| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 600130000 | With particular arrangement of internal elements (e.g., shaft reducing) | 10 |
| 20080275301 | Sigmoidoscope With Integral Obturator - A medical instrument used as a sigmoidoscope ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090043166 | ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope of the present invention includes a distal end main body portion provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, a disposing hole having a first space and a second space that is formed in the distal end main body portion, and an objective lens. The endoscope also includes an image pickup unit that is provided inside disposing hole such that objective lens faces a second opening and that has a shape formed along a part of first space and second space. Image pickup unit is fixed inside disposing hole by a screw that is inserted into distal end main body portion through a screw hole formed in distal end main body portion at an intersecting region between first space and second space. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090203965 | Endoscope apparatus and method of controlling endoscope apparatus - To provide an endoscope apparatus in which the number of signal lines inserted through an endoscope insertion section and the number of signal lines in an optical adapter are reduced to make it possible to reduce a diameter of the endoscope insertion section and reduce a size of the optical adapter. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090216083 | Systems and Methods for Articulating an Elongate Body - Systems and methods for articulating an elongate articulatable body which is adapted to be delivered within a body cavity. Particularly, systems and methods for enhancing an articulating force on the elongate body without increasing an actuation force applied by an actuator. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100324367 | CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A capsule medical apparatus is provided with a plurality of rigid boards which are connected in line via a flexible board; and molded bodies. The molded bodies are formed in a manner of covering functional components mounted on the respective rigid boards. The molded bodies keep an inter-board interval between the rigid boards by intervening between facing rigid boards. The molded bodies keep an inter-board interval between the rigid boards by intervening between facing rigid boards. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110092771 | SURGICAL HEAD CLAMP - The invention relates generally to apparatus and devices for stereotactic surgery, computer aided surgery and other similar medical procedures. More particularly, a clamping device for firm attachment to a body part during surgery and for firmly and precisely positioning and orienting medical instruments attached to the clamping device is disclosed. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110201887 | INTERLOCKING NESTED CANNULA - An interlocking nested cannula set ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20130331650 | Optic Fiber Connection for a Force Sensing Instrument - A surgical instrument that includes a housing linkable with a manipulator arm of a robotic surgical system, a shaft coupled to the housing, a force transducer on a distal end of the shaft, and a plurality of fiber optic strain gauges on the force transducer is disclosed. The plurality of strain gauges are coupled to a fiber optic splitter or an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexer, which can be coupled to a fiber optic connector. A wrist joint coupled to an end effector is coupled to a distal end of the force transducer. A robotic surgical manipulator that includes a base link coupled to a distal end of a manipulator positioning system, and a distal link with an instrument interface, and a fiber optic connector optically linkable to a surgical instrument. A method of passing data between an instrument and a manipulator via optical connectors is also provided. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140350344 | Optics tube for an endoscope, rod lens, combination of an optics tube and at least one rod lens, and endoscope - An optics tube for an endoscope including a magnet arrangement which extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the optics tube. A rod lens including a rod-shaped lens unit made of a rod-shaped lens element or a plurality of lens elements cemented to one another, wherein, on one side on the circumferential face thereof, the lens unit includes a magnet arrangement. The invention also relates to a combination of an optics tube and a rod lens, and to an endoscope. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20160374544 | Endoscope Circuit Board Assembly - There is provided herein a circuit board assembly for a tip section of a multi-camera endoscope comprising a camera circuit board configured to carry at least one front-pointing camera and at least one side-pointing camera, a flexible illuminator circuit board comprising at least one foldable panel and configured to carry at least one front illuminator for essentially illuminating the field of view (FOV) of the front-pointing camera and at least one side illuminator for essentially illuminating the FOV of the side-pointing camera. | 12-29-2016 |
