公开(公告)号：US20250160884A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US18955308

申请日：2024-11-21

Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher J. Nycz ,  Andrew Daudelin ,  Bryan Allen Clark ,  Aiden Flanagan ,  Longquan Chen ,  Kian S. Lim ,  Niraj Prasad Rauniyar

IPC: A61B17/34 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: Medical devices and methods for using medical devices are disclosed. An example method for performing percutaneous nephrolithotomy includes registering an optical tracking system to a global coordinate system, registering a fluoroscope to the global coordinate system, generating a first image of a treatment area of a patient using the fluoroscope, generating a second image of the treatment area of the patient using the fluoroscope, selecting a target treatment point within the treatment area on the first image, the second image or both the first image and the second image and overlaying a medical instrument proposed guidance line on the first image, the second image or both the first image and the second image, wherein the medical instrument proposed guidance line depicts a proposed insertion pathway from an insertion point on the patient's body to the target treatment point.

公开(公告)号：US12035887B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17532240

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. ,  WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： Christopher J. Nycz ,  Elizabeth M. Albrecht ,  Megan Chrobak ,  Kianoosh Ghazi ,  Gregory Scott Fischer ,  Bryan Allen Clark

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/005

CPC classification number: A61B1/0052 ,  A61B1/00039

Abstract: An endoscopic system may include an endoscope including a handle and an elongate shaft extending distally therefrom. The handle may include a non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism configured to articulate a distal tip portion of the elongate shaft. The distal tip portion may be articulatable in response to a manually applied force exerted upon the actuation mechanism. Removal of the manually applied force may lock the distal tip portion in its then-current configuration. The non-motorized and non-ratcheting actuation mechanism may include a clutch mechanism actuatable in response to an electrical signal generated in response to sensing a user-applied force to the actuating mechanism by a strain gauge.