WO2006119925A2 - Optrone ii reglable - Google Patents

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WO2006119925A2
WO2006119925A2 PCT/EP2006/004230 EP2006004230W WO2006119925A2 WO 2006119925 A2 WO2006119925 A2 WO 2006119925A2 EP 2006004230 W EP2006004230 W EP 2006004230W WO 2006119925 A2 WO2006119925 A2 WO 2006119925A2
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Dietrich H. W. GRÖNEMEYER
Martin Busch
Jörn RICHTER
Thomas Bödecker
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/04—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor combined with photographic or television appliances
    • A61B1/041—Capsule endoscopes for imaging
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/00147—Holding or positioning arrangements
    • A61B1/00158—Holding or positioning arrangements using magnetic field
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6846—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient specially adapted to be brought in contact with an internal body part, i.e. invasive
    • A61B5/6879—Means for maintaining contact with the body
    • A61B5/6882—Anchoring means

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  • the invention relates to an optrone, in particular for introduction into a body lumen, with a sheath, an optic provided within the sheath with an optical device for receiving and transmitting image information in the form of electrical signals, in particular for antegrade and / or retrograde endoscopy.
  • video capsule endoscopy is only suitable for small bowel diagnostics and can not replace conventional oesophago-, gastro-, duodenoscopy and colonoscopy.
  • the movement of the capsule is carried out by the natural peristalsis.
  • the capsule enters the colon.
  • An examination of the colon is not possible because of too low peristalsis of this intestinal tract and too short a functional life of the capsule.
  • the video capsule sends two images per second from the gastrointestinal tract, so that about 50,000 frames are sent during the six to eight hours of operation of the capsule become.
  • the subsequent evaluation is carried out by means of a computer with special software.
  • the software offers the possibility to adapt the playback speed to the movement of the capsule.
  • the movement of the capsule is purely via the peristalsis, creating a staggering irregular locomotion and thus also staggering and irregular video sequences.
  • Due to the movement of the video capsule over the natural peristalsis of the small intestine provides, due to a usually very rapid passage through the esophagus, as well as the lack of control of the video capsule, the data matrix an insufficient basis for assessment.
  • the purely random orientation of the video capsule is a distinct disadvantage, whereby certain passages remain completely blank during endoscopy. If the capsule is too long in one place, long video sequences are generated.
  • the aim of the invention is to provide an endoscopic instrument, which on the one hand allows easy and complete cleaning and disinfection and on the other a targeted control of the endoscopic instrument in the body lumen.
  • an optrone of the type mentioned in the opening paragraph which has an envelope, an optic provided within the envelope with an optical device for recording and transmitting image information in the form of electronic signals, the optrons having a magnetic material for the relative orientation and / or for the advancement of Optrone.
  • the Alignment and / or feed is achieved by an externally applied electromagnetic field.
  • the relative orientation includes the alignment of the optrons in space as well as compliance with this position in space.
  • the Optrone antegrad introduced can be used for esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, duodenoscopy, ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) or retrograde introduced for colonoscopy and rectoscopy.
  • the Optrone is coupled to an insertion unit lo, it is possible to use the Optrone antegrad introduced for bronchoscopy.
  • An optrone is a device with a cover, an optic provided within the cover, with an optical device for recording and transmission of image information in the form of electronic signals i5.
  • the purpose of the device is in particular the endoscopic use for the transmission of image information from body lumens, for this purpose, the device has, for example, a camera on a microscale.
  • a therapeutically effective laser beam can additionally be coupled into the device.
  • the geometry of the device is related to the shape
  • Optrone is preferably oblongovoid because of its ease of insertion. Practical forms are also spherical, oval or oblong forms, similar to those of soft gelatin capsules. Also, a more rod-shaped geometry may be advantageous depending on the purpose and the technique used.
  • Feldes can be used in medicine introduced magnetic bridges. Any device that generates an electromagnetic field sufficient to affect the relative orientation, and / or advancement of the optrons, particularly to maintain their position, is suitable for use in controlling the Optrone.
  • the magnetic field should be adjustable in field strength to bridge differing distances between the optrone and the source of the magnetic field and the force with which an optrone is to be aligned and / or moved back or forth or held in position. to be able to adjust.
  • the magnetic material used may be ferromagnetic and / or lo paramagnetic. As magnetic materials are conventional magnetic materials into consideration.
