US20210346592A1 - Method and Device for Intraoperative Determination of Drag Coefficient Values of Different Medical Instruments in the Use of a Medical Fluid Pump - Google Patents

Method and Device for Intraoperative Determination of Drag Coefficient Values of Different Medical Instruments in the Use of a Medical Fluid Pump Download PDF

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  • the present disclosure is directed to a method and device for determining the resistance coefficients in particular of different shaft and endoscope combinations when using a medical fluid pump, e.g. in the context of arthroscopy.
  • fluids e.g. gases or liquids are introduced into the body's interior and are removed therefrom.
  • An example here is arthroscopy, wherein, for example, in the context of an examination of the knee joint or a therapeutic treatment, the knee is irrigated with an irrigation fluid.
  • Another exemplary treatment is laparoscopy, wherein during a therapeutic intervention, gases (e.g. CO 2 ) are introduced into the body's interior.
  • gases e.g. CO 2
  • a mathematical model is used that describes the medical overall system consisting, e.g., of pressure controller, controllable pump motor, feed line, pressure sensor, medical feeding device (e.g., shaft with endoscope), body cavity and, if applicable, fluid outlet (e.g., suction device) by a set of differential equations and combines them in a so-called state space model. Details are described in WO 2015/144120.
  • FIG. 1 provides a representative graph of the pressure drop ( ⁇ p) over time (t) and a representative graph of the flow (n1) over time (t);
  • FIG. 2 provides a plurality of characteristic curves for different instruments
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary method to calculate ⁇ 1 by means of equation 4, wherein the loss term ⁇ p has to be determined;
  • FIG. 4 provides a representative flow diagram for an exemplary method according to the present disclosure
  • FIG. 5 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy compared to the estimated data of a system according to WO2015/144120;
  • FIG. 6 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy compared to the estimated data of a system according to the invention.
  • the respective resistance coefficient (see below) has to be measured for each instrument.
  • This can be made, for example, such that in the context of an “open-flow measurement”, a liquid flow is generated and the pressure drop relative to the ambient pressure is measured. The measurement takes place, of course, outside of the joint. The obtained flow pressure corresponds to the instrument pressure, i.e., the resistance coefficient of the underlying combination of shaft and endoscope.
  • the disadvantages of this measurement method-ology are obvious: The most important disadvantage of this measurement method is that with each change of instrument—i.e., in the case of an intraoperative change of instrument—such a measurement has to be carried out.
  • Disadvantageous, herein, is in particular the required time that is at least 15 to 30 seconds. Further, it is disadvantageous that a certain amount of fluid has to be used for the measurement, which cannot further be used. This requirement of time and fluid is only difficultly tolerated by the medical practitioners working with such systems.
  • ⁇ p describes the pressure drop across the used combination of shaft and endoscope (the so-called instrument pressure) from the difference of flow pressure in the hose and the stagnation pressure in the joint.
  • the stagnation pressure in the joint is the variable of the pump to be controlled and is not measured for the reasons mentioned above.
  • the instrument pressure has to be measured, in addition to the measurable flow pressure.
  • a characteristic curve can be determined that is based on the dimensionless resistance coefficients ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 according to equation 2:
  • the left-hand side of equation ( ⁇ circumflex over ( ) ⁇ p 2 ) represents an estimation of the joint pressure.
  • at least three pairs of values ( ⁇ p) have to be recorded for three different flows (n 1 ).
  • Such a measurement is illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • three different flows are adjusted, and the respective pressure differential is measured.
  • a stationary final value is obtained.
  • the adjustment of the flow takes place by control of the motor speed of the pump.
  • the determination of the pressure takes place in an open-flow mode, i.e., relative to the ambient pressure.
  • the object of the present invention therefore, to simplify the measurement of the resistance coefficients for the different instruments.
  • the measurement is to be faster and principally in the body (e.g., in the joint) and to consume as little fluid or gas as possible.
