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US 2022/0016394 A1Published application
Medical Apparatus and Method of Use Thereof
AssigneeCanon U.S.A., Inc.
InventorBrian Ninni
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Abstract
An articulated medical device having a hollow core, capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small spaces of a patient to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, and once the medical device has reached the target, allowing for finite movement of the distal end of the medical device to hone in on one or more targets or areas of interest, without having to move the remainder of the medical device.
Claims22
A medical apparatus comprising:
- a bendable body having a first bending section and a second bending section, with the first bending section in a position distal to the second bending section;
- a first control wire connected to a distal end of the first bending section;
- a second control wire connected to a distal end of the second bending section;
- at least two lumens in the bendable body extending the length of the bendable body through both the first bending section and second bending section;
- wherein the first bending section comprises:
- at least two guide rings disposed in the bendable body and spaced a distance from one another to create a cavity;
- and
- a wall extending the length of the first bending section and configured to encapsulated the at least two guide rings,
- wherein the wall comprises a resilient outer lining and a resilient inner lining for encapsulating the at least two rings,
- wherein the first bending section is configured for manipulation after the second bending section has been manipulated to reach the target.
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A method for controlling a medical apparatus comprising:
- medical apparatus comprising:
- a bendable body having a first bending section and a second bending section, with the first bending section in a position distal to the second bending section;
- a first control wire connected to a distal end of the first bending section;
- a second control wire connected to a distal end of the second bending section;
- and
- at least two lumens in the bendable body extending the length of the bendable body through both the first bending section and second bending section;
- the method comprising:
- controlling, by a controller, the second bending section to a target, followed by controlling, by the controller, the first bending section,
- wherein the first bending section comprises:
- at least two guide rings disposed in the bendable body and spaced a distance from one another to create a cavity;
- and
- a wall extending the length of the first bending section and configured to encapsulated the at least two guide rings,
- wherein the wall comprises a resilient outer lining and a resilient inner lining for encapsulating the at least two rings,
- wherein the first bending section is configured for controlling after the second bending section has been controlled to reach the target.
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An apparatus comprising;
- a bendable body including at least a distal bending section and a proximal bending section;
- a controller configured to control the distal bending section to bend and to control the proximal bending section to bend;
- wherein in a first mode, the controller controls the distal bending section to bend in accordance with an instruction inputted by a user with a posture of the proximal bending section maintained;
- and
- wherein in a second mode, the controller controls the distal bending section to bend in accordance with an instruction inputted by an end user and controls the proximal bending section to bend based on the bending amount of the distal bending section and a distance in which the bendable body is advanced after the distal bending section is bent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.