Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Roen Surgical, Inc.

Easyendo Surgical, Inc.

Dot Incorporation

Dong Soo Kwon

Byung Sik Cheon

Joon Hwan Kim

Un Je Yang

Han Soul Kim

Jae Min You

Deok Gyoon Chung

Hyeon Cheol Park

Ki Uk Kyung

Duk Sang Kim

Jeong Do Ahn

Dong Hoon Baek

Wan Soo Kim

Ju Yoon Kim

Ji Ho Kim

Soo Chul Lim

Jung Yup Kim

Jonathan C Kim

Gi Hun Yang

Dong Ho Lee

Hyung Suck Cho

Chang Kyun Kim

Se Kyong Song

Woo Chul Jeong

Byoung Kil Han

John Kwon

Jun Yung Kim

Ju Hwan Seo

Tae Heon Yang

Seong Young Ko

Dong Geol Lee

Bum Mo Ahn

Yun Ju Lee

Hee Jin Choi

Kyoo Bin Lee

Jae Woong Min

Seung Woo Son

Joon Yeong Kim

Kyu Bin Lee

Han Byeol Kim

Ye Sung Yi

Dong Bum Pyo

Se Min Ryu

Woo Jung Lee

A modular endoscopic device includes a base portion, a driver provided in the base portion, and an endoscope module including an endoscope housing detachably provided in the base portion, an insertion tube including a bendable bending portion and connected to the endoscope housing to be inserted into a body of a subject, and a bending wire configured to transfer a force to bend the bending portion. The endoscope module is detachably attachable to the base portion. The driver is configured to transfer power to the bending wire when the endoscope module is attached to the base portion, and the driver is configured not to transfer power to the bending wire when the endoscope module is detached from the base portion.

Endoscope module and modular endoscopic device including the same

This application relates to an information output apparatus including at least one information output unit. The information output unit includes a coil unit connected to a power source to allow an electric current to flow therethrough and a base unit formed to accommodate the coil unit. The information output unit also includes an expression unit formed and arranged to allow a user to sense the expression unit and a driving unit arranged in the base unit to be separated from the coil unit. The driving unit is adjacent to the coil unit to be driven by the electric current flowing through the coil unit to perform an angular or rotational movement so as to move the expression unit in a first direction towards the coil unit and an opposite direction.

Information output apparatus

Disclosed is an endoscope apparatus. The endoscope apparatus of the present invention includes: an endoscope including a flexible insertion section to be inserted into a human body; a flexible channel attached to the insertion section so that a part forms a passage in a longitudinal direction of the insertion section; and an assistant arm movably inserted into the passage and manipulated by a control device, and the assistant arm includes forceps capable of gripping a human body tissue, and a bending section bent by the control device to pull the human body tissue griped by the forceps.

Endoscope apparatus

A basket device for an endoscope includes a base tube attached to an end of an endoscope tube and including at least one channel through which an endoscopic camera or a surgical instrument passes, a plurality of baskets provided at locations separate from each other in a radial direction along an edge of an end of the base tube and formed to protrude in a direction in which each of the baskets is to be expanded, and an operator formed to surround the plurality of baskets at the end of the base tube and being slidable in a longitudinal direction of the base tube.

Basket device for endoscope

An arm rest apparatus, according to one embodiment, may comprise: a fixed part fixed to an external object; a horizontal movement module having one end rotatably connected to the fixed part and the other end having two-translational-degree-of-freedom movement with respect to the fixed part; and an arm support module installed to have two rotational degrees of freedom with respect to the other end of the horizontal movement module.

Arm rest apparatus

A colon linearizing device installed in an endoscope to linearize a colon by performing translation and expansion motions in the colon may include a ring-shaped proximal member installed to surround an outer circumferential surface of an insertion tube of an endoscope, a fixed end secured to the insertion tube, a ring-shaped distal member positioned between the proximal member and the fixed end and movably installed along a longitudinal direction of the insertion tube, and an elastic member connected between the fixed end and the distal member.

Colon linearizing device, colon linearizing system including the same and method of manufacturing the colon linearizing device

A method of determining hysteresis according to an example embodiment may include capturing a real-time image of the surgical robot driven according to a drive input, and measuring a drive angle of the surgical robot by comparing the real-time image to a previously rendered image data set of the surgical robot, and calculating a difference between the drive input and the measured drive angle.