  • a fluid is pumped by a controllable pumping device through a feed line into a body cavity, wherein the feed line contains, at its patient's end, an ex-changeable medical instrument, through which the feed of the fluid into the body cavity takes place,
  • At least the feed line contains a pressure sensor that measures the pressure in the line
  • the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value,
  • the resistance coefficients ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined by that when starting the pump, the pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in a memory device of the pump.
  • the method according to the invention determines the resistance coefficients ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 already at a one-time start of the pump with acceptable accuracy. A higher accuracy is achieved, when the starting is carried out several times. As an optimum, the two-time start of the pump has been found.
  • starting the pump comprises in particular the change of the pump output from 0 ml/min to a pump output adapted to the desired instrument and the intended use (e.g., 25 l/min for insufflation or 500 ml/min for arthroscopy), e.g. by integrating a peristaltic roller pump under adjustment of a target speed.
  • the measurement can also be carried out in a manner that the pump is changed from a small output to a significantly larger output (e.g., from 2.5 l/min to 25 l/min for insufflation or from 50 ml/min to 500 ml/min for arthroscopy). This is also included in the term “starting the pump”.
  • Such an embodiment being less preferred requires the adaptation of the calculations presented below, in particular of the calculation of the pressure loss term ⁇ p.
  • a medical apparatus for supplying fluids into body cavities including a controllable fluid pump, a memory device, a feed line, a pressure sensor in the feed line, a medical instrument to be connected to the feed line,
  • the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value,
  • the resistance coefficients ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined by that when starting the pump, the pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in a memory device of the pump.
  • a plurality of characteristic curves is recorded.
  • the instruments provided for the operation of the liquid pump i.e., the combinations of shaft and endoscope
  • the respective flow-dependent instrument pressure is measured and evaluated.
  • the values measured for a certain instrument can be represented as a characteristic curve.
  • a plurality of characteristic curves that shows such characteristic curves of different instruments, is exemplarily illustrated in a simplified form in FIG. 2 . It can be seen that the different resistance characteristics of the instruments mainly depend on the effective flow cross-section. It can be assumed that other physical dependencies will behave in a time-invariant manner.
  • the characteristic curves For measuring and storing the characteristic curves, different ways are considered. It is possible that, when manufacturing the pump, all approved instruments are measured, and the resistance coefficients or the characteristic curves are stored. In an-other embodiment, prior to each application, i.e., after connecting the respective instrument to the pump, a measurement and storage process of the resistance coefficients or the characteristic curves is carried out. It is also possible, of course, that the pump is available on the market with some stored characteristic curves, but the user can also additionally measure, for his or her preferred instruments, the resistance coefficients or the characteristic curves individually and store them in addition to the already stored data.
  • the measurement process before or during an operation, the measurement process can newly be started, so that adaptations are intraoperatively possible.
  • equation 2 In order to derive an algorithm for the instrument recognition in the body (e.g., in the joint), the polynomial described in equation 2 is modified as follows:
  • Equation 4 describes the flow resistance ⁇ 1 as a function of the measurable speed, of the measurable flow pressure p 1 , of the not measurable stagnation pressure p 2 in the body and of a predetermined value for the flow resistance ⁇ 2 .
  • the flow resistance ⁇ 2 is assumed as being constant within certain speed ranges. By a short, constant speed supply, a suitable ⁇ 2 value is obtained by means of the pressure rise, said ⁇ 2 value being selected from the memory.
  • the measurable flow pressure can be deter-mined.
  • the determination of the stagnation pressure p 2 takes place for times t ⁇ t 3 , after the dynamics of the measurement signal has dropped.
  • the loss term results from the difference (p 1 ⁇ p 2 ).
  • FIG. 5 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy (shown in black) compared to the estimated data of a system according to WO2015/144120 (shown in gray).
  • the actual values are never larger than the estimated values, usually they are slightly smaller than the estimated data, which is preferred for safety reasons.
  • FIG. 6 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy (shown in black) compared to the estimated data of a system according to the invention (shown in gray).
