System with guides and tools of different flexibility

SKW Au - US Patent 10,939,972, 2021 - Google Patents
A system includes a flexible guide tube, an actuator coupled to the flexible guide tube and
configured to move at least a portion of the flexible guide tube, a processor, and memory …

Bend shape estimation system, tubular insertion system, and bend shape estimation method of bend member

J Hane - US Patent App. 15/248,650, 2016 - Google Patents
When a predetermined range of a bend member is divided into a plurality of segments which
neighbor in order in a longitudinal direction and are estimation units each having at least …

Recommended operation presentation system, recommended operation presentation control device, and recommended operation presentation control method

T Ryo, H Fujita - US Patent App. 16/909,050, 2020 - Google Patents
A recommended operation presentation system includes an insertion instrument including
an insertion section to be inserted into an insertion object and an insertion section shape …

System with guides and tools of different flexibility

SKW Au - US Patent 12,108,997, 2024 - Google Patents
A system includes an actuator couplable to a flexible guide tube, a processor, and memory.
The actuator is configured to move the flexible guide tube. The memory stores instructions …

Flexible tube insertion apparatus and flexible tube insertion method

T Takahashi, R Tezuka, S Nakamura - US Patent 11,291,354, 2022 - Google Patents
A flexible tube insertion apparatus includes: a flexible tube to be inserted into an insertion
target body; a state detector to detect state information of the flexible tube relating to a shape …

Flexible tube insertion apparatus

T Takahashi, Y Ikeda - US Patent 11,246,474, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A insertion apparatus includes a flexible tube, a detection section that
detects state information of the tube, a calcula tion section that calculates, based on the state …

An apparatus for endoscopy

LB Svendsen, MB Svendsen, L Konge - US Patent App. 15/028,112, 2016 - Google Patents
US20160287064A1 - An apparatus for endoscopy - Google Patents US20160287064A1 - An
apparatus for endoscopy - Google Patents An apparatus for endoscopy Download PDF Info …