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A61M 16/00 (2006.01) A61M 16/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2469088

An automatically operative medical insertion device (12) and method including an insertable element (18) which is adapted to be inserted within a living organism in vivo, a surface following element (20), physically associated with the insertable element and being arranged to follow a physical surface within the living organism in vivo, a driving subsystem (15) operative to at least partially automatically direct the insertable element along the physical surface and a navigation subsystem (274) operative to control the driving subsystem based at least partially on a perceived location of the surface following element along a reference pathway stored in the navigation subsystem.

L'invention concerne un dispositif (12) et un procédé médicaux d'insertion à fonctionnement automatique, lequel dispositif comprend: un élément insérable (18) apte à être inséré in vivo dans un organisme vivant, un élément (20) suivant de surface, physiquement associé à l'élément insérable et agencé pour suivre une surface physique à l'intérieur de l'organisme vivant in vivo, un sous-système (15) de guidage qui sert à diriger au moins partiellement automatiquement l'élément insérable le long de la surface physique, et un sous-système de navigation (274) servant à commander le sous-système de guidage, au moins partiellement sur la base de l'emplacement perçu de l'élément suivant de surface, le long d'une trajectoire de référence stockée dans le sous-système de navigation

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