Apparatus for self-guided intubation
AssigneeIntumed Ltd.
InventorsShlomo Besharim, Eliyahu Besharim
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Abstract
An automatically operative medical insertion device and method including an insertable element which is adapted to be inserted within a living organism in vivo, a surface following element, physically associated with the insertable element and being arranged to follow a physical surface within the living organism in vivo, a driving subsystem operative to at least partially automatically direct the insertable element along the physical surface and a navigation subsystem operative to control the driving subsystem based at least partially on a perceived location of the surface following element along a reference pathway stored in the navigation subsystem.
Claims108
An automatically operative medical insertion device comprising:
- an insertable element which is adapted to be inserted within a living organism In vivo,
- a surface following element, physically associated with said insertable element and being arranged to follow a physical surface within said living organism in vivo;
- a driving subsystem operative to at least partially automatically direct said insertable element along said physical surface;
- and
- a navigation subsystem operative to control said driving subsystem based at least partially on a perceived location of said surface following element along a reference pathway stored in said navigation subsystem.
An automatically operative medical insertion device comprising:
- an insertable element which is adapted to be inserted within a living organism in vivo
- a surface following element, physically associated with said insertable element and being arranged to follow a physical surface within said living organism in vivo;
- a driving subsystem operative to at least partially automatically direct said insertable element along said physical surface;
- and
- a navigation subsystem operative to control said driving subsystem based at least partially on a perceived location of said surface following element along a reference pathway stored in said navigation subsystem,
- said insertable element comprises a disposable mouthpiece.
An automatically operative medical insertion method comprising:
- inserting, an insertable element within a living organism in vivo;
- physically associating a surface following element with said insertable element and causing said surface following element to follow a physical surface within said living organism in vivo;
- automatically and selectably directing said insertable element along said physical surface;
- and
- controlling direction of said insertable element based at least partially on a perceived location of said surface following element along a reference pathway stored in said navigation subsystem
An automatically operative medical insertion method according to claim 104 and also comprising transmitting said reference pathway from said computer to said medical insertion device
An automatically operative medical insertion method comprising:
- inserting an insertable element within a living organism in vivo;
- physically associating a surface following element with said insertable element and causing said surface following element to follow a physical surface within said living organism in vivo,
- automatically and selectably directing said insertable element along said physical surface, and
- controlling direction of said insertable element based at least partially on a perceived location of said surface following element along a reference pathway stored in said navigation subsystem.
- said insertable element comprises a disposable mouthpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.