  • the actual values are never larger than the estimated values, usually they are also slightly smaller than the estimated data, which is here, too, preferred for safety reasons.
  • an approximately comparable accuracy of the pressure estimation in the joint can be seen.
  • the present invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying-out the method according to the invention, namely a medical fluid pump for irrigating body cavities (e.g., joint cavities).
  • a medical fluid pump for irrigating body cavities e.g., joint cavities
  • This may be a liquid pump, as well as an insufflator.
  • a liquid pump that operates in the way of a peristaltic roller pump is preferred according to the invention.
  • the controlled pump supplies a fluid through a hose and a medical instrument, for example, a shaft with an optical system into a body cavity, for example, a knee joint.
  • the body cavity may comprise a device for discharge of liquid.
  • the pump is operated, as intended, such that it generates an overpressure in the body cavity that widens (distends) the body cavity.
  • the internal body pressure is determined by way of an estimation.
  • a pressure sensor located outside of the body cavity in or at the hose determines pressure data that represent the input parameter for an estimation.
  • This mathematical estimation system describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls, by means of this estimated value, the output of the pump.
  • Such an apparatus is described in WO 2015/144120.
  • the apparatus according to the invention includes, in addition to the pump described, an additional memory in which the results of the a priori knowledge are stored.
  • the memory device can be implemented in an unchangeable chip (e.g., an EPROM). Alternatively, of course, other, in particular exchangeable or modifiable memory media can be considered. It may be provided that the memory device or the stored data can be modified by updates, for example, by exchange of the memory device or by loading new data via corresponding interfaces. Loading new data may optionally also be made via the internet, wherein, of course, the safety of the loading operation has to be secured, in particular with regard to the authenticity of the data source.
  • an unchangeable chip e.g., an EPROM
  • other, in particular exchangeable or modifiable memory media can be considered. It may be provided that the memory device or the stored data can be modified by updates, for example, by exchange of the memory device or by loading new data via corresponding interfaces. Loading new data may optionally also be made via the internet, wherein, of course, the safety of the loading operation has to be secured, in particular with regard to the authenticity of the data source.
  • the pump manufacturer can, for ex-ample, measure all instruments provided for the pump (i.e., all combinations of shaft and endoscope) and store these measurement data in the memory device of every pump before shipping.
  • measurement data can be provided, wherein different instruments are simulated by a proportional valve. This is possible since, as explained above, the different resistance characteristics of the instruments mainly depend on the effective flow cross-section that can be simulated by different settings of a proportional valve.
  • the resistance coefficients ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 provided by measurements of the instruments can be stored in the memory device of every pump. As soon as the pump is put in operation, the data of the pressure sensor, i.e., the pressure obtained in the hose, are compared to the stored characteristic values. Those resistance coefficients with the largest possible match with the measurement data are selected, and the resistance coefficients ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 are used in the context of the estimation system for the estimation of the body's internal pressure.
  • a potential sequence of the program is shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the method according to the invention and the apparatus according to the invention can be operated with different fluid discharge devices. It is possible to secure the discharge from the body cavity through an opening (e.g., an incision) or a hose in a passive manner. It is also possible to provide a pump that pumps the fluid out of the body cavity. Preferred are pump systems with two peristaltic hose pumps (double-roller pumps), of which one roller pump secures the inlet (conveyer pump) and the other one secures the outlet (suction pump). The system according to the invention also operates with several discharge systems.
  • the method according to the invention and the apparatus according to the invention can be used in particular with liquid pumps in arthroscopy, urology, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy or for examinations of the backbone.
  • insufflators can be operated by means of the method according to the invention and the apparatus according to the invention.
  • an improvement of the apparatus according to the invention is that the resistance coefficients of every instrument are stored on the instrument itself or can be determined by means of the latter.
  • a transponder at every instrument which contains data.
  • the data of the instrument can immediately include the resistance coefficients.
