Patents Issued in July 30, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200237432
    Abstract: An electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members pivotably coupled to one another, an end effector assembly coupled to the pair of first and second shaft members, a knife, and a knife deployment mechanism. The knife deployment mechanism has one or more safety features that resist an inadvertent deployment of the knife.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Grant T. Sims, Kelley D. Goodman, Craig V. Krastins, Robert F. Mccullough, JR., Jennifer L. Rich, Daniel W. Mercier
  • Publication number: 20200237433
    Abstract: An electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members pivotably coupled to one another, an end effector assembly coupled to the pair of first and second shaft members, a knife, and a biasing member. The biasing member is disposed about the knife and configured to resiliently bias the knife toward a retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Grant T. Sims, Kelley D. Goodman, Craig V. Krastins, Robert F. Mccullough, JR., Jennifer L. Rich, Daniel W. Mercier
  • Publication number: 20200237434
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a surgical device comprising electrodes on the sides of an end of an effector to aide in sealing during various surgical procedures, such as a liver resection. During a sealing procedure, the surgeon may wipe the surgical site with the end effector, causing the electrodes to touch the fractured area. Electrosurgical energy may be applied to the electrodes during the wiping, causing coagulation of smaller vessels, such as tiny blood vessels and bile ducts in the parenchyma of the liver. In some cases, due to the nature of some smaller vessels, electrosurgical energy should be delicately applied to cause sealing but to avoid overly damaging the remaining tissue. In some embodiments, the thin design of the electrodes allows for an appropriate amount of electrosurgical energy to be applied to the fractured area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Charles J. Scheib, Mark S. Zeiner, David C. Yates, Michael J. Vendely
  • Publication number: 20200237435
    Abstract: A method for identifying and treating tissue includes providing an electrosurgical treatment device including an electrode assembly. One or more electrical property values of target tissue are measured. The measured electrical property values of the target tissue are compared against electrical property values of known tissue types. A tissue type of the target tissue is identified. An energy delivery configuration of the electrosurgical treatment device is adjusted to the type of target tissue. The electrosurgical treatment device is activated to treat the target tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicants: Covidien LP, Covidien LP
    Inventors: Mani N. Prakash, Timothy J. Bahney, Darren Odom
  • Publication number: 20200237436
    Abstract: A device is provided for supplying electrical current to an intervertebral disc. The device comprises a cannula having a proximal end and a distal end and a longitudinal axis therebetween. The distal end comprises a beveled tip for contacting a region of the intervertebral disc, and an electrode disposed within or on a surface of the cannula adjacent to the distal end. The electrode is configured to discharge electrical current to the region of the intervertebral disc. Methods of diagnosing and/or treating discogenic back pain are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Jared Wilsey
  • Publication number: 20200237437
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for performing a procedure for ovarian rebalancing. The methods and systems may be used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The systems and methods may also be useful in the treatment of infertility associated with PCOS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: AblaCare SAS
    Inventors: Marion GASPERMENT, Tim LENIHAN, Anne OSDOIT
  • Publication number: 20200237438
    Abstract: Disclosed is a skin treatment laser apparatus using complex irradiations with different pulse durations. A skin treatment laser apparatus using complex radiations with different pulse durations according to the present invention comprises: a laser generation device for modulating at least one reference laser ray into multiple laser rays having different energy magnitudes and pulse durations, and alternating multiple laser rays so as to repeatedly output the alternated laser rays; and a laser irradiation device for irradiating a skin lesion with the multiple laser rays are alternated to be repeatedly applied by the laser generation device, so that laser ays having different pulse durations can be alternately and repeatedly irradiated onto a skin lesion for a laser irradiation period of time according to a chromophore, thereby improving the efficiency of laser treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: JEISYS MEDICAL INC.
