Automated control of irrigation and aspiration in a single-use endoscope
First Claim
1. A system for automatically controlling the delivery of insufflation gas gas or liquid to a patient, the system comprising:
- a control cabinet including a processor and one or more valves configured to control the delivery of insufflation gas or liquid to a the patient; and
an endoscope removably connected to the control cabinet and elongate member including a pressure sensor and an image sensor at or adjacent a distal end of the endoscope elongate member;
wherein the processor is configured to obtain an image signals signal from the image sensor and a pressure readings reading from the pressure sensor and automatically control insufflation gas or liquid delivered to the patient as a function of the image signals signal and the pressure readings reading.
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Abstract
The present invention is an integrated and automated irrigation and aspiration system for use in an endoscopic imaging system. The system provides for the automated cleaning of poorly prepared patients during a colonoscopy procedure as well as automated cleaning of an imaging system of an endoscope. The invention analyzes images obtained from an image sensor to detect the presence of an obstructed field of view, whereupon a wash routine is initiated to remove the obstruction. The wash routine may be adjusted in accordance with environmental conditions within the patient that are sensed by one or more sensors within the endoscope. In another embodiment, insufflation is automatically controlled to inflate a patient'"'"'s colon as a function of one or more sensor readings obtained from one or more environmental sensor(s) on the endoscope.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for automatically controlling the delivery of insufflation gas gas or liquid to a patient, the system comprising:
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a control cabinet including a processor and one or more valves configured to control the delivery of insufflation gas or liquid to a the patient; and an endoscope removably connected to the control cabinet and elongate member including a pressure sensor and an image sensor at or adjacent a distal end of the endoscope elongate member; wherein the processor is configured to obtain an image signals signal from the image sensor and a pressure readings reading from the pressure sensor and automatically control insufflation gas or liquid delivered to the patient as a function of the image signals signal and the pressure readings reading. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 20)
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7. A system for automatically controlling the delivery of insufflation gas fluid, the system comprising:
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a control cabinet unit including a processor and at least one valve configured to control the delivery of insufflation gas fluid; and an endoscope removably connected to the control cabinet unit and including a pressure sensor and an image sensor at or adjacent a distal end of the endoscope; wherein the processor is configured to receive an image signals signal from the image sensor and a pressure readings reading from the pressure sensor and automatically control the delivery of insufflation gas fluid as a function of the image signals signal and the pressure readings by controlling actuation of the at least one valve reading. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22)
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13. A system for automatically controlling the delivery of insufflation gas or liquid, the system comprising:
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a control cabinet unit including a processor and at least one valve configured to control the delivery of insufflation gas or liquid; and an endoscope removably connected to the control cabinet unit and including a pressure sensor configured to determine a pressure in a body cavity and an image sensor; wherein the processor is configured to receive an image signals signal from the image sensor and a pressure readings reading from the pressure sensor and automatically control the delivery of insufflation gas or liquid as a function of the image signals signal and the pressure readings reading to maintain a predetermined pressure in the body cavity by controlling actuation of the at least one valve. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 23)
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