EP 1461104 A1 20040929 - EXTENDABLE TUBE
Title (en)
EXTENDABLE TUBE
Title (de)
AUSFAHRBARES ROHR
Title (fr)
TUBE EXTENSIBLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- IL 0200347 W 20020502
- IL 0101121 W 20011205
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO03047673A1] 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.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61M 16/04 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61M 16/0488 (2013.01); A61M 16/049 (2014.02); A61M 16/0411 (2014.02)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 03047673 A1 20030612; AU 2002258131 A1 20030617; CA 2469088 A1 20030612; EP 1461104 A1 20040929; EP 1461104 A4 20050119
DOCDB simple family (application)
IL 0200347 W 20020502; AU 2002258131 A 20020502; CA 2469088 A 20020502; EP 02728003 A 20020502