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20080281189 | MEDICAL GUIDING SYSTEM - A medical guiding system of the invention includes: a detection portion for detecting at least one of position and orientation of a medical instrument; a storage portion for storing multiple reference image data obtained from a human body in multiple states and including anatomical positional information of at least one of viscus and organ; a state selection portion for selecting, among the stored reference image data, the reference image data obtained in a state coincident with or approximate to a state of the subject in using the medical instrument; and a guide image creation portion for creating a guide image showing at least one of an anatomical position, shape, and orientation of the medical instrument with respect to the subject, based on at least one of the position and the orientation of the medical instrument detected by the detection portion and reference image data stored in the state selection portion. | 11-13-2008 |
20080306379 | MEDICAL GUIDING SYSTEM - A medical guiding system of the invention includes: a detection portion for detecting a position and an orientation of a medical instrument and positions of feature points of a subject; a storage portion for storing reference image data having positional information on an organ of a human body; and a guide image creation portion for creating a guide image indicating the position of the medical instrument with respect to the subject from the reference image data. The guide image creation portion calculates the position of the medical instrument with respect to the subject, based on the position and the orientation of the medical instrument and the positions of feature points of the subject which are detected by the detection portion, and creates a guide image by correcting the calculated position of the medical instrument, using the positions of the feature points. | 12-11-2008 |
20090036775 | MEDICAL GUIDING SYSTEM - A medical guiding system of the invention includes: a detection portion for detecting and outputting a position and an orientation of an ultrasound transducer; a reference image storage portion for storing reference image data having anatomical positional information of an organ of a human body; and a guide image creation portion for creating, based on the output from the detection portion and the reference image data, a guide image configured of: an anatomical model image of the organ of the human body; an ultrasound tomographic image marker showing a position and an orientation with respect to the model image of the latest ultrasound tomographic image; and an image scan history marker showing a position and an orientation with respect to the model image, of a region where the ultrasound tomographic image has been scanned in the past. | 02-05-2009 |
20090175518 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MEDICAL GUIDE IMAGE - A medical system includes: an image signal acquiring portion for acquiring a signal to generate an image corresponding to a picture of a subject; an image generating portion for generating a real-time image of an inside of the test subject based on the acquired signal; a detecting portion for outputting a position and an orientation of an image position and orientation detecting element as a detection value; a reference image data storage portion for storing reference image data made up of anatomical images of the test subject; a guide image generating portion for generating a guide image to provide guide information about at least one of an anatomical position and orientation within the test subject of the real-time image, based on the detection value and the reference image data; and a detection state notification information generating portion for generating information to notify a detection state of the detection value. | 07-09-2009 |
20120123273 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: transmission and reception signal lines that send transmission and reception signals of ultrasound to a plurality of ultrasound transducers; signal determining portions near the ultrasound transducers and determine a selection signal for selecting an ultrasound transducer to be driven or a readout signal for reading out the selection signal, the selection signal being sent out in synchronization with a transmission signal for forming the transmission and reception signal, and couple the ultrasound transducer to be driven with the transmission and reception signal line according to a result of the determination; and direct current blocking/clipping circuits that block a direct current bias component superimposed on the transmission and reception signal and sent via the transmission and reception signal line, and clip a waveform with large amplitude. The transmission and reception signal line sends the transmission and reception signal with the selection signal or the readout signal. | 05-17-2012 |
20120271172 | ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS - An ultrasound observation apparatus to which an ultrasound probe is connectable, the ultrasound probe including a capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer whose sensitivity can be controlled according to an applied bias voltage, the ultrasound observation apparatus including a transmit section that outputs a transmit signal for causing ultrasound to be transmitted; a receive section that performs signal processing on a received receive signal; a bias voltage outputting section that varies the applied bias voltage, an image mode setting section that designates and sets an image mode for displaying an ultrasound image corresponding to ultrasound scanning; a parameter setting section that designates and sets a parameter for signal processing performed by the transmit section or the receive section, and a control section that controls the bias voltage based on a designation signal corresponding to the designation and setting of the image mode and the parameter. | 10-25-2012 |
