Image-based Control Systems

Image-based control systems and methods automate the adjustment of medical devices. An image based-control system for an endoscope can include, in addition to the endoscope, a processing system and an actuator. The processing system can receive an image from an image capture device of the endoscope. Based on coordinates of a lumen in the image, the processing system can instruct the actuator to reorient the capture device to direct the capture device toward the lumen. The actuator can be coupled to a manual controller of the endoscope, such that the actuator can reorient the capture device via the manual controller. An image-based control method can include receiving an image from the capture device of the endoscope; identifying coordinates of a lumen in the image; mapping such coordinates to a physical position of the lumen relative to the capture device; and instructing an actuator to adjust an orientation of the endoscope.

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Patents:
US 20,090,259,099

Inventor(s): ZHOU DEBAO [US]; MCMURRAY GARY [US]; DALEY WAYNE [US]; JEANSONNE LOU [US]; LIPKIN HARVEY [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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