Improved insufflator
AssigneeErasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
InventorsWillem van Weteringen, Johnny Vlot, Tomas Gijsbertus Goos
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed intended to expose a structure within a cavity of the human body for therapeutic and/or surgical treatment. The apparatus comprises an insufflator, comprising a gas output and an insufflator input mechanism adapted to input the gas from the gas output into the cavity of the human body, further comprising an insufflator controller for enlarging the cavity part by insufflation of gas from the gas output into the cavity; and a breathing rate detector; wherein the insufflator controller is arranged to real time adapt an insufflation frequency rate and flow in accordance with a detected or set breathing rate of the human body.
Claims17
An apparatus for exposing structures within a cavity of the human body for diagnostic and/or therapeutic endoscopic procedure, comprising:
- an insufflator, comprising a gas output and an insufflator input mechanism adapted to input gas from the gas output into the cavity of the human body, the insufflator further comprising an insufflator controller for enlarging the cavity part by insufflation of said gas from the gas output into the cavity;
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- a breathing controller;
- wherein the insufflator controller is arranged to real time adapt an insufflation rate of said gas in accordance with one or more types of a status information taken from the group consisting of:
- an inflated lung pressure, and
- a volume detected from the breathing controller.
A computer controlled method of operating an insufflator intended to expose an intended structure within a cavity of the human body for a diagnostic and/or therapeutic endoscopic procedure, the method comprising:
- adapting, by an insufflator controller, a gas output from the insufflator and/or an gas input into the cavity of the human body to input gas from the gas output via the gas input into the cavity so as to enlarge the cavity part by insufflation of gas,
- wherein, during the adapting, the insufflator controller adapts in real time an insufflation frequency and flow rate in accordance with a breathing rate of the human body.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a method of operating an insufflator intended to expose an intended structure within a cavity of the human body for a diagnostic and/or therapeutic endoscopic procedure, where the method comprises:
- adapting, by an insufflator controller, a gas output from the insufflator and/or an gas input into the cavity of the human body to input gas from the gas output via the gas input into the cavity so as to enlarge the cavity part by insufflation of gas,
- wherein, during the adapting, the insufflator controller adapts in real time an insufflation frequency and flow rate in accordance with a breathing rate of the human body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.