  • the magnetic moments are randomly arranged randomly.
  • the statistical orientation of the magnetic moment is temperature dependent and decreases with increasing temperature.
  • the magnetic moments can be aligned.
  • Ferromagnetism is a cooperative phenomenon of solids.
  • Hysteresis loss is called, proportional to the surface of the hysteresis loop.
  • a ferromagnetic material with low losses is particularly suitable, i. H. of the
  • Hysteresis loss of this material should be as small as possible.
  • the coercive field H c is the field that must be applied to achieve demagnetization.
  • Ferromagnetic materials that are magnetically soft have a small coercive field.
  • Another characteristic of magnetically soft materials is that they have a low permeability 5, so that little hysteresis is present.
  • soft magnetic materials are SiFe alloys, NiFe alloys, which may contain Cu, Mo and possibly other metals, as well as ultra pure iron. These soft magnetic materials can be crystalline or nanocrystalline or amorphous, which further allows the magenta properties of the above alloys to be adjusted. For example, the hysteresis loops of the nickel-iron alloys depending on the composition with an approximately rectangular, round or flat hysteresis loop can be produced.
  • Magnetically hard materials have a high coercive field and a high residual magnetization MR.
  • the remanent magnetization is the one left after the field is turned off.
  • Magnetically hard materials are not easy to demagnetize and are therefore used as permanent magnets.
  • Preferred materials for permanent magnets have a high saturation magnetization, a high energy product BH 1 a high o coercive field, a high remanent magnetization, a high Curie temperature and high magnetic anisotropy.
  • Materials which are suitable for use as permanent magnets are based, for example, either on the metals iron, chromium, nickel or on the hard magnetic oxides such as barium magnetopium bit (BaM).
  • Magnetic 5 hardness of magnets is increased by eliminating and aggravating a shift of domain boundaries. This can be achieved on the one hand by certain additives or by embedding nanocrystalline ferromagnetic cobalt and nickel crystallites in a matrix.
  • Typical hard magnetic materials are based on Nd-Fe-B alloys, Sm-Co-o alloys and rare earth alloys.
  • magnetic materials are considered whose hysteresis loop lies between the extreme of the soft magnetic and the hard magnetic materials, They are also referred to as semi-hard magnetic materials. Their coercive field lies between those of the hard and soft magnetic materials. These magnetic materials are based on, for example, CoFeNi, CoFeV, FeCrCo and / or FeCrCoNiMo alloys.
  • the electromagnet can be controlled for example via radio or via a cable connection.
  • the power supply can be via a battery or a cable connection.
  • the various lo magnetic materials such as hard magnetic, soft magnetic and / or semi-hard magnetic materials together to optimize control, d.
  • the permanent magnet can be amplified or attenuated by adding i5 an electromagnet with respect to its effect in the electromagnetic field.
  • Alignment i. to keep the position of the Optrone stable at the examination site.
  • the magnetic material used may be inside the Optrone as a magnetic body. It is also possible to use the magnetic
  • the magnetic body or the plurality of magnetic bodies are arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the Optrone, to define the relative orientation of the Optrone or the advancement of the Optrone by the externally applied electromagnetic field
  • the envelope of Optrone may consist wholly or partly of the magnetic material or may be entirely or partially coated with magnetic material.
  • the magnetic material may also be embedded in the material of the sheath. This is useful when using nanocrystalline or amorphous magnetic material.
  • the Optrone sheath is made of body fluid-inert material that should be biocompatible and have a surface that is easy and completely clean.
  • the shell may, for example, have an adhesion-preventing surface (lotus effect).
  • Suitable materials for the production of the shell are conventional plastics, in particular polycarbonates, into consideration.
  • the optics of Optrone includes an optical window.
  • a lens, as well as a mirror and / or a prism, are used for image acquisition, a light source and / or a light guide are used to facilitate.
  • the purpose of the mirror is to allow different viewing angles, for example forward and to the side or to the rear. In this way, within a small time window, a large area of the gastrointestinal tract can be detected.
  • the angle of the mirror in the optics relative to a device for receiving image information, such as a photosensitive sensor or lens adjustable and / or the mirror sideways and / or forward and backward adjustable and / or rotatable.
  • the mirror itself may be partially transparent. It may be appropriate to adjust the viewing through the mirror or the mirroring in the course of endoscopy. This is possible by means of a per se known electrically inducible mirroring.
