Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezionamento Sant'anna

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

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Karl Storz-gmbh & Co. Kg

Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia

Era Endoscopy S.r.l.

I.n.a.i.l. - Istituto Nazionale Per L'assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni Sul Lavoro

Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezionamento S. Anna

Universitá Degli Studi Di Torino

Ovesco Endoscopy, Gmbh

Arianna Menciassi

Klaus M Irion

Marc O Schurr

Paolo Dario

Massimiliano Simi

Sebastian Schostek

Cesare Stefanini

Alberto Arena

Pietro Valdastri

Samuele Gorini

Leonardo Ricotti

Barbara Mazzolai

Fritz Hensler

Robert Puers

Gunnar Anhoeck

Fabian Rieber

Giuseppe Pernorio

Dino Accoto

Andrea Pietrabissa

Heinz-Gerhard Graf

Christine Harendt

Edoardo Sinibaldi

Virginia Pensabene

Claudio Quaglia

Christian Di Natali

Rinaldo Sacchetti

Leonardo Marziale

Gioia Lucarini

Tommaso Mazzocchi

Yu Huan

Louis Phee Soo Jay

Tareq Assaf

David Turgis

Gianni Ciofani

Bert Lenaerts

Vittoria Raffa

Vassilis Kodogiannis

Tommaso Ranzani

Selene Tognarelli

Marco Piccigallo

Umberto Scarfogliero

Orazio Vittorio

Marco Quirini

Robert J Iii Webster

Alberta Arena

Chi-Nghia Ho

Marco Augusto Bonino

Mario Morino

Alberto Arezzo

Gastone Ciuti

An artificial sphincter to be implanted in a urethra, for treating patients suffering from urinary incontinence, includes a container configured to be connected to a wall of a urethra, inside or outside it, a valve unit housed within the container and configured to move from a release configuration to a block configuration and vice-versa. An actuation magnet is movably (rotatably or slidably) arranged between a first and a second position in the container, and is connected to the valve unit such that a predetermined (rotation or translation) movement of the actuation magnet from a first towards a second position, or from the second towards the first position, under the effect of an external manoeuvre magnet, brings the valve unit from the release configuration to the block configuration, where the valve is stably maintained, and from the block configuration to the release configuration, where the valve is stably maintained.

Urethral artificial sphincter with bistable actuation system

A grasper device for mini-invasive surgery procedures is provided, having two jaws, each of which having two elastically-deformable elements fixed one another and developing according to a main longitudinal direction, in particular a front element which contacts the tissue to be grasped and a back support element receiving a grasping force from a proximal command and having a higher modulus of elasticity than the front element. During the application of a grasping force F, the two elements deform along a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the main longitudinal direction and to the grasping force F.

Adaptatively morphing surgical grasper

Robotic platform for mini-invasive surgery comprising robotic arms () suitable to be placed in the body of a patient, introduced through a single access port, which are an extension of external robotic manipulators (). The continuity between external () and internal () robotic arms is guaranteed by means of a trans-abdominal magnetic connection () between the internal robotic arm integral with the external one. The trans-abdominal magnetic coupling not only guarantees a stable anchoring, but most of all it transfers degrees of freedom to the internal robotic arms, inducing the motion of internal magnets by means of the automatized motion of external magnets. It is also possible to reposition the internal robotic arms without requiring having to additionally perform incisions on the abdomen. Using the external robotic arms allows translating the internal ones on the entire abdomen thus providing a working space not bound to the point of insertion and theoretically unlimited.

Robotic platform for mini-invasive surgery

A system for the controlled administration of a substance by means of an infusion device implanted in the human body is described. The system has an implantable unit for detecting a shortage or an excess of such substance or a physiological parameter correlatable to the shortage or excess of such substance, an infusion group of this substance implantable in the peritoneal cavity and having a central control unit for processing data received from the detection unit, and energy storage means to power such infusion group. The system also has a carrier of such substance adapted to be ingested, and a refilling device for refilling the infusion group with such substance.