    Inventor: Suk Bae SEO
  • Publication number: 20200237439
    Abstract: A laser ablation device which, an emitting double ring beam at the tip, is used in treatment, without permanent damage and scar, of natural diseases like venous insufficiency, of subsequently-formed diseases like fistula or of hemorrhoids formed as damaging of the vein. The device includes a fiber probe with two different conical angled surfaces where the rays guided through inside the fiber are reflected at the fiber tip via a first conical shaped-end formed at a first specific angle at the fiber's tip and a second conical shaped-end formed at different second specific angle by starting from a certain portion of the first conical shaped-end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ali Aytac SEYMEN, Bulend ORTAC, Erol OZGUR
  • Publication number: 20200237440
    Abstract: New devices and methods for deflecting a catheter progressing within a lumen, into a preferred direction, typically in order to accomplish ablative removal of obstructive material within that lumen without the danger of uncontrolled catheter deflection risking perforation of the lumen. The catheter may ride on a guide wire, or it may be free riding down the lumen, limited by the passages available in the obstructive material, and generating its own passage by debulking the material within the lumen. The types of deflection required may be radial or lateral. A number of novel configurations are described, including improvements to the slotted wall catheter, by selection of the shape, spacing and location of the slots. Other implementations include a catheter with a novel spring configuration, which can release itself from a situation in which the catheter becomes stuck when widening an initial narrow bore in an obstructed vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: EXIMO MEDICAL LTD
    Inventors: Yoel ZABAR, Ilan BEN OREN, Oren Meshulam STERN, Shay GRANOT
  • Publication number: 20200237441
    Abstract: A process for confirming registration of bones involved in a joint replacement procedure is provided that includes a three dimensional (3-D) models of the bones being generated. The bones are tracked with a tracking device attached to each of the bones to allow 6-degrees of freedom (DOF) tracking during the joint replacement procedure. The 3-D models to the bones are registered and the bones having the tracking device are moved. A corresponding motion in the 3-D models with the moving of the bones is then observed. The registration of the 3-D models to the bone when the observations of the 3-D models move in correspondence with the actual bones is then confirmed or an alarm when an algorithm detects the 3-D bone models move unexpectedly during the movement of the bones. A system for confirming registration of bones involved in the joint replacement procedure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joel ZUHARS, Daniel P. BONNY, Saleh TABANDEH
  • Publication number: 20200237442
    Abstract: A robotic device for performing intracranial procedures, comprising a baseplate for mounting on the subject's skull and a rotatable base element rotating on the baseplate. The rotatable base element has a central opening through which a cannulated needle can protrude such that it can rotate around an axis perpendicular to the baseplate. This cannulated needle is robotically controlled to provide motion into and out of the subject's skull. A flexible needle is disposed coaxially within the cannulated needle, and it is controlled to move into and out of a non-axial aperture in the distal part of the cannulated needle. Coordinated control of the insertion motion of the cannulated and flexible needles, and rotation of the combined cannulated/flexible needle assembly enables access to be obtained to a volume of a region of the brain having lateral dimensions substantially larger than the width of the cannulated needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: David ZARROUK, Moshe SHOHAM, Menashe ZAAROOR, Hadas ZISO
  • Publication number: 20200237443
    Abstract: A method for implementing a dynamic three-dimensional lung map view for navigating a probe inside a patient's lungs includes loading a navigation plan into a navigation system, the navigation plan including a planned pathway shown in a 3D model generated from a plurality of CT images, inserting the probe into a patient's airways, registering a sensed location of the probe with the planned pathway, selecting a target in the navigation plan, presenting a view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway and indicating the sensed location of the probe, navigating the probe through the airways of the patient's lungs toward the target, iteratively adjusting the presented view of the 3D model showing the planned pathway based on the sensed location of the probe, and updating the presented view by removing at least a part of an object forming part of the 3D model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Oren P. Weingarten, Ron Barak
  • Publication number: 20200237444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members and may be registered to selected coordinate systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Victor D. SNYDER, Brad Jacobsen, Joseph Moctezuma, Jerald Lamont Redmond, Katharine E. Darling, Justin Kemp, Andrew Wald
  • Publication number: 20200237445
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members and may be registered to selected coordinate systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Victor D. Snyder, Brad Jacobsen, Joseph Moctezuma, Jerald Lamont Redmond, Katharine E. Darling, Justin Kemp, Andrew Wald
  • Publication number: 20200237446
