KR20200135631A - Medical smart glass - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to medical smart glasses. With the present invention, a surgical image can be provided for operating surgeons and surgery personnel, the clarity of the image and the operating surgeon′s concentration can be improved, and a smooth and efficient conference is possible during the surgery. The present invention includes: a smart glasses unit having a frame equipped with a lens, a transparent display unit for image display, a camera having gimbal and zoom functions, and a glasses communication unit transmitting an image taken by the camera to an image processing module by wireless communication; discolored glasses coupled to the frame so as to be disposed in front of the lens; and a UV generation unit performing UV irradiation on the discolored glasses.

Description

Medical smart glass {MEDICAL SMART GLASS}

The present invention relates to a medical smart glass, and more particularly, to a medical smart glass that can be usefully used when performing surgery using an endoscope camera such as open surgery, an endoscope, a laparoscope, etc.

In the case of surgery, especially cancer surgery, in which the surrounding tissues that have metastasized cancer cells are removed from normal tissues, cancer cell metastasis occurs after the surgery if some of the surrounding tissues remain, and removal of an excessively wide area leads to deterioration of organ function. Moderation is very important. For this, it is necessary to accurately determine the location of the cancer and the boundary between the surrounding tissue and normal tissue. However, in conventional female surgery performed under open thoracic or open abdomen, the surgeon can check the location of the cancer and its boundary only by relying on his/her own sight and touch. In this case, although various image data acquired through X-ray, CT, PET, etc. were analyzed before surgery, it was not easy to accurately determine the location of the cancer and the boundary between the normal tissue and the location of the cancer in the living organs of the human body during the actual surgery. . In particular, it was even more difficult to confirm when inflammation or anatomical variation was accompanied around cancer, or when chemotherapy and radiation therapy were performed before surgery.

In order to solve this problem, as disclosed in the patent document of the following prior art document, a fluorescence imaging system was developed. Accordingly, the fluorescence imaging system acquires a real-life image of the surgical site and a fluorescence image that is illuminated by a fluorescent substance administered to the human body through multiple filters, and then outputs the real-life image and the fluorescence image to one monitor. Therefore, the surgeon can easily check the location and connection status of the tumor.

However, according to such a fluorescence imaging system, there is a problem in that the surgeon must perform the operation while looking at the monitor by turning his head rather than performing the operation while looking at the actual surgical site with his eyes. At this time, a discrepancy between the doctor's field of view and the fluorescence image may occur, which increases the operation time and increases the doctor's fatigue.

Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1667152 (registered on October 11, 2016)

The present invention can provide a surgical image to the surgeon and the personnel involved in the operation, can improve the clarity of the provided image and the concentration of the surgeon, and provide a medical smart glass that can facilitate smooth and efficient conferences during surgery. It has its purpose to provide.

The medical smart glass according to the present invention includes an eyeglass frame on which a lens is installed, a transparent display unit displaying an image, a camera having a gimbal function and a zoom function, and transmitting an image captured by the camera to an image processing module through wireless communication. A smart glass unit having a glass communication unit, and a glass unit coupled to the eyeglass frame so as to be disposed in front of the lens and formed of a color change glass or PDLC glass.

The glass communication unit further includes an image processing module connected to the glass communication unit through wireless communication, collecting an image to be displayed on the transparent display unit, decoding, and displaying the image on the transparent display unit and the client PC.

And, it further includes a UV generator for irradiating UV to the color change glass.

In addition, it further includes a reflector for reflecting the UV generated by the UV generator to the color change glass.

And, a wide-angle camera installed on the eyeglass frame,

It further includes a lighting unit coupled to the color change glass or PDLC glass.

In addition, it further includes a pair of bone conduction headsets coupled to the spectacle frame so as to be in contact with both ears, and a wireless microphone built into the spectacle frame.

And, the opposite ends are connected through a clip, the length is adjusted through the length adjustment unit further includes a hair band, a coupling unit for coupling the hair band and the eyeglass frame.

In addition, the eyeglass frame and the hairband have a long hole exposed to the outside and a rail groove connected to the long hole and hidden therein, respectively,

The coupling part,

It is accommodated in the rail groove of the hairband to guide the movement and rotation of the hairband, and the first guide portion having a first receiving hole formed therein, is accommodated in the rail groove of the eyeglass frame to guide the movement and rotation of the eyeglass frame, and A second guide part having a second receiving hole connected to the first receiving hole, a coil spring jointly accommodated in the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole, and the coil spring being fastened inside the second guide part It includes a fixing bolt that presses the spectacle frame while compressing it in close contact with the headband.

