearing blood/fluid from a surgical site is described.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved apparatus, structures and methods for tooth cleaning using mouthpiece appliance(s), water jets, brushes, and sonics/ultrasonics as shown and described.

Abstract: An optical sensor for an instrument to form a closed-loop curing instrument that is configured to manage the quantity of delivered energy to a curable material, including a composite restoration for a tooth. The closed-loop curing instrument is configured to analyze a signal indicative of the light reflecting from the curable material, and to adjust light output based on the analysis.

Abstract: A zero moment adjuster, with which an occlusal curve inherent in a patient can be reproduced within the buccal cavity easily and accurately, includes a base frame, face-bow mounting parts, a face bow, a mouthpiece, a fixing section for fixing the face bow on the face-bow mounting parts at a prescribed mounting angle, which is detachably fitted to the one face-bow mounting part, earpiece mounting parts, earpieces, a pad part, and a reference point indicating part for indicating an occlusion force concentration portion, wherein the mouthpiece is formed in the shape of a curved surface along an occlusion spherical surface whose center is a point on an occlusion line passing through the occlusion force concentration portion and being parallel to side frames, and the prescribed mounting angle is designed to allow the mouthpiece to be positioned on an occlusion curved surface within the buccal cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wound closure device that includes (a) a biocompatible material configured to be brought into abutment with a tissue surface, and (b) a plurality of fixation components connected to and extending through the biocompatible material, where at least one of the plurality of fixation components is configured to allow a suture to be connected to and extend through the at least one fixation component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a prosthesis (1) comprising a textile (2) of elongate shape defining a longitudinal axis A, and a reinforcing element comprising at least one semi-rigid elongate structure (8) connected to said textile, said structure being substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis A and having a distal end provided with at least one fastening element (4) distinct from said textile and capable of cooperating with a part of a tool (10) that is able to pass through said trocar, in order to temporarily couple said prosthesis to said tool.

Abstract: An implantable prosthesis for repairing or augmenting anatomical defects, including an inguinal hernia. The prosthesis may include a repair fabric having a body portion and a pocket on one side of the body portion to facilitate deployment and/or placement of the prosthesis at the defect site. For some applications, such as a reversible prosthesis, a second pocket may be provided on the opposite side of the body portion. Each pocket may be configured to receive a sufficient length of one or more fingers of an individual for deploying and/or positioning the prosthesis. A support member may be provided to help deploy the repair fabric at the surgical site and/or help inhibit folding or buckling of the repair fabric.

Abstract: A system and method for delivering an embolic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system and method may be directed to a combination of a catheter, coupler, and embolic device. The coupler is disposed inside of the catheter. The embolic device is coupled with a retaining mechanism at the proximal end. Until the embolic device is delivered to a certain location within an artery, the embolic device is engaged with the catheter by engaging the coupler with the retaining mechanism. The embolic device is further secured to the delivery catheter by securing the coupler with a securing mechanism formed on the catheter. When the delivery catheter reaches the desired location in the artery, the embolic device is released from the delivery catheter by simply pulling the coupler proximally such that the loop portion of the coupler first becomes disengaged from the locking window and then from the retaining mechanism.

Abstract: Advantageous instruments, assemblies and methods are provided for undertaking surgical procedures (e.g., cardiovascular interventional procedures). The present disclosure provides advantageous devices, assemblies and methods in the field of cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology procedures. Advantageous protection assemblies/devices (e.g., aortic arch embolic protection assemblies/devices) and related methods of use are provided. The present disclosure relates generally to embolic protection devices for use in the aortic arch to protect the distal vasculature during cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology procedures. An exemplary embolic protection device can take the form of an expandable/inflatable bladder member in a curved tube shape. The present disclosure provides advantageous (embolic) protection devices/assemblies, systems incorporating such devices/assemblies, and methods of use of such devices/assemblies for the benefit of such surgical practitioners and their patients.

Abstract: An aspiration system includes a pump and a control system in communication with the pump. The control system includes a microcontroller, an antenna configured to receive a signal, and a pump control board in communication with the microcontroller. The antenna is in communication with the microcontroller. Upon receiving the signal, the pump control board operates the pump to create negative pressure according to the signal.

Abstract: An aspiration system includes a pump and a control system in communication with the pump. The control system includes a microcontroller, an antenna configured to receive a signal, and a pump control board in communication with the microcontroller. The antenna is in communication with the microcontroller. Upon receiving the signal, the pump control board operates the pump to create negative pressure according to the signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial trachea comprising: a hollow tubular base material whose cross-section in a direction orthogonal to the central axis of the tube has an approximately circular shape.

Abstract: A valve to perform lung volume reduction procedures is described. The valve is formed of a braided structure that is adapted for endoscopic insertion in a bronchial passage of a patient's lung. The braided structure has a proximal end and a distal end and is covered with a non porous coating adapted to prevent flow of air into the. A constricted portion of the braided structure is used to prevent flow of air through a central lumen of the structure, and to define at least one funnel shaped portion. The funnel shaped portion blocks the flow of air towards the constriction, i.e. towards the core of the lung. At least one hole is formed in the braided structure to permit flow of mucus from the distal end to the proximal end, to be expelled out of the lungs.

Abstract: A bifurcated stent-graft and stent-graft delivery system for placement and delivery into an anatomical structure of the body, such as the superior vena cava, are disclosed. The stent-graft includes a first, second and third wire portions that provide strength, flexibility, and resilience. The wire portions are incorporated and joined by a graft fabric that forms a flexible joint that provides increased flexibility. The stent-graft can also include an aperture to allow for unobstructed blood flow from branched or tributary blood vessels such as the azygos vein.

Abstract: Allografts for soft tissue repair, including breast reconstruction and other plastic surgery procedures, are disclosed. One allograft is made from decellularized dermal tissue and constitutes a collagen matrix having substantially uniform density and porosity. Another allograft is a hybrid bilayer tissue form that is made from decellularized dermal and adipose tissues. Methods for making both allografts are also disclosed.

Abstract: An implementation of a mesh pouch includes a mesh wall that defines an enclosure having an opening at an end. The mesh pouch further includes a drawstring configured to close the opening when drawn so as to prevent the surgical implant from leaving the enclosure. The mesh pouch may further include a mesh tab extending from the mesh wall, the mesh tab providing a surface for suturing the mesh pouch to an inner surface of the patient's body. The mesh pouch may further include a strand extending from the mesh wall and a needle attached to a terminus of the strand. The strand may be configured to tighten the mesh wall around the surgical implant when pulled.

Abstract: Medical implants comprising biocompatible materials and having surface features that may assist in biocompatibility upon implantation in the body are described. Methods for manufacturing such implants are also described. The manufacturing process may include applying a biocompatible material to a texturized surface of a mold. The implants may include various features to assist their positioning, fixation, and/or identification during and/or after implantation.

Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes a support structure; a substrate included with the support structure; at least one conductor disposed on the substrate; and a hermetic barrier structure disposed over the at least one conductor. The hermetic barrier structure further includes a stack of alternating flexible insulating material and superelastic metal alloy layers.