    Abstract: A surgical instrument having a position sensor that may be detachable, disposable, partially isolated from movement of the main body of the surgical instrument, and/or configured to display feedback lighting. The orientation of the surgical instrument may be mimicked either virtually or by a mechanical device with a second surgical instrument. The instruments of the present disclosure may be used in any procedure or treatment that would benefit from position feedback for the instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Prichard Drain
  • Publication number: 20200237447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for registering a first anatomical structure (1) which is articulately coupled to a second anatomical structure (2), the method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising the steps of: acquiring second structure correlation data describing the spatial position of at least one correlation feature (3) relative to the second anatomical structure (2): acquiring coupling data describing a positional fixation (6) of the first anatomical structure (1) relative to the second anatomical structure (2), which is set by the articulated coupling (4) between the first anatomical structure (1) and the second anatomical structure (2); determining, based on the second structure correlation data and the coupling data, first structure correlation data describing the spatial position of the at least one correlation feature (3) relative to the first anatomical structure (1). The present invention further relates to a corresponding computer program and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Lars DOHMEN, Mario SCHUBERT, Anna WIEDENMANN
  • Publication number: 20200237448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for placing screws in the spine using a robot attached to a passive structure. The present invention also related to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for removing volumes in the body of a patient using a robot attached to a passive structure and to a device to carry out said methods. The present invention further concerns a device suitable to carry out the methods according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Szymon Kostrzewski, Philippe Berard, Charles Baur, John Michael Duff, Kishore Sandu
  • Publication number: 20200237449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a redundant reciprocal tracking system composed of at least two trackers 10. A first tracker is able to sense partial or full pose data (orientation and position) of a second tracker in a first reference frame and the second tracker is able to sense partial or full pose data of the first tracker in a second reference frame. Pose data of first and second trackers are further transferred to a central processor 30, which is able to compute the transformation between first and second reference frame. Data generated by the trackers are such designed that they define an over-determined mathematical system (e.g. more than 6 degrees of freedom in a 3D setup). The over-determined information can be used to qualify and/or improve the transformation of the reference frame. In an embodiment of the invention, the tracking system is an optical one and the over-determined information defines an error metric used to check the validity of the transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Gaëtan Marti, Maurice Hälg
  • Publication number: 20200237450
    Abstract: A system and apparatus is disclosed to automatically determine the identification and selected information relating to instruments. The identification information may be read or determined by various reader systems and then transferred for various purposes. The identification information may be stored on the instrument with a storage system or printing and/or recalled from a memory once the identification is made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Moctezuma, Craig Drager, Joseph Thomas Cilke, Victor D. Snyder, Wei-Shyang Yang, Justin Kemp, Andrew Wald, Jerald Lamont Redmond, Shai Ronen, Nikhil Mahendra
  • Publication number: 20200237451
    Abstract: Medical software tools platform utilizes a surgical display to provide access to specific medical software tools, such as medically-oriented applications or tools, that can assist those in the operating room, such as a surgeon or surgical team, with a surgery. In particular, an optical sensor located within an endoscopic camera may register subtle differences in color characteristics reflected from a tissue surface and in turn transmit the information to a medical image processing system. Moreover, the new tools are intended to help surgeons better determine the boundaries between healthy and diseased regions during surgical procedures. Various tools are intended to be used in procedures where indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescent dye is used. Intraoperative fluorescence imaging is commonly used during minimally invasive procedures to enable surgeons to visualize tissue perfusion and anatomical structures. The term perfusion refers to the passage of blood and tissue fluid through the capillary bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: JACK WADE
  • Publication number: 20200237452
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reviewing surgical videos are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to implement a method including accessing at least one video of a surgical procedure and causing the at least one video to be output for display. The method may include overlaying on the at least one video outputted for display a surgical timeline, wherein the surgical timeline includes markers identifying at least one of a surgical phase, an intraoperative surgical event, and a decision making junction. The method may enable a surgeon, while viewing playback of the at least one video to select one or more markers on the surgical timeline, and thereby cause a display of the video to skip to a location associated with the selected marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Theator Inc.