And, further comprising a nose support portion installed on the bridge,

The nose support part,

A body portion fixed to the bridge and having an elevating hole formed therein, and a pair of seating portions that are elevated along the elevating hole and seated on the user's nose.

The medical smart glass according to the present invention can provide a surgical image to the surgeon and the personnel involved in the surgery, can improve the sharpness of the provided image and the concentration of the surgeon, and make a smooth and efficient conference during surgery. It can have an effect.

1 and 2 are perspective views showing a medical smart glass according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a smart glass unit.
Figure 4 is a side view showing a medical smart glass according to the present invention.
5 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 4.
Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a support applied to the medical smart glass according to the present invention.
Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing an application example of the coupling portion applied to the medical smart glass according to the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings.

However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in a variety of different forms, only these embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to completely inform the scope of the invention to those who have, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. The same reference numerals refer to the same elements throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The same reference numerals are assigned to similar parts throughout the specification.

1 and 2 are perspective views showing a medical smart glass according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a smart glass portion, Figure 4 is a side view showing a medical smart glass according to the present invention, 5 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a support part applied to a medical smart glass according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an application example of a coupling part applied to a medical smart glass according to the present invention. It is a cross-sectional view.

The present invention is a medical smart glass 1 of an improved structure that can be usefully used when performing surgery using an endoscopic camera such as open surgery, an endoscope, a laparoscope, etc., and hereinafter, an example used during surgery will be described.

The medical smart glass 1 according to the present invention includes a smart glass part 10, a glass part 20 formed of a color change glass or a PDLC glass, a UV generator 30, a wide-angle camera 40, an illumination part 50, It includes a camera 13, a wireless microphone, and a bone conduction headset 60.

The smart glass unit 10 includes an eyeglass frame 11, a transparent display unit 12, a camera 13, a glass communication unit 16, and a glass control unit 17.

The spectacle frame 11 is provided in a form that can be worn by an operating surgeon like a commonly used spectacle frame.

That is, the spectacle frame 11 is symmetrical to each other, and one side is horizontally disposed between a pair of wearing parts 111 and the wearing parts 111 to maintain a wearing state by being caught in the user's ear, and a pair of wearing parts 111 It may include a bridge 112 connecting the lens and a lens 113 fixed to the bridge 112 so as to be positioned in front of the eye of the surgeon when the eyeglass frame 11 is worn.

Although not shown in the drawings, the wearing parts 111 may be hingedly coupled to the bridge 112 so as to be folded in a form overlapping each other.

In addition, the bridge 112 may further include a rim (not shown) mounted on the edge of the lens 113.

The transparent display unit 12 is formed of a transparent material to display an image on the surface. In the present invention, as an example, the transparent display unit 12 is composed of the entire lens 113, but the transparent display unit 12 may be provided only in a partial area of the lens 113.

Depending on the configuration of the transparent display unit 12, the surgeon wears the smart glass unit 10 or even when the image is displayed on the transparent display unit 12, the actual image transmitted through the transparent display unit 12, that is, The actual image viewed by the human eye can be viewed together with the image displayed on the transparent display unit 12.

That is, when an image is displayed on the transparent display unit 12, the image displayed on the transparent display unit 12 overlaps the actual image to obtain an effect of being displayed.

The camera 13 photographs a surgical image. 2 illustrates that the camera 13 is installed on the wearing part 111, and when wearing the spectacle frame 11, it is installed to take an image in the same gaze direction as the gaze direction of the surgeon's eyes.

At this time, the camera 13 is used to have a zoom function, it is possible to take a picture by enlarging the surgical site.

Furthermore, the camera 13 is also used to have a gimbal function. Therefore, through the shake correction function, it is possible to capture an image without shaking even during enlarged photographing.

The glass communication unit 16 is connected to the image processing module 15 through wireless communication. In the present invention, as an example, the glass communication unit 16 communicates with the image processing module 15 through TCP/IP-based Wi-fi communication or Bluetooth communication, and other types of wireless communication are also applicable.

According to the above configuration, the glass control unit 17 transmits the image captured through the camera 13 to the image processing module 15 through the glass communication unit 16 in real time, and the image processing module 15 is transparent. An image to be displayed on the display unit 12 is collected and then decoded. Accordingly, the real-time converted fluorescence image received through the glass communication unit 16 is displayed on the transparent display unit 12 and the display unit 14.