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20150018678 | BIAS VOLTAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - A bias voltage generating apparatus is placed outside an ultrasound observation apparatus and used together with the ultrasound observation apparatus, the ultrasound observation apparatus incorporating a transmission circuit generating a transmission signal and a reception circuit performing processing on a received signal, for transmitting/receiving ultrasound to/from a subject using a capacitive transducer. The bias voltage generating apparatus includes a power supply circuit for bias voltage which includes a chargeable secondary battery for producing a bias voltage to be applied to the capacitive transducer and produces the bias voltage, a bias voltage superimposing portion which superimposes the bias voltage on the transmission signal outputted to outside the ultrasound observation apparatus, a charging level detecting portion which detects a charging level of the secondary battery, and a variable gain amplifier which increases a gain for the received signal based on the detected charging level. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090226804 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC STORAGE CELLS - A cell binder includes a frame body and a frame body. A storage portion of a electric storage cell are pressed/clamped by the bottom of an accommodating portion of the frame body and the bottom of an accommodating portion of the frame body. Also, a sealing portion of the electric storage cell is accommodated in a gap between the bottom of a fitting concave portion of the frame body | 09-10-2009 |
20110198920 | Vehicle power supply apparatus - A first power supply system is constituted by an alternator and a main battery while a second power supply system is constituted by electrical equipment and a sub-battery. Further, a switch is provided between the first power supply system and the second power supply system. During vehicle deceleration, the switch is switched to a disconnected state, whereby the first power supply system and the second power supply system are disconnected. As a result, a generation voltage of the alternator can be raised, enabling an increase in the generation amount, without applying an excessive voltage to the electrical equipment. Hence, the main battery can be charged sufficiently during deceleration, and therefore the alternator can be halted during acceleration and steady travel. Furthermore, by halting the alternator, an engine load can be reduced, and as a result, an improvement in the fuel efficiency of the vehicle can be achieved. | 08-18-2011 |
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20080225281 | Visual inspection apparatus - The present invention is related to a visual inspection apparatus which can inspect a peripheral edge of a wafer with high efficiency. The visual inspection apparatus can make an inspection of any area on the peripheral edge of the wafer by displaying an inspection area specifying screen on a monitor. The inspection area specifying screen includes a display portion for displaying an observation range and an input portion for setting the observation area. The input portion allows one of step, continuity, and point to be selected as an observation type. A recipe is registered depending on a condition set in the above and thus is used to make an inspection. | 09-18-2008 |
20100081886 | SURGICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - Movement of an instrument to a target treatment site can be performed easily and quickly, so that the burden imposed on an operator can be reduced. A surgical manipulator system including a stabilizer manipulator having a stabilizer, at the tip, holding an operative site of a patient; one or more operating manipulator having an instrument, at the tip, treating the operative site held by the stabilizer manipulator; and a control unit controlling these manipulators, wherein the stabilizer manipulator and the operating manipulator have coordinate systems that are associated with one another; and the position coordinates of a target site to be treated are set to the stabilizer provided on the stabilizer manipulator; and the control unit controls the operating manipulator so as to dispose the instrument in the vicinity of the target site set to the stabilizer when the stabilizer is disposed at the operative site to hold the operative site. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082043 | SURGICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - Movement of an instrument to a target treatment site can be performed easily and quickly, so that the burden imposed on an operator can be reduced. A surgical manipulator system including a stabilizer manipulator having a stabilizer, at the tip, holding an operative site of a patient; one or more operating manipulator having an instrument, at the tip, treating the held operative site; an observation manipulator having a camera, at the tip, for observing the operative site; a display unit displaying an image of the operative site acquired by the camera; an input unit specifying a target site to be treated in association with an image of the stabilizer that holds the operative site, which image is displayed on the display unit; and a control unit controlling these parts, wherein the stabilizer manipulator, the operating manipulator, and the observation manipulator have coordinate systems that are associated with one another; and the control unit controls the operating manipulator so as to dispose the instrument in the vicinity of the target site specified by the input unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20130331860 | SURGICAL OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical operation support system includes: a surgical instrument provided with a usage count accumulation portion that includes a moving portion and a moving mechanism which is configured to move the moving portion; and a body which includes a driving portion that is configured to move the moving portion through the moving mechanism. The usage count accumulation portion is configured to accumulate a usage count of the surgical instrument by a movement of the moving portion. | 12-12-2013 |