    Inventors: Tamir Wolf, Dotan Asselmann
  • Publication number: 20200237453
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly and surgical instrument including the same. The gearbox assembly includes a drive gear including a round gear and a lead screw such that a rotational input to the round gear rotates the lead screw. A first hub is threadingly engaged about the lead screw such that rotation of the lead screw translates the first hub. A second hub is spaced-apart from the first hub and engaged with a drive rod. A compression spring is disposed between the hubs. When a force acting against the drive rod is below a threshold, the rotational input translates the first hub, compression spring, second hub, and drive rod. When the force is equal to or above the threshold, the rotational input translates the first hub and compresses the compression spring against the second hub to maintain the second hub and drive rod in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: KURT J. ANGLESE
  • Publication number: 20200237454
    Abstract: A gearbox assembly of a surgical instrument and a surgical instrument including the same are provided. The gearbox assembly includes a carriage configured to selectively translate, four gear systems each including an input portion configured to receive an input and an output portion configured to provide an output, a first differential gear assembly operably coupled between the first and second gear systems, a second differential gear assembly operably coupled between the third and fourth gear systems, and a third differential gear assembly operably coupled between the first and second differential gear assemblies. The third differential gear assembly including an output coupled to the carriage. In response to different inputs provided, the third differential gear assembly provides no output to the carriage. In response to equal inputs provided, the output of the third differential gear assembly translate the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: KURT J. ANGLESE
  • Publication number: 20200237455
    Abstract: A surgical instrument configured for use with a robotic surgical system includes a housing, a shaft extending distally from the housing and including an articulating portion, an end effector assembly extending distally from the shaft and including first and second jaw members, a knife configured for translation between the jaw members, and a gearbox assembly disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the articulating portion of the shaft, the end effector assembly, and the knife. The gearbox assembly includes four rotational input gears each adapted to receive a rotational input from a robotic arm. The gearbox assembly is configured to independently articulate the end effector assembly about a first axis, articulate the end effector assembly about a second axis, move the jaw member(s) relative to the other, and translate the knife between the jaw members based upon the rotational inputs received by the four rotational input gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: KURT J. ANGLESE
  • Publication number: 20200237456
    Abstract: A slave manipulator manipulates a medical device in response to operator manipulation of an input device through joint control systems. The stiffness and strength of the slave manipulator are adjustable according to criteria such as the mode of operation of the slave manipulator, the functional type of the medical device currently being held by the slave manipulator, and the current phase of a medical procedure being performed using the slave manipulator by changing corresponding parameters of the control system. For safety purposes, such changes are not made until it is determined that it can be done in a smooth manner without causing jerking of the medical device. Further, an excessive force warning may be provided to surgery staff when excessive forces are being commanded on the slave manipulator for more than a specified period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Hubert Stein, Paul Millman, David W. Bailey, William C. Nowlin, Gregory K. Toth, Thomas R. Nixon
  • Publication number: 20200237457
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a robotic surgical system are provided. The system includes a surgical tool, a manipulator comprising links for controlling the tool, a navigation system comprising a tracker coupled to the manipulator or the tool and a localizer to monitor a state of the tracker. Controller(s) determine a raw (or lightly filtered) relationship between one or more components of the manipulator and one or more components of the navigation system by utilizing one or more of raw kinematic measurement data from the manipulator and raw navigation data from the navigation system. The controller(s) utilize the raw (or lightly filtered) relationship to determine whether an error has occurred relating to at least one of the manipulator and the navigation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventor: Michael Dale Dozeman
  • Publication number: 20200237458
    Abstract: Provided are systems and techniques for providing multiple perspectives during medical procedures. In one aspect, a method includes positioning a plurality of cannulas in a plurality of anatomical quadrants of a patient, inserting first and second surgical tools coupled to corresponding robotic arms into the respective cannulas. The method may include inserting an articulatable camera coupled to another robotic arm into another of the cannulas, where the articulatable camera is capable of showing a first view including the first surgical tool in a first anatomical quadrant and articulating to show a second view including the second surgical tool in a second anatomical quadrant. The method may further involve performing a surgical procedure in at least one of the first anatomical quadrant or the second anatomical quadrant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua F. DeFonzo, Andrew F. O'Rourke, Travis Michael Schuh, Yanan Huang, Jason Tomas Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200237459
