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Automated endoscope system for optimal positioning

  • US 6,804,581 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2001
  • Issued: 10/12/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system that allows a user to control a movement of an endoscope, the endoscope being located within first coordinate system that has a left-right axis and an up-down axis which are orthogonal to each other and to a longitudinal axis of the endoscope, comprising:

  • a first actuator located within a second coordinate system;

    a second actuator that is coupled to said first actuator and located in the second coordinate system, said first and second actuators being capable of moving the endoscope;

    an input device that can receive a command from the user to move the endoscope along the up-down axis in the first coordinate system;

    a controller that receives the user command and transforms the movement of the endoscope in the first coordinate system to a movement of the endoscope in the second coordinate system, and provides output signals to move said first and second actuators in the second coordinate system so that the endoscope moves along the up-down axis of the first coordinate system regardless of the orientation of the second coordinate system with respect to the first coordinate system.

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