20140107667 | TREATMENT TOOL, MANIPULATOR, AND SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM - A treatment tool of which a treatment unit operates with a driving force generated from a driving source includes a driving force transmission member that is connected to the driving source, a connecting portion that is formed in the treatment unit, that is connected to the driving wire, that is supplied with the driving force from the driving source via the driving force transmission member, and that converts the driving force into movement of the treatment unit, and a member for detecting amount of movement that is moved by the connecting portion. | 04-17-2014 |
20140148818 | SURGICAL ASSISTANT SYSTEM - A surgical assistant system includes: an operation unit configured to give an input; an arm unit on which a treatment tool is mounted; an operation imaging unit configured to acquire an operation image that is an image including the operation unit; an endoscope configured to acquire an internal-body image; a mode control unit having a plurality of operation modes and configured to enable one of the plurality of operation modes to be set as a setting operation mode; a driving unit configured to enable the arm unit to be operated based on the input given by the operation unit and the setting operation mode; a synthetic image creation unit configured to synthesize images using at least the operation image to create a synthetic image based on the setting operation mode; and a display unit configured to display the synthetic image. | 05-29-2014 |
20150127019 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR - A medical manipulator includes an insertion part including an external cylindrical tube that has a bendingly manipulable bending part and that has flexibility; a manipulation part; an arm part which is provided on a distal end part of the insertion part; a mode-input part which is provided on the manipulation part and is capable of inputting a mode; and a control part that selectively controls the bending part and the arm part such that the bending part and the arm part are controlled to enter one of two states consisting of a locked state in which the bending part and the arm part are locked in a predetermined state in which the manipulation input is not accepted, and a non-locked state, on the basis of the manipulation input and a mode input to the mode-input part. | 05-07-2015 |
20150282882 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR - A medical manipulator including: an elongated main body that is to be inserted into a body; an arm that is provided so as to be protruded forward from a distal end surface of the main body; and an observation part that is located on the distal end surface of the main body and that has an objective optical system for collecting light coming from a front direction, in which the arm and the observation part are relatively movably provided such that the objective optical system is located at a position equivalent to the position of a distal end of the arm or at a position anterior to the distal end of the arm and is located at a position posterior to the distal end of the arm. | 10-08-2015 |
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20090316257 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - The microscope system comprises: an imaging apparatus used for picking up an image of a specimen; an electric unit; a control apparatus for controlling turning On and Off of the power supply to the electric unit; a storage apparatus storing the initialization requirement time of the electric unit; and a drive management arithmetic operation apparatus for calculating, on the basis of an image pickup interval and initialization requirement time, a clock time for controlling turning On/Off of the power supply to the electric unit. | 12-24-2009 |
20130242382 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A microscope system includes a plurality of actuators configured to cause components of a microscope to operate, a plurality of power drivers configured to drive the plurality of actuators, respectively, an actuator controller configured to control the plurality of actuators through the plurality of power drivers, and a control management unit configured to control the actuator controller to designate any one of the plurality of power drivers to output a start signal for allowing the designated power driver to start operation to the designated power driver, and to control the actuator controller to stop outputting of the start signal to the designated power driver and the other power drivers other than the designated power driver until passage of a settling time in which driving of one of the plurality of actuators in response to the operation of the designated power driver is completed and then enabled again. | 09-19-2013 |
20140368833 | FOCUSING DEVICE - A focusing device that includes a differential interference prism used in differential interference observation in a focusing detection optical system includes: a light source that emits light with which a measurement surface of an observation sample is irradiated; a photo detection unit that detects light from the measurement surface; a focusing detection unit that detects an error signal near a focusing point of the measurement surface on the basis of an output signal from the photo detection unit; and a condition changing unit that changes an acquisition condition of the error signal. | 12-18-2014 |