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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Covidien Ag, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Inventors:
Derek Scot Tata, Loveland, CO (US);
Alexandra Hause, Denver, CO (US);
Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Boulder, CO (US);
Craig Allen Patton, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/008 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00042 (2022.02); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/000094 (2022.02); A61B 1/00097 (2022.02); A61B 1/00181 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steerable endoscope is provided with active steering control. An endoscope includes a flexible tubular body with first and second articulating segments, and a camera. In an embodiment, the endoscope includes an orientation sensor. A controller for the endoscope performs an automated analysis of an alignment between the motion axis of the endoscope and the viewing axis of the camera, and actively steers the endoscope to improve the alignment.