In addition, the image processing module 15 is displayed on the monitor of the client PC provided outside the operating room so that the medical personnel can check the surgical image in real time even outside the operating room.

In this case, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the image processing module 15 and the display unit 14 are configured as an information processing apparatus such as a computer.

Additionally, the present invention may further include a bone conduction headset 60 and a wireless microphone 70.

The bone conduction headset 60 is composed of two pairs and is coupled to the wearing unit 111, respectively.

And, the wireless microphone 70 is built in the front side of any one wearing part 111.

At this time, the bone conduction headset 60 is placed in a location where it can contact the skin around the ear when wearing the eyeglass frame 11, and the wireless microphone 70 is placed in a location close to the mouth so that the voice of the surgeon can be well transmitted. do.

Since the bone conduction headset 60 and the wireless microphone 70 are implemented to enable wireless communication, a conference can be made remotely with a medical person in charge through a surgical image displayed on the display unit 14.

In addition, the bridge 112 is further formed with a nose support 100 that is seated on the nose of the surgeon.

The nose support part 100 is configured to be adjustable in length because the height of the nose bridge is different for each person.

To this end, the nose support part 100 may include a body part 101 and a seating part 102.

The body portion 101 is disposed in an inclined form on the bottom of the central portion of the bridge 112, and an elevating hole 101a with an open bottom is formed therein.

The seating portion 102 is composed of a pair of two and is inclined at a certain angle according to the shape of the nose, and is seated on the left and right nose of the surgeon, respectively.

The upper side of the seating portion 102 is integrally connected through one elevating portion 1021, and the elevating portion 1021 enters the elevating hole 101a through an open bottom portion of the body portion 101 to freely elevate. Can be.

In addition, a through hole 1021a penetrating in the horizontal direction is formed in the elevating part 1021, and a plurality of height adjustment holes 101b spaced apart from each other in the upper and lower directions are formed in the body part 101.

Therefore, the surgeon raises or lowers the elevating portion 1021 to seat the seating portion 102 on the nose, and then install a fixing pin 103 in the through hole 1021a and the height adjustment hole 101b to install the seating portion ( 102).

In addition, the medical smart glass 1 according to the present invention combines the hair band 80 and the hair band 80 to stably fix the aforementioned eyeglass frame 11 on the face of the surgeon. It may further include a coupling portion 90 to let.

The hair band 80 is formed in a straight band shape having a predetermined length, and both ends facing each other are connected to each other through a clip 81 to form a ring shape.

Since the clip 81 is provided on the hair band 80, the surgeon can easily wear the hair band 80 while wearing the surgical cap.

In addition, since the hairband 80 is provided with a length adjusting part 82 and has a variable diameter, it is possible to easily wear all of the various surgeons having different sizes of the head.

In addition, the hair band 80 may be formed of an elastic material to be stretched.

Therefore, even if any surgeon wears it, it is naturally in close contact with the head size or outline to stably fix the eyeglass frame 11, and the eyeglass frame 11 can be prevented from detaching from the face even if sweating or radically moving instantaneously. .

At this time, since the above-described clip 81 and the length adjustment unit 82 are commercially available technologies in various technical fields, detailed descriptions are omitted.

The coupling part 90 not only couples the hairband 80 to the wearing part 111, but also enables position adjustment and angle adjustment in a state in which the hairband 80 and the wearing part 111 are combined.

To this end, the coupling part 90 includes a first guide part 91, a second guide part 92, a coil spring 93, and a fixing bolt part 94.

In addition, the wearing part 111 and the hairband 80 have rail grooves 115 and 84 connected to the long holes 114 and 83 and the long holes 114 and 83 exposed to the outside, respectively, and hidden therein. Is formed.

At this time, the long hole 83 of the hair band 80 is formed only on the upper surface, the long hole 114 of the wearing part 111 is formed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the wearing part 111, respectively, and the lower surface of the wearing part 111 The long hole 114 formed in faces the long hole 83 of the hair band 80.

The first guide part 91 is formed to have an approximately "ㅗ" cross-sectional shape based on FIG. 6, and the horizontal part 911 is accommodated in the rail groove 84 of the hairband 80, and the vertical part 912 ) Is located on the long hole 83 of the hairband 80.

Accordingly, the hairband 80 may be rotated in the vertical direction 912 as an axis based on FIG. 1, and may be moved in a horizontal direction based on the horizontal part 911.