System for controlled administration of a substance from a human body-implanted infusion device

The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe (), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe () being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing () and an image pickup unit () inside the housing () that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe (). The image pickup unit () is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing () in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG.).

Intracorporeal videocapsule with swiveling image pickup

A robotic arm especially suited for laparoscopic surgery, having a torsional joint and a flexural joint forming serially arranged joints is described. The joints provide respective degrees of freedom for the arm, which further receives drive means for such joints. The robotic arm also has transmission means placed between the drive means have and the joints. The transmission means a first and a second assembly of three gear wheels, preferably conical gear wheels, and a train of three additional gear wheels, preferably straight-cut gear wheels, which couple the first and second assembly to form a differential mechanism.

Robotic apparatus for minimally invasive surgery

An endoscopic device for autonomous locomotion through a selected body cavity in a predetermined direction, the device comprising a hollowed, cylindrical body that extends between two, preferably, the front and rear, end portions, respectively. The body is made of a relatively elastic material and includes an anchor for temporarily and alternately attaching the end portions to a wall portion of the body cavity in synch with corresponding axial extensions and contractions of the body. The body incorporates a reinforcement structure distributed along its length that is substantially rigid in a radial direction and yields in an axial direction, the structure specifically comprising either a plurality of relatively rigid rings or at least one helical spring.

Self-propelled endoscopic device

A teleoperated endoscopic capsule for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes inside an animal body cavity, comprising a body () with a plurality of locomotion modules () placed on its surface, suitable for moving said body in the body cavity. The capsule also comprises an energy source inside said body and a microcontroller in the body () for actuating the locomotion modules () on the basis of commands teletransmitted by an operator. A video camera is then provided for capturing images controlled by said microcontroller and a transceiver system for receiving the commands teletransmitted by the operator and for transmitting the images gained through the video camera.

Teleoperated endoscopic capsule equipped with active locomotion system

A non-invasive method for the electroporation of cells contained in a substrate wherein the cells are placed in contact with carbon nanotubes and then said substrate is subjected to the action of two orthogonal pulsed electric fields generated by means of two pairs of electrodes in contact with said substrate according to a specific time sequence in such a way that, when a pair of electrodes is active, the other pair of electrodes is deactivated and vice versa. A device for performing electroporation according to this method.

Non invasive method of electroporation mediated by carbon nanotubes and device for putting the method into practice

Auxiliary forceps are provided for video-assisted minimally-invasive surgery, such as hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery, the forceps being intended for operation by a surgeon's non-dominant hand inserted through an incision for entering a patient's natural body cavity. The forceps comprises a plurality of actuating plates hinged elastically to one another and having a size and shape suitable for operation when held by the tips of two fingers. The forceps also has a plurality of jaws extending from each actuating plate, and a member for temporarily connecting the forceps to the surgeon's hand so as to maintain the forceps at an adjustable distance from the hand of not greater than a predetermined value. In addition, a structure is provided for housing the jaws relatively close to one another, within which the jaws are engaged during operation when the forceps is not in use.

Auxiliary forceps for hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS)

An endoscopic device for locomotion in a body cavity according to a prefixed advancing direction (A) comprising at least a variable length intermediate section () extending between a front end section () and a rear end section (). First and second clamping means () are integral to the front and rear section, for alternately grasping respective surrounding portions of wall (P) of the body cavity. Sucking means () are associated to the first and second clamping means for creating a depression sufficient to cause the body cavity wall portions to collapse within the first and second clamping means while they are in an open condition. Means for actuating alternate extensions and retractions of the intermediate section and actuating means () of the first and second clamping means are further provides for synchronous operation to generate a forward motion of the rear end section due to a retraction of the intermediate section, the wall portion (P) surrounding the first clamping means being firmly held therebetween, and to generate a forward motion of the front end section due to an extension of the intermediate section, the wall portion (P) surrounding the second clamping means being firmly held therebetween.

Endoscopic device for locomotion through the gastro-intestinal tract

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