  • they may also be identification data, by means of which the resistance coefficients can be retrieved, e.g., from the pump manufacturer via the internet.
  • the data can also be stored on other media, e.g., on barcodes that can be designed in a multi-dimensional manner, or magnetic tapes.

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Disclosed is a method for determining and controlling the internal body pressure during a medical procedure that includes controlling the output of a fluid pump by means of an estimated pressure value, wherein resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of a medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure value are determined by evaluating a pressure behavior during pump start up.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO REFLATED APPLICATIONS
  • This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/339,771, filed on Apr. 5, 2019, entitled METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTRAOPERATIVE DETERMINATION OF DRAG COEFFICIENT VALUES OF DIFFERENT MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE USE OF A MEDICAL FLUID PUMP, which is a national stage application based on PCT International Application No. PCT/DE2017/000332, filed on Oct. 5, 2017, claiming the benefit of priority to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2016 011819.9, the entire contents of each of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference.
  • FIELD
  • The present disclosure is directed to a method and device for determining the resistance coefficients in particular of different shaft and endoscope combinations when using a medical fluid pump, e.g. in the context of arthroscopy.
  • SUMMARY
  • In different medical interventions in the body's interior, fluids, e.g. gases or liquids are introduced into the body's interior and are removed therefrom. An example here is arthroscopy, wherein, for example, in the context of an examination of the knee joint or a therapeutic treatment, the knee is irrigated with an irrigation fluid. Another exemplary treatment is laparoscopy, wherein during a therapeutic intervention, gases (e.g. CO2) are introduced into the body's interior. In the context of these procedures, the measurement, the control and mainly the limitation of the pressure in the body's interior is of particular importance. For therapeutic interventions, it is in particular necessary to secure a certain fluid flow, in order, for example, to wash smoke or blood out of the body's interior, simultaneously, however, to limit the pressure, in order not to damage the body tissue. For this purpose, different apparatuses and methods are available.
  • For avoiding most various drawbacks of prior methods, recently a method and an apparatus directed thereto was presented that determines the internal body pressure during the pump operation particularly precisely (WO 2015/144120), without a pressure sensor in the body cavity being required. In this method, the data of a pressure sensor that is outside of the respective body cavity, is used as a basis for an estimation of the pressure in the body's interior. For the estimation of the internal body pressure, a mathematical model is used that describes the medical overall system consisting, e.g., of pressure controller, controllable pump motor, feed line, pressure sensor, medical feeding device (e.g., shaft with endoscope), body cavity and, if applicable, fluid outlet (e.g., suction device) by a set of differential equations and combines them in a so-called state space model. Details are described in WO 2015/144120.
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
  • FIG. 1 provides a representative graph of the pressure drop (Δp) over time (t) and a representative graph of the flow (n1) over time (t);
  • FIG. 2 provides a plurality of characteristic curves for different instruments;
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary method to calculate ζ1 by means of equation 4, wherein the loss term Δp has to be determined;
  • FIG. 4 provides a representative flow diagram for an exemplary method according to the present disclosure;
  • FIG. 5 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy compared to the estimated data of a system according to WO2015/144120; and
  • FIG. 6 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy compared to the estimated data of a system according to the invention.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • As has been found during the operation of such a system, many of the estimation-critical parameters of the individual components described above are substantially constant. It has been found, however, that the different medical feeding devices (e.g., the various possible shafts) exhibit very different parameters, in particular flow parameters. Depending on the used combination of shaft and endoscope (in the following also: instrument), a very different pressure drop will occur.
