MEDICAL DEVICE FOR SURGERY

• US 20130072913A1
• Filed: 03/25/2011
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2010
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Original Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
• Inventors: Yi, Byung Ju, Kwon, Young Sik
• Application Number:
  US13/698,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20130072913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00133 Drive units for endoscopic tools inserted through or with the endoscope
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/233 for the nose, i.e. nasoscopes , e.g. testing of patency of Eustachian tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/267 for the respiratory tract, e.g. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00 Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets A61B18/00 takes precedence; contraceptive devices, pessaries, or applicators therefor A61F6/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/24 for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose for medical inspection of cavities or tubes in the body A61B1/00; Tongue scrapers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/29 Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3421 Cannulas
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00314 Separate linked members
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00323 Cables or rods
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00398 using powered actuators, e.g. stepper motors, solenoids
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2906 Multiple forceps
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3407 including a base for support on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3409 including needle or instrument drives
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3445 used as instrument channel for multiple instruments catheters A61B2017/22072
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/345 for introduction into a natural body opening
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/20 Surgical microscopes characterised by non-optical aspects
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/50 Supports for surgical instruments, e.g. articulated arms

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a medical device for surgery according to the present invention including: a frame which is led into a body and the frame'"'"'s front end portion is fixed adjacent to an affected part, and having a route of travel inside; at least one treatment unit moving along the route of travel of the frame to be accessible to the affected part and treating the affected part; a driving unit generating a driving force to drive the at least one treatment unit; and a control unit controlling the driving unit generated from the control unit to control operation of the treatment unit. According to the present invention, accessibility to the affected part is improved as compared to that of the case according to the related art, and the treatment unit performs treatment on the affected part in the state in which the frame is fixed in the region adjacent to the affected part, thereby making it possible to improve accuracy of surgery.

Claims

1. A medical device for surgery comprising:

a frame which is led into a body and the frame'"'"'s front end portion is fixed adjacent to an affected part, and having a route of travel inside;

at least one treatment unit moving along the route of travel of the frame to be accessible to the affected part and treating the affected part;

a driving unit generating a driving force to drive the at least one treatment unit; and

a control unit controlling the driving unit generated from the control unit to control operation of the treatment unit.

2. The medical device for surgery of claim 1, wherein the frame has a bent portion bending corresponding to the inner portion of the body in a fixed form.

3. The medical device for surgery of claim 1, wherein the frame is formed so as to be deformed or bent according to a shape of the inner portion of the body.

4. The medical device for surgery of claim 3, wherein the frame includes a plurality of variable members provided to be overlapped to each other so that the shape of the frame may be deformed or bent by the shape of inner portion of the body contacting an outer surface of the frame while the frame is being led into the inner portion of the body.

5. The medical device for surgery of claim 4, wherein one of the both ends in a length direction of the frame is inserted into an inside of a neighboring variable member, and an outside of the neighboring variable member is inserted at the other.

6. The medical device for surgery of claim 5, wherein the variable member further has protrusions protruding toward the route of travel, and the protrusion has a hole in which an operation wire is inserted.

7. The medical device for surgery of claim 6, wherein the protrusions are formed to face each other toward the upper and lower portion of the route of travel, or formed to protrude in the direction perpendicular to a line passing through the center of the route of travel.

8. The medical device for surgery of claim 7, wherein one end of the operation wire passes through the holes formed in the protrusions to be connected to a frame cap mounted in the front end of the frame or one end of the frame, and the other is provided to the other end of the frame to be connected to bending adjusting portion adjusting a degree of bending of the variable member.

9. The medical device for surgery of claim 7, wherein the bending adjusting portion has a locking means for maintaining a deformed state or a bent state of the variable member.

10. The medical device for surgery of claim 9, wherein the locking means prevents the frame from unbending by seizing the operation wire in the state in which the frame is bent by the bending adjusting portion pulling one of the operation wires.

11. The medical device for surgery of claim 10, wherein the locking means contacts the variable member adjacent to the bending adjusting portion in the state of seizing the operation wire.

12. The medical device for surgery of claim 10, wherein the locking means includes a clamp seizing the operation wire or a hook caught by a groove formed in the operation wire.

13. The medical device for surgery of any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the locking wire is able to seize or release the operation wire and maintains the state of seizing the operation wire while the treatment unit is treating the affected part.

14. The medical device for surgery of claim 1, wherein the treatment unit includes:

a treatment portion performing a surgery on the affected part; and

a moving guide portion coupled to the treatment portion by its front and capable of not only having a length direction so as to move along the route of travel but also flexibly operating.

15. The medical device for surgery of claim 14, wherein the moving guide portion is provided as a spring capable of a position change in a length direction and elastic deformation in a lateral direction or made of a flexible plastic or steel material capable of elastic deformation.

16. The medical device for surgery of claim 14, wherein the moving guide portion has a plurality of link members coupling connected in the length direction, and the plurality of link members rotates in multi directions based on a joint portion.

17. The medical device for surgery of claim 14, wherein the treatment portion includes:

a connecting member rotatably coupled to a front end of the moving guide portion in a lateral direction of the moving guide portion and a traverse direction with respect to the moving guide portion;

a rotating member rotatably coupled to the connecting member; and

a treating member coupled to the rotating member and directly performing treatment on the affected part,

the connecting member, the rotating member, and the treating member operate by a driving force generated by the driving unit based on a command signal of the control unit.

18. The medical device for surgery of claim 14, wherein the treating member includes one of a grip for seizing the affected part, scissors for removing the affected part, a knife for cutting out the affected part, a snare for enclosing and cutting out the affected part, a cautery for removing the affected part, and a sucking tube for sucking the removed affected part.

19. The medical device for surgery of claim 18, wherein the driving unit includes:

a front-back moving member moving a mounting member in which a rear end portion of the treatment unit is mounted forward and backward on the route of travel of the frame; and

a wire-type treatment portion driving member connected to the connecting member, the rotating member, and the treating member, portion and controlling operation of a selected member among the connecting member, the rotating member, and the treating member based on the command signal of the control unit.

20. The medical device for surgery of claim 14, further comprising a photographing unit which moves along the route of travel of the frame to approach the affected part and photograph a state of the affected part, and a control unit controls operation of the treatment unit based on photographing information of the photographing unit.