Ankon Medical Technologies (shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Ankon Technologies Co., Ltd

Anx Robotica Corp.

Anx IP Holding Pte. Ltd.

Ankon Medical Technologies (shanghai), Ltd.

Oclaro (north America Inc.)

Anx Iip Holding Pte. Ltd.

Avanex Corporation

Xiaodong Duan

Shaobang Zhang

Guohua Xiao

Xinhong Wang

Lei Liu

Hongjiao Song

Min Li

Junjie Wang

Kevin Rubey

Qingqing Wang

Pengsong Ji

Hao Kai Zhang

Giovanni Barbarossa

Tingqi Wang

Qinghu You

Simon Xiaofan Cao

Yang Liu

Xu Wang

Qing Ye

Samuel Kan Liu

Hao Liu

Charles Mao

Hang Zhang

Lintao Zhang

Wenjin Yuan

Yun Chen

Fanhua Ming

Xin Liu

Rong Wang

Gang Li

Meikui Tong

Chao Han

Yakun Ma

Jianming Du

Bo Feng

Peipei Xu

Paul Hull

Dongqi Liu

The present invention provides a magnetic control device and a magnetically controlled capsule endoscope system. The magnetic control device comprises a mounting base, a base, a magnetic component, a first motor and a second motor. The mounting base is for hoisting the magnetic control device, the base is connected to the mounting base, the magnetic component comprises a magnet for driving the capsule endoscope to rotate, the first motor drives the magnetic component to rotate around a first axis, and the first motor passes through the mounting base and is arranged on the base along a first direction, the second motor drives the magnetic component to rotate around a second axis, the second motor is arranged on the base, and the first axis intersects the second axis. By reasonably utilizing a mounting space of the magnetic control device, the structure is more compact, small and convenient to move.

Magnetic control device and magnetically controlled capsule endoscope system

The present invention discloses a capsule endoscope, which comprises an enclosure, and an imaging unit, a data processing unit and an antenna unit arranged in the enclosure. The enclosure comprises a cylindrical middle enclosure and two hemispherical covers connected to both ends of the middle enclosure, and the antenna unit is arranged close to the inner surface of the middle enclosure. The antenna unit is arranged close to the inner surface of the middle enclosure. Such arrangement can save internal space and improve the space utilization, and also, the arrangement of the antenna unit does not affect the layout of the imaging unit.

Capsule endoscope

A remote control system and a remote control method for a magnetic capsule endoscope are provided. The remote control system includes a console and a computing terminal device. The console includes a base and one or more joysticks installed on the base, where the joysticks generate a first electrical signal according to a shaking operation. The computing terminal device converts the first electrical signal to a first control instruction and sends the first control instruction to an industrial personal computer of a controlled device through a telecommunication connection. The first control instruction instructs a drive mechanism of the controlled device to drive a magnetic moving component of the controlled device to perform a first motion. The magnetic moving component controls the movement of the magnetic capsule endoscope through a magnetic field of the controlled device when the first motion is performed.

Remote control system and remote control method for magnetic capsule endoscope

Tether for a capsule endoscope

An auxiliary apparatus for minimally invasive surgery is provided. The auxiliary apparatus includes an in vivo device, an in vitro device, a locating probe and a control system. The in vitro device includes an in vitro magnetic field generating element and a driving mechanism. The in vivo device includes a magnetic auxiliary member and a clip. The locating probe includes a magnetic field sensor. The auxiliary apparatus can achieve the effects of easy control of the mucosa curling angle, high repeatability of operation, fast speed, high safety and reliability for the mucosa to be dissected in any spatial orientation.

Auxiliary apparatus for minimally invasive surgery and method to use the same

The present invention provides a vibration capsule and a power supply method thereof. The vibration capsule includes an enclosure, a vibration source disposed within the enclosure and a battery unit electrically connected to the vibration source. The battery unit includes a battery and a power supply regulation unit connected to the circuit of the battery and the vibration source. The vibration capsule regulates the supply voltage of the battery to the vibration source through the power supply regulation unit, so that the battery provides the supply voltage lower than the total voltage of the battery to the vibration source, which can reduce power consumption and provide longer vibration time while ensuring the vibration safety of the vibration capsule.

Vibration capsule and power supply method thereof

The present invention provides a gastrointestinal tract positioning switch, a method of manufacturing the gastrointestinal tract positioning switch and a site-specific delivery capsule. The gastrointestinal tract positioning switch includes a base, a first electrode, a second electrode, a conductive device and a positioning film. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other and fixed on the base. The first electrode and the second electrode electrically connected to the conductive device respectively, and covered by the positioning film. Both the first electrode and the second electrode are an inert electrode, and can be exposed after dissolution or/and degradation of the positioning film in the stomach or intestine.