The second guide portion 92 is formed to have an approximately crisscross cross-sectional shape based on FIG. 6, and the central portion is accommodated in the rail groove 115 of the wearing portion 111, and the upper vertical portion 922 is a wearing portion. It is located on the upper elongated hole 114 of 111, the lower vertical portion 923 is located on the lower elongated hole 114 of the wearing portion 111 and the vertical portion 912 of the first guide portion 91 It is installed on the outer periphery.

For this reason, the wearing part 111 can be rotated in the up and down directions with the upper vertical part 922 and the lower vertical part 923 as an axis based on FIG. 1, and horizontally based on the horizontal part 921 Can be moved in any direction.

The coil spring 93 is commonly accommodated in a first receiving hole vertically formed inside the first guide part 91 and a second receiving hole vertically formed inside the second guide part 92, and the bottom surface is the first guard. It is seated on the inner bottom of the part

The coil spring 93 separates the wearing part 111 from the hairband 80 by interaction with the fixing bolt part 94 to be described later.

Specifically, the fixing bolt portion 94 is fastened to a spiral formed on the inner periphery of the upper vertical portion 9220 with reference to FIG. 6, and the lower end compresses the coil spring 93, thereby reducing the coil spring 93 1 The bottom surface of the guide part 91 is pressed to fix the first guide part 91 to the rail groove 84 of the hair band 80.

In addition, the head of the fixing bolt portion 94 presses the upper surface of the wearing portion 111 to be in close contact with and fix the hair band 80.

On the contrary, when the fixing bolt part 94 is released from the upper vertical part 921, the coil spring 93 expands to its original shape, thereby releasing the pressing force on the first guide part 91, and the fixing bolt part 94 ) Of the head is spaced apart from the wearing portion 111 to release the pressing force on the wearing portion 111, thereby allowing the hair band 80 and the wearing portion 111 to freely rotate and move.

Therefore, after releasing the fixing bolt unit 94 in a state in which the eyeglass frame 11 and the headband 80 are coupled by the coupling unit 90, the eyeglass frame or the headband 80 is horizontally moved forward or backward. You can adjust the distance between your face and your face.

In addition, if you want to check the surgical site or the surrounding environment with the naked eye without using the smart glass unit 10 or the glass unit 20 during surgery, the fixing bolt unit 94 is released from the second guide unit 92 After that, the bridge 112 can be raised and worn over the head. In this case, since the eyeglass frame 11 is fixed to the hairband 80, it is possible to keep the eyeglass frame 11 always positioned on the head without falling to the floor.

Of course, if you want to use the smart glass part 10 or the glass part 20 again, lower the bridge 112, lower the smart glass part 10 and the glass part 20, and place them in front of your eyes, and then fix the bolt part. You can use it by tightening (94).

Further, if you feel tightness in your head during surgery, you can lift the front side of the hair band 80 above your head and release the wearing of the hair band 80. Even in such a case, since the headband 80 is fixed to the eyeglass frame 11, the headband 80 can be kept positioned on the head without falling to the floor.

The glass part 20 may be formed of a color-changing glass formed by a conventional color-changing lens or a PDLC glass (Polymor Dispersed Luqyid Crystal Glass) that becomes transparent when a current is supplied and becomes opaque when the current is blocked.

In this case, when the glass part 20 is formed of a color-changing glass, the UV generator 30 and the reflective part 110 may be further applied.

The UV generator 30 is disposed above the front of the color-changing glass, and the reflective part 110 is disposed in an inclined form in front of the UV-generating part 30 to reduce the UV generated by the UV-generating part 30 to the color-changing glass To reflect.

That is, the UV generated by the operation of the UV generator 30 is irradiated with a color-changing glass, and the UV generator 30 is configured to adjust the intensity or brightness of UV in stages. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the sharpness of the image captured by the camera 13 and the concentration of the operation by appropriately adjusting the intensity or brightness of the UV in the UV generator 30 according to the brightness of the operating room.

At this time, although not shown in the drawings, the glass portion 20 may be hinged to the bridge 112 so as to be selectively removed according to the needs of the surgeon.

That is, when the glass part 20 is implemented in a form of hinged coupling to the bridge 112, the glass part 20 is temporarily mounted on the head by rotating it upward, or the front of the lens 113 by rotating it downward. It is possible to post on.

Additionally, a lighting unit 50 may be further installed on the side of the glass unit 20.

The lighting part 50 is formed in the shape of a rectangular strip of a certain length, and a flexible PCB 51 fixed to the side of the glass part 20, a plurality of SMD chips mounted to be spaced apart from each other on the front of the flexible PCB 51 It includes a type of LED 52, and can be operated by a secondary battery.

