Frontiers of robotic endoscopic capsules: a review

G Ciuti, R Caliò, D Camboni, L Neri, F Bianchi… - Journal of micro-bio …, 2016 - Springer
Digestive diseases are a major burden for society and healthcare systems, and with an
aging population, the importance of their effective management will become critical …

Wireless capsule gastrointestinal endoscopy: Direction-of-arrival estimation based localization survey

N Dey, AS Ashour, F Shi… - IEEE reviews in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the significant challenges in capsule endoscopy (CE) is to precisely determine the
pathologies location. The localization process is primarily estimated using the received …

Robotic capsule system with magnetic actuation and localization

P Valdastri, PR Slawinski, AZ Taddese… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are presented for localization of a capsule based on
magnetic fields. The capsule is positioned in a magnetic field generated by a first magnet …

Capsule endoscope system, capsule endoscope, wireless communication method of capsule endoscope, and program

M Yanagidate - US Patent App. 15/584,385, 2017 - Google Patents
A capsule endoscope system includes a capsule endoscope and a receiving device. The
capsule endoscope outputs execution command at a timing at which work instruction data is …

Hydro-jet endoscopic capsule and methods for gastric cancer screening in low resource settings

P Valdastri, K Obstein, R Caprara, C Lyne… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods are provided for controlling lateral movement of a medical
capsule system. A capsule housing is configured to be inserted into an anatomical structure …

Design and development of a real-time localisation algorithm for the magnetic manipulation of the Magnetic Flexible Endoscope.

L Audino - 2020 - webthesis.biblio.polito.it
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and its
incidence is constantly rising in developing nations. It usually starts as a benign tumour in …

Robot pilothead controller

S Haddadin, T Ende - US Patent App. 29/623,198, 2020 - Google Patents
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controller - Google Patents Robot pilothead controller Download PDF Info Publication number …

Method and system for determining orientation of capsule endoscope

X Duan, W Qingqing - US Patent 11,819,320, 2023 - Google Patents
The present invention discloses a method and system for determining orientation of a
capsule endoscope. An external magnetic field is provided outside the capsule endoscope …

Endoscope with inertial measurement units and/or haptic input controls

BH Craig, D Meglan - US Patent 11,529,038, 2022 - Google Patents
An endoscope having an insertion tube with a distal optical module and a releasable
handle. In a semi-robotic embodi ment, the handle comprises haptic controllers and a com …

Control system for capsule endoscope

X Duan, S Zhang - US Patent 11,571,116, 2023 - Google Patents
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