Gastrointestinal tract positioning switch, manufacture method thereof and site-specific delivery capsule

A system and method for controlling a capsule endoscope is provided. The control method includes: measuring a magnetic field value of the environment in which the capsule endoscope is subjected; obtaining a critical magnetic field value for suspension of the capsule endoscope according to the magnetic field value; adjusting a traction force on the capsule endoscope according to the critical magnetic field value for suspension; and controlling the movement of the capsule endoscope in a horizontal and/or vertical direction, wherein the movement of the first magnet is controlled by moving the second magnet, and the capsule endoscope is in a quasi-suspended state as moving in the horizontal and/or vertical direction. The system and method reduce friction between the capsule endoscope and wall of the target area during movement by controlling the capsule endoscope in a quasi-suspended state, which makes the scanning of the target area more accurate.

System and method for controlling capsule endoscope

The present invention discloses a method and system for determining orientation of a capsule endoscope. An external magnetic field is provided outside the capsule endoscope, and an internal magnetic field is provided inside the capsule endoscope. Magnetic field data is obtained according to the external magnetic field and the internal magnetic field, and acceleration data of the capsule endoscope is obtained. When the polarization direction of the external magnetic field is horizontal, the orientation information of the capsule endoscope is obtained according to the acceleration data. When the polarization direction of the external magnetic field is non-horizontal, the orientation information of the capsule endoscope is obtained according to the acceleration data and the magnetic field data.

Method and system for determining orientation of capsule endoscope

Systems for liquid biopsy and/or drug delivery may include a capsule endoscope and a tether coupled to the capsule endoscope. The tether may include a flexible member with a lumen in fluidic communication with a port configured to permit passage of fluid, and the port may be, for example, on the capsule endoscope or the tether. In methods for liquid biopsy and/or drug delivery, the capsule endoscope may be advanced into a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, and navigated to a region of interest, where a patient sample may be withdrawn and/or a therapeutic substance may be administered through the lumen (e.g., through the port).

Systems and methods for liquid biopsy and drug delivery

Disclosed here are systems and methods for collecting and/or screening of a pancreatic secretion, using a capsule endoscope comprising an imaging system and a trypsin sensor, and a tether coupled to the capsule endoscope.

Systems and methods for collecting and screening of pancreatic secretions

A capsule endoscope device, system and method for dynamically adjusting a color illumination spectrum. A plurality of different color groups of LEDs may emit light, recorded by an image sensor, corresponding to a plurality of different respective wavelength subranges. A driving circuit may send a driving current to independently activate each different color group of LEDs during entirely or partially non-overlapping time pulses. A single color group of LEDs is independently activated at any one time, and the plurality of different color groups of LEDs are sequentially activated in successive time pulses to simulate a white light or multi-color illumination spectrum over a plurality of the time pulses. The activation pattern of the color groups of LEDs may be dynamically adjusted, in real-time, to achieve a flexible and customizable illumination spectrum ideal for imaging a variety of different environments e.g., in the GI tract.

Capsule endoscope with a dynamic adjustable color illumination spectrum

An inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope and method of operation is provided. The inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope may include a sensing device for capturing in-vivo images and one or more permanent magnets for magnetically guiding the endoscope, housed interior to a capsule-shaped body. The inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope may include an inflatable buoy attached externally to the capsule-shaped body. An inflation device may inflate the in-vivo capsule endoscope to reduce its specific gravity by injecting gas into the inflatable buoy, such that when the inflatable buoy is injected with an above threshold volume of gas, the inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope floats in liquid. The inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope may be magnetically guided via its permanent magnets when exposed to an externally generated magnetic field. A reduced magnetic field strength and external magnet size may be used to magnetically navigate an inflated capsule floating in liquid than a conventional uninflated capsule.

Inflatable in-vivo capsule endoscope with magnetic guide

The present invention provides a gastrointestinal liquid biopsy sampling device. The sampling device includes an enclosure and expandable materials. The enclosure includes through holes cut in the wall of the enclosure, and targeted dissolution membranes covering the through holes that can be dissolved at targeted regions. The expandable materials are arranged at the positions corresponding to the through holes. The expandable materials expand after absorbing liquid and close the through holes.

Gastrointestinal liquid biopsy sampling device

The present invention discloses a capsule device for pressure measurement. The capsule device comprises a capsule enclosure, a data transmission assembly and a thin film pressure sensor. The capsule enclosure is formed with an accommodating chamber, and the data transmission assembly is arranged in the accommodating chamber. The thin film pressure sensor is attached to the outer surface of the capsule enclosure to measure pressure, and the thin film pressure sensor is connected with the data transmission assembly.

Capsule device for pressure measuring

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