The lighting unit 50 is installed to illuminate in the same gaze direction as the gaze direction of the surgeon's eyes when wearing the spectacle frame 11.

Accordingly, the surgeon can secure a bright field of view by operating the illumination unit 50 to illuminate the surgical site with light emitted from the LED 52.

Meanwhile, the wide-angle camera 40 is provided with a wide-angle lens 113 such as a fisheye lens 113, and FIG. 2 illustrates that it is installed on any one wearing part 111, and when wearing the eyeglass frame 11 It is installed to take a wide-angle image in the same gaze direction as the surgeon's gaze direction.

The wide-angle lens 113 of the wide-angle camera 40 can take images by refracting an image from a wider range than the lens 113 of a general standard camera 13, and has a shorter focal length than the standard lens 113 The entire region or region of interest (ROI) can be imaged.

In addition, the image captured by the wide-angle camera 40 is displayed on the lens 113 described above.

Therefore, if the surgeon operates the wide-angle camera 40 when necessary during the operation and then looks at the region of interest (ROI), the lens 113 can magnify the image of the region of interest (ROI) to accurately view the operation. Can increase the accuracy of

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will appreciate that the present invention may be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative and non-limiting in all respects. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and the concept of equivalents thereof are included in the scope of the present invention. It must be interpreted.

1: medical smart glass 10: smart glass unit
11: glasses frame 111: wearing part
112: bridge 113: lens
114, 83: long hole 115, 84: rail groove
12: transparent display unit 13: camera
14: display unit 15: image processing module
16: glass communication unit 17: glass control unit
20: glass part 30: UV generator
40: wide-angle camera 50: lighting unit
51: PCB 52: LED
60: bone conduction headset 70: wireless microphone
80: hair band 81: clip
82: length adjustment unit 90: coupling unit
91: first guide part 911,921: horizontal part
912,922,923: vertical part 92: second guide part
93: coil spring 94: fixing bolt part
100: nose support 101: body
101a: elevating hole 101b: height adjustment hole
102: seating portion 1021: lifting portion
1021a: through hole 103: fixing pin
110: reflector

Claims (9)

A smart glass unit having an eyeglass frame on which a lens is installed, a transparent display unit displaying an image, a camera having a gimbal function and a zoom function, and a glass communication unit transmitting an image captured by the camera to an image processing module through wireless communication,
Medical smart glass comprising a glass portion coupled to the eyeglass frame to be disposed in front of the lens and formed of a color change glass or PDLC glass.
The method of claim 1,
Medical smart glass further comprising an image processing module connected to the glass communication unit through wireless communication, collecting an image to be displayed on the transparent display unit, decoding, and displaying the image on the transparent display unit and the client PC.
The method of claim 1,
Medical smart glass further comprising a UV generator for irradiating UV to the color change glass.
The method of claim 3,
Medical smart glass further comprising a reflector for reflecting the UV generated by the UV generator to the color change glass.
The method of claim 1,
A wide-angle camera installed on the spectacle frame,
Medical smart glass further comprising a lighting unit coupled to the color change glass or PDLC glass.
The method of claim 1,
A pair of bone conduction headsets coupled to the eyeglass frame so as to be in contact with both ears,
Medical smart glass further comprising a wireless microphone embedded in the eyeglass frame.
The method of claim 1,
A hair band whose opposite ends are connected through a clip, and the length is adjusted through a length adjusting part,
Medical smart glass further comprising a coupling portion for coupling the hair band and the eyeglass frame.
The method of claim 7,
The eyeglass frame and the hairband have a long hole exposed to the outside and a rail groove connected to the long hole and hidden therein, respectively,
The coupling part,
A first guide part accommodated in the rail groove of the hair band to guide the movement and rotation of the hair band, and having a first receiving hole therein,
A second guide portion accommodated in the rail groove of the eyeglass frame to guide the movement and rotation of the eyeglass frame, and having a second receiving hole connected to the first receiving hole therein,
A coil spring jointly accommodated in the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole,
Medical smart glass comprising a fixing bolt part that is fastened inside the second guide part to pressurize the eyeglass frame while compressing the coil spring and adhere to the headband. The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a nose support portion installed on the bridge,
The nose support part,
A body portion fixed to the bridge and having an elevating hole formed therein,
Medical smart glass comprising a pair of seating portions that are elevated along the elevating hole and seated in the user's nose.

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