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of substrates, configured to adhere to a body of a subject via respective pieces of adhesive material, and multiple coils coupled to the substrates, respectively. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Noam Racheli, Matityahu Amit, Oleg Dulger, Itamar Bustan, Yoav Pinsky, Uriel Hod, Helen Wolfson
  • Publication number: 20200237460
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes an electrosurgical energy source, an instrument drive unit, a sterile interface module coupled to the instrument drive unit, and a robotic surgical instrument selectively couplable to the sterile interface module. The robotic surgical instrument may be disposed in electrical communication with the electrosurgical energy source while the robotic surgical instrument is coupled to the sterile interface module. The robotic surgical instrument is configured to automatically electrically disconnect from the electrosurgical energy source when the robotic surgical instrument is uncoupled from the sterile interface module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Rockrohr, Jaimeen Kapadia, Eric Taylor
  • Publication number: 20200237461
    Abstract: A teleoperated surgical system is provided that includes a surgical instrument that includes an end effector mounted for rotation about a slave pivot axis; a master control input includes a mount member, first and second master grip rotatably secured at the mount member for rotation about a master pivot axis; sensor to produce a sensor signal indicative of a slave grip counter-force about the slave pivot axis; one or more motors to impart a shear force to the mount member, perpendicular to the master pivot axis; one or more processors to convert the sensor signal to motor control signals to cause the motors to impart the feedback shear force to the first and second master grip members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Grant M. Kadokura
  • Publication number: 20200237462
    Abstract: A surgical safety system for use in connection with a powered surgical instrument can be a standalone device or can be incorporated into existing electrosurgical instruments and generators. The system employs a controller connected to one or more sensors that are monitoring an aspect of a patient undergoing surgery. The controller is also in electrical communication with the powered surgical instrument and is configured to disable the instrument if movement or impending movement is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: James Keith Bleiler, Brett Zubiate
  • Publication number: 20200237463
    Abstract: A surgical instrument according to one or more embodiments may include: a base; an end effector; an elongated element to drive the end effector; a flexible shaft including a distal end coupled with the end effector; a winding member provided to the base rotatably about a rotational axis orthogonal to the second surface such that the elongated element from the flexible shaft is wound around the winding member; a drive receiving member rotatable about a rotational axis orthogonal to the second surface, to receive drive for rotating the winding member; a first guide pulley; and a second guide pulley. The first guide pulley guides the elongated element drawn from the shaft toward the second guide pulley along the rotational axis of the winding member, and the second guide pulley guides the elongated element from the first guide pulley toward the winding member in a direction intersecting the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsushi ITO
  • Publication number: 20200237464
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical system has an ultrasonic unit including an instrument operatively connected to an ultrasonic generator, wherein the instrument has an ultrasonic end effector on the distal end of a shaft. The system further includes a positioning unit including a movable arm adapted for releasably holding the instrument, whereby an operator may direct the positioning unit to position the end effector at a surgical site inside a body cavity of a patient for performing a plurality of surgical tasks. The system further includes a control unit operatively connected to the ultrasonic and positioning units, wherein the control unit is programmable with a surgical subroutine for performing the surgical tasks. The system further includes a user interface operatively connected to the control unit for initiating an operative cycle of the surgical subroutine such that the surgical tasks are automatically performed during the operative cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin L. Houser, William T. Donofrio, Foster B. Stulen
  • Publication number: 20200237465
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes: an adjustable end effector; an elongated instrument shaft defining an internal bore; and a drive assembly including a housing coupled to an end of the instrument shaft and an input device configured to facilitate controlled adjustment of the end effector via a drive cable extending along the bore of the instrument shaft. The input device includes: a drive shaft attached to a first portion of the drive cable, the drive shaft including an upstanding stem portion having a radially tapered outer surface; and a capstan attached to a second portion of the drive cable, the capstan defining an internal bore sized to receive the stem portion of the drive shaft, at least a lower portion of the internal bore having a radially tapered inner surface. The capstan and drive shaft are configured to transition from a disengaged state to an engaged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Grant M. Kadokura, William A. McDonald, II
  • Publication number: 20200237466
    Abstract: Provided is an instrument for surgery and, more specifically, to an instrument for surgery which can be manually operated in order to be used for laparoscopic surgery or various types of surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Joo LEE, Hee Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20200237467
