×

Autosteering vision endoscope

  • US 20040199053A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2003
  • Published: 10/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A system for controlling a distal tip of an endoscope for advancement into a body cavity, comprising:

  • an endoscope controller that selectively tensions or relaxes a number of control wires that direct the distal tip of the endoscope in a desired direction;

    an image processor that receives images from a sensor at the distal tip of the endoscope; and

    a processor that combines images of the body cavity for the determination of an advancement direction in the body cavity, wherein the processor provides control signals to the endoscope controller to tension or relax the control wires such that the distal tip of the endoscope aligns with the determined advancement direction.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×