Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090306594 | DRUG-DELIVERY PUMPS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Embodiments of an implantable electrolytic pump include a drug reservoir, a cannula fluidly coupled to the reservoir, a pumping mechanism for forcing liquid from the reservoir through the cannula, control circuitry for operating the pumping mechanism, and a power source comprising primary and auxiliary batteries in a stacked configuration, only the main battery being operatively coupled to the control circuitry during normal operation, the control circuitry operatively coupling the back-up battery upon detection of an electrical fault. The pump may further include a hermetic enclosure containing the control circuitry and the power source. | 12-10-2009 |
20100228119 | METHODS OF DETERMINING MOTION AND DISTANCE DURING MEDICAL AND VETERINARY PROCEDURES - A system, for use with a cannula insertable into human or animal tissue, for measuring relative motion during a surgical procedure includes a probe having a probe tip insertable into the cannula, and means for determining relative motion between the cannula and the probe tip. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228123 | MULTI-FUNCTION OPTICAL PROBE SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL AND VETERINARY APPLICATIONS - A device includes a handpiece having a probe tip disposed at an end thereof, and, connected to the handpiece such that, at the probe tip, a functionality of each is provided, a plurality of optical coherence tomography (OCT) probes. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228124 | MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES UTILIZING OPTICAL PROBE SYSTEMS - An imaging method includes providing a handpiece having a probe tip insertable into human or animal tissue disposed at an end thereof, and, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe connected to the handpiece such that a functionality of the OCT probe is provided at the probe tip. The probe tip is disposed adjacent to or into human or animal tissue. Imaging of the tissue, measuring at least one of a feature size or a quantifiable characteristic of a structure in the tissue for biometry analysis, and/or performing a diagnostic procedure on the tissue or a device implanted in the tissue is performed with the OCT probe. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228132 | SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL PROBE FUNCTIONS DURING MEDICAL AND VETERINARY PROCEDURES - A device includes a handpiece having a probe tip disposed at an end thereof, and, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe connected to the handpiece such that, at the probe tip, a functionality of the OCT probe is provided. A sensor responsive to movement and/or handling of the handpiece for controlling the functionality of the OCT probe is disposed within or on the handpiece. | 09-09-2010 |
20100228238 | MULTI-FUNCTION OPTICAL PROBE SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL AND VETERINARY APPLICATIONS - A device includes a handpiece having a probe tip disposed at an end thereof, and, connected to the handpiece such that, at the probe tip, a functionality of each is provided, a plurality of probes. The probes may include an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe, an endoillumination probe, a laser therapy probe, an ultrasound imaging probe, an electrocautery probe, an RF ablation probe, a cryosurgical probe, an irrigator, and/or a mechanical probe. | 09-09-2010 |
20110202032 | DRUG-DELIVERY PUMPS WITH DYNAMIC, ADAPTIVE CONTROL - In various embodiments, actuation of a drug-delivery pump is controlled based on a change in a condition of the pump. | 08-18-2011 |
20110270188 | FILL-STATUS SENSORS FOR DRUG PUMP DEVICES - The filling status of a drug reservoir in a drug pump devices may be determined with mechanical and/or magnetic position sensor associated with a reservoir boundary. | 11-03-2011 |
20110275410 | REMOTE-CONTROLLED DRUG PUMP DEVICES - Drug pump devices may be remotely controlled and/or reprogrammed by a smartphone or other wireless handheld device. | 11-10-2011 |
20110279821 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY WITH MULTIPLE SAMPLE ARMS - A multiplexed OCT imaging system includes a plurality of sample arms, an imaging engine, and an optical controller. The sample arms are optically coupled to the imaging engine via the optical controller; the optical controller multiplexes optical signals from the sample arms to permit some of the sample arms to operate sequentially or simultaneously. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282190 | COMBINED ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL TOOLS - A probe assembly includes a forward-imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe having a field of view and an instrument, adjacent to the probe, for performing manipulations at least within the OCT field of view. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282191 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FOR NEURAL-SIGNAL APPLICATIONS - An electrode carrier includes multiple electrodes, each electrode having a contact located at a different position along a distal end of the carrier, and multiple optical fibers, each associated with one of the electrodes and having an end face proximate to the contact of the associated electrode. Each optical fiber end face may capture optical information from tissue adjacent to the associated contact. The electrode carrier may be used for interfacing with an OCT system and a neural signal system. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282331 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY WITH MULTIPLE IMAGING INSTRUMENTS - A combination includes an OCT system, an optical instrument, optics defining an optical path from the optical instrument to a target, and secondary optics for coupling the OCT system to the optical path. This combination permits simultaneous operation of the OCT system and the optical instrument. | 11-17-2011 |
20120075639 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING NON-MECHANICAL SCANNING BEAM ACTUATION - In various embodiments, optical-imaging systems incorporate non-mechanical beam-actuation systems to facilitate the acquisition of, e.g., two- and three-dimensional images. | 03-29-2012 |
20120316540 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH CONFORMING TELEMETRY COIL AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A spiral-coil antenna conforming to a non-planar contour is deployed, in various embodiments, in an implantable device for controllably ejecting fluid into an anatomic region. The antenna facilitates wireless communications with the implantable device and external charging thereof. In one implementation, the device has a non-planar contour and the spiral coil defines a non-planar surface conforming to the non-planar contour. | 12-13-2012 |
20120330101 | Scanning Endoscopic Imaging Probes and Related Methods - An imaging probe may utilize one or more suitably shaped lens structure to deflect light off-axis, allowing for the acquisition of B-scans by rotary or reciprocating motion of the lens. In some embodiments, a rotary joint is integrated into the probe to couple the lens structure(s) to, for example, an external imaging console. | 12-27-2012 |
20120330102 | Scanning Endoscopic Imaging Probes and Related Methods - An imaging probe may utilize a suitably shaped lens structure to deflect light off-axis, allowing for the acquisition of B-scans by rotary or reciprocating motion of the lens. | 12-27-2012 |
20130267776 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING PROBES AND RELATED METHODS - An imaging probe may be responsive to a detector and an activator for processing an interferometric signal received from the detector and, in response to user actuation of the activator, for causing capture of an image or a video of the sample and storage thereof in a memory. | 10-10-2013 |
20130317294 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING PROBES AND RELATED METHODS - A vitrector with integrated imaging capability may include a vitrector tube, a tubular cutter, an actuation mechanism, an optical fiber, and a lens structure for focusing light coupled into the lens structure from the optical fiber beyond the distal end so as to image a region about the focus. | 11-28-2013 |
20140074058 | DRUG-DELIVERY PUMP WITH DYNAMIC, ADAPTIVE CONTROL - In various embodiments, actuation of a drug-delivery pump is controlled based on a change in a condition of the pump. | 03-13-2014 |
20140180133 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING PROBES AND RELATED METHODS - An injection device with integrated imaging capability may include a hollow, tubular needle, an optical fiber disposed in parallel to the needle, a detector, a lens structure for focusing light coupled into the lens structure from the optical fiber at a focus beyond the distal end of the needle, and an imaging engine for processing a signal received from the detector via the optical fiber and the lens structure so as to generate an image of a region about the focus. | 06-26-2014 |
20140285811 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY WITH MULTIPLE SAMPLE ARMS - A multiplexed OCT imaging system includes a plurality of sample arms, an imaging engine, and an optical controller. The sample arms are optically coupled to the imaging engine via the optical controller; the optical controller multiplexes optical signals from the sample arms to permit some of the sample arms to operate sequentially or simultaneously. | 09-25-2014 |