    Abstract: Wearable user interface devices are described. A wearable user interface device can include a wearable base connected to a trackable device component by a linkage. The linkage can connect to a pivoted support that the trackable device is mounted on, and which maintains poses when the user interface device is not manipulated by a user's hand The pivoted support has several orthogonal axes intersecting at a center of rotation located inside a device body of the trackable device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joan Savall, Richard Edward DeMartini, Randall Blake Hellman, Denise Ann Miller, Anette Lia Freiin von Kapri, Pablo E. Garcia Kilroy
  • Publication number: 20200237468
    Abstract: A robot arm and method for using the robot arm. Embodiments may be directed to an apparatus comprising: a robot arm; an end effector coupled at a distal end of the robot arm and configured to hold a surgical tool; a plurality of motors operable to move the robot arm; and an activation assembly operable to send a move signal allowing an operator to move the robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Norbert Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200237469
    Abstract: A medical manipulator system that includes a joint, a first sensor that detects an amount of rotational motion of the joint, an actuator that drives the joint via a wire, a second sensor that detects an amount of operation of the actuator based on a rotation angle of the actuator, an input device, and a controller. The controller generates a control signal based on: an operation mode in which the control signal is generated by a transfer function that receives an input target value of the rotation angle of the joint and the amount of operation of the actuator, and a calibration mode in which the transfer function is adjusted based on comparing to a predetermined threshold value the amount of rotational motion of the joint and the amount of operation of the actuator. The controller then transmits the generated control signal to the actuator to drive the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20200237470
    Abstract: A surgical drape is configured for covering a patient and an ultrasonography probe during surgical treatment of the patient. The surgical drape may comprise a first portion that comprises a canopy portion. The canopy portion can be sized and shaped to at least partially cover a mechanical arm coupled to the ultrasonography probe and a proximal portion of the ultrasonography probe, and the canopy portion can be configured to move with the proximal portion of the ultrasonography probe when the ultrasonography probe is supported by the mechanical arm. A second portion can be coupled to the first portion, in which the second portion is sized and shaped to cover at least a portion of a torso of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolai Aljuri, Surag Mantri, Matt Sprinkel, James Badia, Nishey Wanchoo, Mark Baerenrodt, Kevin Staid
  • Publication number: 20200237471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart mobile cart for nursing and caring that includes: a pole assembly standing upright from a mobile base and having two ends, one of which the two ends is connected with the mobile base; a flexible arm having two ends, one of which the two ends is connected with the pole assembly and another end is configured with a device connector, to render a mobile device attached to the smart mobile cart through the device connector; and an accessory connector connected with the pole assembly in a movable and detachable means and providing for a device convenient carrier to connect with the smart mobile cart through the accessory connector, whereby a vital sign sensing device is placed on the smart mobile cart through the device convenient carrier, wherein the pole assembly, the flexible arm, and the accessory connector are configured to have a ground height adjustable above from a ground level, so as to provide the mobile device and the vital sign sensing device at different ground
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Smart Ageing Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SHIH-CHUNG KANG, YI-CHUN TSENG, TING JU LIU, YA HAN CHOU
  • Publication number: 20200237472
    Abstract: Device for folding an instrument tray into a packaging material, comprising a supporting surface for supporting the instrument tray during folding of the instrument tray into the packaging material, a first folding plate and a second folding plate, a movable folding aid for fixing the packaging material over a predefined line portion before and/or during the making of a fold, at least one movable clamp for gripping and moving the packaging material, a control unit for controlling the movement of the first folding plate between its respective first and second positions, the movement of the second folding plate between its respective first and second positions, the movement of the folding aid, and the movement and clamping and release of the at least one clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: R-SOLUTION MEDICAL BV
    Inventors: Mariska Sabine VAN DER VLIET, Niels Paul Emerentiana WELLING
  • Publication number: 20200237473
    Abstract: A container for disposal of medical waste is provided that comprises a receptacle with an open top. A lid is attached to the receptacle to cover the open top of the receptacle. The lid has an elongated opening sized to permit the introduction of medical waste into the receptacle. A closure flap is connected to the lid to selectively close the lid opening. The closure flap is movable between an open position, a closed position and a locked position. The closure flap is attached to the lid by axial hubs that extend from each side of the closure flap through openings in the side walls of the lid. Covers attached to the outside of the side wall of the lid and engaged with the closure flap axial hub. The container may also include a locking external cabinet that encloses the receptacle and can be mounted to a wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: James Burgess, Scott Bedoe, Hongmeng Tian