  • For the operation of the medical liquid pump, therefore, before beginning an operation, the respective resistance coefficient (see below) has to be measured for each instrument. This can be made, for example, such that in the context of an “open-flow measurement”, a liquid flow is generated and the pressure drop relative to the ambient pressure is measured. The measurement takes place, of course, outside of the joint. The obtained flow pressure corresponds to the instrument pressure, i.e., the resistance coefficient of the underlying combination of shaft and endoscope. The disadvantages of this measurement method-ology are obvious: The most important disadvantage of this measurement method is that with each change of instrument—i.e., in the case of an intraoperative change of instrument—such a measurement has to be carried out. Disadvantageous, herein, is in particular the required time that is at least 15 to 30 seconds. Further, it is disadvantageous that a certain amount of fluid has to be used for the measurement, which cannot further be used. This requirement of time and fluid is only difficultly tolerated by the medical practitioners working with such systems.
  • When the pressure along the fluid flow between two specific system points is considered, then, with identical flow speeds and constant density, the relation-ship shown in equation 1 will result:

  • Δp=p 1 −p 2  Equation 1:
  • For instance, Δp describes the pressure drop across the used combination of shaft and endoscope (the so-called instrument pressure) from the difference of flow pressure in the hose and the stagnation pressure in the joint. The stagnation pressure in the joint is the variable of the pump to be controlled and is not measured for the reasons mentioned above. In order to determine the pressure in the joint, the instrument pressure has to be measured, in addition to the measurable flow pressure. For this purpose, a characteristic curve can be determined that is based on the dimensionless resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 according to equation 2:

  • Δp=ζ 1 ·n 1 22 n 1  Equation 2:
  • By using equation 2 in equation 1 and re-arrangement with regard to p2, the following statistical measurement equation 3 will follow:

  • ({circumflex over ( )}p 2)=p 1−(ζ1 ·n 12+ζ2 ·n 1)  Equation 3:
  • Herein, the left-hand side of equation ({circumflex over ( )}p2) represents an estimation of the joint pressure. In order to determine the resistance coefficients of equation 2, at least three pairs of values (Δp) have to be recorded for three different flows (n1). Such a measurement is illustrated in FIG. 1. Herein, three different flows are adjusted, and the respective pressure differential is measured. As shown in FIG. 1, after a certain time, a stationary final value is obtained. The adjustment of the flow takes place by control of the motor speed of the pump. The determination of the pressure takes place in an open-flow mode, i.e., relative to the ambient pressure.
  • The methodology mentioned above has some disadvantages:
  • 1) In order to obtain as precise resistance coefficients as possible, it has to be waited, respectively, until the signal has reached the stationary final value.
  • 2) For the identification of the resistance coefficients, at least three speed ranges have to be started, otherwise there will be no solutions for the underlying system of equations.
  • 3) Due to the required time for the adjustment of the stationary final value in combination with the required speed ranges, a duration capable of being improved for the application of the instrument recognition outside of the joint will result.
  • 4) The procedure is not suitable to carry out an identification of the instrument (i.e., the determination of the instrument pressure) in the joint. This would lead to too high an overpressure in the joint.
  • 5) The fluid required for the measurement is not used for the operative measure.
  • It is the object of the present invention, therefore, to simplify the measurement of the resistance coefficients for the different instruments. The measurement is to be faster and principally in the body (e.g., in the joint) and to consume as little fluid or gas as possible.
  • The solution of this object is achieved preferably by a method for determining and controlling the internal body pressure in medical methods,
  • wherein a fluid is pumped by a controllable pumping device through a feed line into a body cavity, wherein the feed line contains, at its patient's end, an ex-changeable medical instrument, through which the feed of the fluid into the body cavity takes place,
  • wherein the fluid can flow out of the body cavity through at least one second line,
  • wherein the pump included in the pumping device is controlled,
  • wherein at least the feed line contains a pressure sensor that measures the pressure in the line,
  • wherein the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value,
  • wherein the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined by that when starting the pump, the pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in a memory device of the pump.
  • The method according to the invention determines the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 already at a one-time start of the pump with acceptable accuracy. A higher accuracy is achieved, when the starting is carried out several times. As an optimum, the two-time start of the pump has been found.