Method of determining hysteresis of surgical robot, method of compensating for the same, and endoscopic surgical apparatus

A positioning arm including a link assembly including a translation link configured to translationally move along a virtual axis passing a remote center of motion (RCM) present at a predetermined position separated from one point and configured to move in at least two directions based on the one point, and a gravity torque compensator configured to provide a compensation torque in a direction opposite to a gravity torque applied to the one point by a self-weight of the link assembly.

Positioning arm

An autonomous endoscopic system capable of controlling movement of an endoscope inserted into a protective sheath installed in the body of a patient includes: an endoscope operating device capable of operating a relative position of the endoscope with respect to the protective sheath, a rolling angle of the endoscope, and a bending angle of a bending portion which is located at the end of the endoscope and is bendable; and a control unit for controlling the endoscope operating device, wherein the control unit controls the endoscope operating device on the basis of a driving record of the endoscope.

Autonomous endoscopic system and control method therefor

Provided is an information output apparatus including one or more information output units, wherein each information output unit includes a coil arranged to be connected to a power source, such that a current flows in the coil; a base unit configured to accommodate the coil; and a driving indicator, which is arranged in the base unit to be apart from and close to the coil to be driven by a current flowing in the coil and is configured to move in a first direction toward the coil and a direction opposite thereto to rotate while being connected to the base unit and to move in a second direction crossing the first direction to be recognized by a user.

Information output device

A basket actuator includes a base including a base body and a base guide installed in the base body, a slider including a slider body configured to slide along the base guide, and a first slider arm and a second slider arm formed to protrude from the slider body and facing each other, a roller including a roller body rotatably disposed between the first slider arm and the second slider arm and a plurality of roller blades formed to protrude outwardly from the roller body, a wire guide connected to a front end portion of the base body, a wire disposed inside the wire guide and having a first end fixed to the roller, and a basket connected to a second end of the wire. The second slider arm is located rearward in comparison to the first slider arm.

Basket actuator and surgical device including the same

A flexible drive manipulator according to an example embodiment may include a proximal portion, a plurality of joint portions drivably connected from an end of the proximal portion with respect to a longitudinal axis, a distal portion connected to an end of the plurality of joint portions, a pair of drive wires passing through the plurality of joint portions in parallel along the longitudinal axis, the pair of drive wires configured to drive the plurality of joint portions in a rotational direction of rotation with respect to a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a fixing wire passing through the plurality of joint portions in a shape of converging along the longitudinal axis, the fixing wire configured to adjust rigidity of the plurality of joint portions.

Flexible drive manipulator

According to an embodiment, an autonomous endoscopic system capable of controlling movement of an endoscope inserted into a protective sheath installed in the body of a patient may comprise: an endoscope operating device capable of operating a relative position of the endoscope with respect to the protective sheath, a rolling angle of the endoscope, and a bending angle of a bending portion which is located at the end of the endoscope and is bendable; and a control unit for controlling the endoscope operating device, wherein the control unit controls the endoscope operating device on the basis of a driving record of the endoscope.

A urolithiasis removing device according to one embodiment can comprise: an insertion tube; a guide which is inserted into the insertion tube and which is relatively movable with respect to the insertion tube; a wire which is inserted into the guide and which is relatively movable with respect to the guide; a basket positioned in front of the wire and capable of holding urolithiasis; and a control unit for determining the size of the urolithiasis on the basis of the relative movement of the guide with respect to the insertion tube or the relative movement of the wire with respect to the guide.

Urolithiasis removing device and method

Disclosed herein is a vibration generation module capable of generating inertial and impact vibrations. The vibration generation module includes a magnetic force generation unit, an elastic force provision unit, a permanent magnet, a contactor, and an impact transmission panel. The permanent magnet is configured such that when periodic electrical energy having a specific duty or voltage is supplied to the magnetic force generation unit, the permanent magnet alternates between a position in which the permanent magnet is completely spaced apart from the magnetic force generation unit and a completely lowered position in which the permanent magnet collides with an upper surface of the magnetic force generation unit, and such that periodic electrical energy having another specific duty or voltage is supplied to the magnetic force generation unit, the permanent magnet alternates between a position in which the permanent magnet is partially spaced apart from the magnetic force generation unit and a partially lowered position in which the permanent magnet is close to the upper surface of the magnetic force generation unit.

Vibration generation module capable of generating inertial and impact vibrations

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Daejeon, South Korea

Dong Soo Kwon