  • Publication number: 20200237474
    Abstract: A surgeon support system comprising a base having a foot platform with an appropriate angle adapted to support a user's feet. The base surface may be lifted using a jack pedal and the height is adjusted by a base handle. A knee pad is supported by a knee support bar which is attached to the base. The knee pad is pivotally connected to a seat pad and a chest pad support bar. The seat pad is supported by a seat pad height-adjusting strut and the height is adjustable by a seat pad height-adjusting handle. The chest pad support bar supports a chest pad for forward and backward movement of the user. The angle position of the chest pad is adjusted and released by an angle-adjusting knob on a chest pad angle-adjusting bar. The surgeon support system stabilizes a user close to a workspace for extended periods of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Leah Muller, Scott Beyer
  • Publication number: 20200237475
    Abstract: The method for generating dental data suitable for manufacturing of a dental aligner, includes storing 3D scan data of a dental arch, determining (140) a curve in an occlusal plane, determining a positioning of the nodes of the teeth of the dental arch on the curve, determining an elevation of the nodes of the teeth of the dental arch, and determining an orientation of the teeth of the dental arch; said manufacturing data are calculated at least on the basis of the 3D scan data as well as the determined positioning, the determined elevation, and the determined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sandro Barone, Monica Bordegoni, Armando Razionale, Aurelio Montalto
  • Publication number: 20200237476
    Abstract: Methods and systems of the present disclosure are directed to providing dental treatment utilizing a mixed reality device. A patient's physical arch is scanned to produce a virtual arch that is then rendered in a computing environment for analysis and manipulation. Virtual targets, e.g., brackets, implants, etc., and/or a grid, are applied to the virtual arch to produce a virtual dental treatment template. The virtual dental treatment template is rendered in the mixed reality device and aligned the template with the physical arch of the patient in the mixed reality device. A practitioner is thus provided with this template and the patient within the same field of view, so that installation of dental apparatus can be simply a matter of aligning physical dental apparatus with the corresponding virtual dental apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Baliram Maraj, Darshanand Khusial
  • Publication number: 20200237477
    Abstract: Method and system for detecting and correcting deviation during an orthodontic treatment plan is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving an un-segmented current teeth image representing a patient's teeth after an orthodontic treatment plan has begun and before the plan ends for the patient; matching a previously segmented teeth model with the current teeth image; and generating at least one corrective stage to define an intermediate tooth arrangement, wherein the at least one corrective stage repositions a digital teeth image so that a prescribed tooth arrangement of the previously segmented teeth model can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ian Kitching, Ka M. Cheang
  • Publication number: 20200237478
    Abstract: A multilayer sheet for a dental appliance provided in the present disclosure includes a core layer having a tensile modulus greater than about 1400 MPa and an elongation at break greater than about 3%; and a first skin layer and a second skin layer sandwiching the core layer, wherein each of the first skin layer and the second skin layer independently has a water contact angle greater than 72° and/or a surface energy less than about 40 mN/m. The first skin layer and the second skin layer are the outermost layers of the multilayer sheet. A dental appliance made from the multilayer sheet structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: USI Corporation
    Inventors: Moh-Ching Oliver CHANG, Tsai-Ting HSU, Yung-Shen CHANG
  • Publication number: 20200237479
    Abstract: The present application provides a shell-shaped body of a shell-shaped dental appliance, the shell-shaped body is a one-piece shell and forms a cavity for receiving a plurality of teeth and a first accessory mounting area, where the contour of the outer surface of the first accessory mounting area has a standard geometry for mounting a first accessory having a standard mounting surface, where the contour of the outer surface of the first accessory mounting area substantially matches that of the standard mounting surface of the first accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: WUXI EA MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ketuo ZHOU, Lei HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200237480
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance is constructed from shells shaped to receive teeth. The shells can be constructed from one or more polymer materials and stacked and also varyingly affixed to one another, which can include affixing only about the edge of each shell. The orthodontic appliance can be one of a series of similar appliances for incremental orthodontic modification of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Smylio Inc.
    Inventor: Loc Phan
  • Publication number: 20200237481
    Abstract: An orthodontic appliance including a shell aligner having a portion accommodating movement of a patient's bracketed teeth between a first position and the second position as elicited by force from an orthodontic braces appliance worn by the patient, related systems and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Kuo, Rick Matty, Artem Borovinskih