  • The term “starting the pump” comprises in particular the change of the pump output from 0 ml/min to a pump output adapted to the desired instrument and the intended use (e.g., 25 l/min for insufflation or 500 ml/min for arthroscopy), e.g. by integrating a peristaltic roller pump under adjustment of a target speed. In special cases, the measurement can also be carried out in a manner that the pump is changed from a small output to a significantly larger output (e.g., from 2.5 l/min to 25 l/min for insufflation or from 50 ml/min to 500 ml/min for arthroscopy). This is also included in the term “starting the pump”. Such an embodiment being less preferred requires the adaptation of the calculations presented below, in particular of the calculation of the pressure loss term Δp.
  • The solution of the above object is achieved, further, preferably by a medical apparatus for supplying fluids into body cavities, including a controllable fluid pump, a memory device, a feed line, a pressure sensor in the feed line, a medical instrument to be connected to the feed line,
  • Wherein the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value,
  • wherein the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined by that when starting the pump, the pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in a memory device of the pump.
  • In order to compensate for the disadvantages of the open-flow method mentioned above, therefore, the following measurement approach is suggested:
  • For a given medical liquid pump, in a first test series, a plurality of characteristic curves is recorded. For this purpose, the instruments provided for the operation of the liquid pump (i.e., the combinations of shaft and endoscope) are coupled to the pump, and the respective flow-dependent instrument pressure is measured and evaluated. The values measured for a certain instrument can be represented as a characteristic curve. A plurality of characteristic curves that shows such characteristic curves of different instruments, is exemplarily illustrated in a simplified form in FIG. 2. It can be seen that the different resistance characteristics of the instruments mainly depend on the effective flow cross-section. It can be assumed that other physical dependencies will behave in a time-invariant manner. As a result, different resistance coefficients (ζ1,z and ζ2,z) depending on the flow cross-section are obtained, wherein z is the number of recorded characteristic curves. From these characteristic curves, the ζ2 values are stored in a memory device of the pump as a priori knowledge.
  • For measuring and storing the characteristic curves, different ways are considered. It is possible that, when manufacturing the pump, all approved instruments are measured, and the resistance coefficients or the characteristic curves are stored. In an-other embodiment, prior to each application, i.e., after connecting the respective instrument to the pump, a measurement and storage process of the resistance coefficients or the characteristic curves is carried out. It is also possible, of course, that the pump is available on the market with some stored characteristic curves, but the user can also additionally measure, for his or her preferred instruments, the resistance coefficients or the characteristic curves individually and store them in addition to the already stored data.
  • In any case, before or during an operation, the measurement process can newly be started, so that adaptations are intraoperatively possible.
  • In order to derive an algorithm for the instrument recognition in the body (e.g., in the joint), the polynomial described in equation 2 is modified as follows:
  • ζ 1 = Δ p - ζ 2 · n 1 n 1 2 = ( p 1 - p 2 ) - ζ 2 · n 1 n 1 2 Equation 4
  • Equation 4 describes the flow resistance ζ1 as a function of the measurable speed, of the measurable flow pressure p1, of the not measurable stagnation pressure p2 in the body and of a predetermined value for the flow resistance ζ2. The flow resistance ζ2 is assumed as being constant within certain speed ranges. By a short, constant speed supply, a suitable ζ2 value is obtained by means of the pressure rise, said ζ2 value being selected from the memory.
  • In order to be able to calculate ζ1 by means of equation 4, the loss term Δp has to be determined. This is described by means of FIG. 3:
  • For the calculation of the pressure loss term Δp, the following conditions apply:
      • p1=p2 for n1=0 in the time period (t1−t0) and t3>0
      • p1=Δp+P2 for n1>0
  • Under consideration of the mentioned conditions, at time t2, the measurable flow pressure can be deter-mined. The determination of the stagnation pressure p2 takes place for times t≥t3, after the dynamics of the measurement signal has dropped. The loss term results from the difference (p1−p2).
  • It has to be taken into account that the accuracy of the calculation of Δp depends on the amount of a potential leakage. In the case that the determined instrument parameters are outside of a plausible range, a characteristic curve stored in the memory is selected.
