EP 0781111 A1 19970702 - TRANSILLUMINATION OF BODY MEMBERS FOR PROTECTION DURING BODY INVASIVE PROCEDURES
Title (en)
TRANSILLUMINATION OF BODY MEMBERS FOR PROTECTION DURING BODY INVASIVE PROCEDURES
Title (de)
DURCHLEUCHTUNG VON KÖRPERGLIEDERN ZUM SCHUTZ WÄHREND INVASIVER KÖRPEREINGRIFFE
Title (fr)
TRANSILLUMINATION DE PARTIES DU CORPS A DES FINS DE PROTECTION PENDANT LES INTERVENTIONS EFFRACTIVES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9512044 W 19950915
- US 30529694 A 19940915
- US 35516494 A 19941208
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9609001A1] An apparatus and method for protecting a body member during a body intrusive procedure in a region adjacent the body member to be protected (14) includes infrared energy (18) introduced into a light guide (17) which is introduced into the body member to be protected; and visible light (2) is introduced into the region, either of the lights may be pulsed at the frame rate of a monitor (12) energized by a video camera (10) that receives light from such region, the camera being sensitive to infrared energy as well as visible light. In a furhter embodiment, infrared light is removed from the visible light and a polarizing filter may be employed to filter the light to the camera to reduce glare. A body member to be located or illuminated may be illuminated from one side and the location of the illuminator (112) detected by a probe (116) on the other side of the body member.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61B 5/0086 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01); A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 5/20 (2013.01); A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9609001 A1 19960328; AU 3680795 A 19960409; CA 2200063 A1 19960328; CA 2200063 C 20031125; EP 0781111 A1 19970702; EP 0781111 A4 19971112; IL 115291 A0 19951231; JP H10508222 A 19980818; TW 313516 B 19970821
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9512044 W 19950915; AU 3680795 A 19950915; CA 2200063 A 19950915; EP 95934484 A 19950915; IL 11529195 A 19950914; JP 51107996 A 19950915; TW 84111742 A 19951106