  • A comparison of the method according to the invention to the prior art method described above shows the surprising advantages of the present invention:
      • The previous method (open-flow method) requires for determining the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2, the adjustment of three different flows for the pump. In comparison, the method according to the invention requires only a one- or two-time start of the pump.
      • The prior art identification method takes 15 to 30 seconds, whereas the method according to the invention (with a two-time start of the pump) requires only about 7 seconds.
      • The prior art identification method has to be carried out outside of the body. The identification method according to the invention is, as a standard, carried out inside of the body, may however also carried out outside of the body.
      • The prior art identification method requires time. The user has to wait during the process, until he or she can begin with the intervention. The method according to the invention is running during the application in the back-ground, whereby the user is not affected.
      • After the prior art identification method, the surgeon cannot immediately begin with the intervention. For this purpose, he or she has first to generate a certain fluid flow in the body's interior (before distension). In the context of the method according to the invention, the fluid flow produced for identification is already used for predistension of the body cavity, as a standard. The amount of un-used fluid is thus minimized.
  • Overall there are, therefore, substantial advantages with regard to the speed and the user friendliness. It is of particular importance that the accuracy of the method according to the invention corresponds approximately to the accuracy of the method known from prior art. FIG. 5 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy (shown in black) compared to the estimated data of a system according to WO2015/144120 (shown in gray). The actual values are never larger than the estimated values, usually they are slightly smaller than the estimated data, which is preferred for safety reasons. FIG. 6 shows the data of an actual pressure measurement in a joint dummy (shown in black) compared to the estimated data of a system according to the invention (shown in gray). Here, too, the actual values are never larger than the estimated values, usually they are also slightly smaller than the estimated data, which is here, too, preferred for safety reasons. As a result, an approximately comparable accuracy of the pressure estimation in the joint can be seen.
  • The present invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying-out the method according to the invention, namely a medical fluid pump for irrigating body cavities (e.g., joint cavities). This may be a liquid pump, as well as an insufflator. A liquid pump that operates in the way of a peristaltic roller pump is preferred according to the invention. The controlled pump supplies a fluid through a hose and a medical instrument, for example, a shaft with an optical system into a body cavity, for example, a knee joint. The body cavity may comprise a device for discharge of liquid. The pump is operated, as intended, such that it generates an overpressure in the body cavity that widens (distends) the body cavity. In the apparatus according to the invention, the internal body pressure, as explained above, is determined by way of an estimation. A pressure sensor located outside of the body cavity in or at the hose determines pressure data that represent the input parameter for an estimation. This mathematical estimation system describes a state space, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls, by means of this estimated value, the output of the pump. Such an apparatus is described in WO 2015/144120. The apparatus according to the invention includes, in addition to the pump described, an additional memory in which the results of the a priori knowledge are stored.
  • The memory device can be implemented in an unchangeable chip (e.g., an EPROM). Alternatively, of course, other, in particular exchangeable or modifiable memory media can be considered. It may be provided that the memory device or the stored data can be modified by updates, for example, by exchange of the memory device or by loading new data via corresponding interfaces. Loading new data may optionally also be made via the internet, wherein, of course, the safety of the loading operation has to be secured, in particular with regard to the authenticity of the data source.
  • For determining the a priori knowledge of the characteristic curves, the pump manufacturer can, for ex-ample, measure all instruments provided for the pump (i.e., all combinations of shaft and endoscope) and store these measurement data in the memory device of every pump before shipping.
  • Alternatively and/or additionally, measurement data can be provided, wherein different instruments are simulated by a proportional valve. This is possible since, as explained above, the different resistance characteristics of the instruments mainly depend on the effective flow cross-section that can be simulated by different settings of a proportional valve.
  • Alternatively and/or additionally, the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 provided by measurements of the instruments can be stored in the memory device of every pump. As soon as the pump is put in operation, the data of the pressure sensor, i.e., the pressure obtained in the hose, are compared to the stored characteristic values. Those resistance coefficients with the largest possible match with the measurement data are selected, and the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 are used in the context of the estimation system for the estimation of the body's internal pressure.
  • A potential sequence of the program is shown in FIG. 4.
  • The method according to the invention and the apparatus according to the invention can be operated with different fluid discharge devices. It is possible to secure the discharge from the body cavity through an opening (e.g., an incision) or a hose in a passive manner. It is also possible to provide a pump that pumps the fluid out of the body cavity. Preferred are pump systems with two peristaltic hose pumps (double-roller pumps), of which one roller pump secures the inlet (conveyer pump) and the other one secures the outlet (suction pump). The system according to the invention also operates with several discharge systems.
  • The method according to the invention and the apparatus according to the invention can be used in particular with liquid pumps in arthroscopy, urology, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy or for examinations of the backbone. Furthermore, insufflators can be operated by means of the method according to the invention and the apparatus according to the invention.
  • An improvement of the apparatus according to the invention is that the resistance coefficients of every instrument are stored on the instrument itself or can be determined by means of the latter. Thus, for example, it is conceivable to attach a transponder at every instrument, which contains data. By a corresponding transceiver at the pump, these data can be read. The data of the instrument can immediately include the resistance coefficients. Alternatively, they may also be identification data, by means of which the resistance coefficients can be retrieved, e.g., from the pump manufacturer via the internet. Furthermore, alternatively, the data can also be stored on other media, e.g., on barcodes that can be designed in a multi-dimensional manner, or magnetic tapes.

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1. A method for determining and controlling the internal body pressure during a medical procedure comprising the steps of:
pumping fluid using a pumping device through a feed line into a body cavity, wherein the pumping device is controlled by a controller and wherein the feed line contains at a patient's end, an exchangeable medical instrument through which the pumping of the fluid into the body cavity takes place,
providing a second line through which fluid can flow out of the body cavity,
providing a pressure sensor and measuring a pressure in the feed line using the pressure sensor, wherein the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space,
estimating the actual pressure in the body cavity using the mathematical estimation system; and
controlling the output of the pump by means of the estimated value, wherein resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of a medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined by that when starting the pump, a pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in a memory device of the pump.
2. The method of claim 1, further including the step of: determining the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 by starting the pumping device twice.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of the medical instrument takes place pre- or intraoperatively.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mathematical estimation system is configured in the manner of a Kalman filter.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the fluid is a gas or a liquid.
6. A medical apparatus for supplying fluids into body cavities, comprising:
a controllable fluid pump for fluid into a body cavity through a feed line,
a memory device,
a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure in the feed line,
a medical instrument connected to a patient end of the feed line through which the pumping of the fluid into the body cavity takes place,
wherein the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates an actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value, and
wherein the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined by that when starting the pump, the pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in the memory device of the pump.
7. A medical apparatus for supplying fluids into body cavities, comprising:
a controllable fluid pump, a memory device, a feed line, a pressure sensor for measuring pressure in the feed line, and a medical instrument connected to the feed line at a patient end,
wherein the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is an input variable of a mathematical estimation system, which mathematically describes a state space, which estimates an actual pressure in a body cavity and controls the output of the pump by means of this estimated value,
wherein the resistance coefficients ζ1 and ζ2 of the medical instrument required for the estimation of the pressure are determined by that when starting the pump, a pressure behavior is evaluated for a certain time, therefrom a characteristic curve is determined, and the characteristic curve is stored in the memory device which includes at least one microprocessor, at least one memory and at least one software.
8. The medical apparatus of claim 7, wherein at least one memory contains data with the resistance coefficients of at least one instrument characteristic curve.
9. The medical apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is an insufflator.
10. The medical apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is a liquid pump for arthroscopy, urology, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, or for examinations of the backbone.
11. The medical apparatus of claim 7, wherein the apparatus is a liquid pump with integrated conveyer and suction pump.
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