  • the optics of Optrone may further comprise a movable prism.
  • the purpose of the movable prism is also to allow different viewing angles, as stated for the mirror above.
  • the prism in the optics can also serve for the redirection of image information and / or light.
  • the optics has an optical device for recording and transmission of image information, a sensor, a device for Radio transmission of the electrical signals and / or a device for transmitting the electrical signals from the device for recording the image information to the device for radio transmission or to a device for transferring the electrical signals.
  • the photosensitive sensor may be, for example, a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon) chip camera or a CCD sensor.
  • CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon
  • a conventional o UHF radio transmitter with antenna can be used.
  • the device for radio transmission of the electrical signals a conventional o UHF radio transmitter with antenna can be used.
  • the optics with the optical device can be equipped accordingly so that the lateral field of view of the optics can be recorded radially around the longitudinal axis of the Optrone o cylindrical. This happens in particular with a corresponding arrangement of optical window, lens, mirror and / or prism.
  • the cylindrically recorded image information can, when transferred to a data carrier processing system, be rolled out via a software into a two-dimensional image.
  • the Optrone 5 may also have two optics arranged on opposite sides of the Optrone. It is preferred for reasons of space, that the two or more optics are associated with a total of an optical device.
  • the Optrone can have an optical window at one end, at its other end and / or at its lateral sheath exhibit.
  • the envelope of Optrone may be partially or completely formed as an optical window.
  • the Optrone may have a device for fixing its position.
  • This device may be in the form of a spacer and / or a fixing device.
  • the fixation of the Optrone in position can be made possible by means of a mechanical, permanently existing device or by means of a movable, in particular extendable or displaceable device, for example in the form of rod-like devices with rounded ends or in the form of a tripod. In this way, it is ensured that the optrone is fixed and spaced relative to a tissue wall so as to allow a clear field of view of the surrounding or opposing body tissue.
  • Optrone provides a device for the release and / or absorption of funds.
  • agents are on the one hand i5 pharmacologically active agents, such as drugs, or even diagnostics, such as contrast agents, as well as body fluids, tissues and medical devices includes.
  • pharmacologically active agents such as drugs, or even diagnostics, such as contrast agents, as well as body fluids, tissues and medical devices includes.
  • diagnostics such as contrast agents
  • body fluids, tissues and medical devices includes.
  • medical devices for example, stents and / or coils can be released or resumed. Likewise come as funds for bonding materials or
  • the device can also be in the form of a coating, in particular in the form of a dissolvable formulation, which allows, for example, the targeted release of medicaments at the destination. However, the release and absorption of the agents by mechanical or physical measures is preferred.
  • the device may be designed to receive body fluids or to remove tissue for subsequent analysis.
  • the Optrone may include an analyzer.
  • the Optrone may be associated with the measuring head of an ultrasound device 3o.
  • the Optrone may have a battery, which is preferably a rechargeable by induction battery bare battery.
  • the Optrone itself or an external station on which the Optrone's battery can be charged preferably has a charge status indicator of the battery.
  • the power supply can also be used to control the electromagnet.
  • the magnetic material and / or the battery is associated with a device for the radio transmission of electrical signals and forwarding of the electrical signals.
  • the Optrone can be coupled to an insertion unit or coupled.
  • the insertion unit may consist of a catheter, a supply, a thread and / or a guide wire, something from a guide wire, via which the feed and the penetration depth can be controlled or read.
  • Such a combination of insertion unit and controllable Optrone is characterized in that the insertion unit itself has no control unit for relative alignment of the Optrone, but for example only for the feed or the retraction and, where appropriate, for reading the penetration depth of the Optrone is needed. The reduced demands on the insertion unit thus open up the possibility of simple mechanical coupling of the insertion unit to the Optrone.
  • the insertion unit also has a biopsy probe channel, optical fibers or channels for, for example, optical light guides, electrical conductors, channel for feeding an ultrasonic measuring head.
  • the aforementioned channels can also be used for gas supply, paint supply, flushing / suction or for other actions.
  • the aforementioned channels and the light guide are led out on the physician side from the insertion unit and optionally to a separate Control device connected.
  • a separate Control device connected.
  • the control of these functions for example, with one or more foot switches or with separate electrical components possible.
  • the magnetic alignment of the Optrone provides the ability to control the advancement and / or retraction of the introducer via a device for controlling the depth of penetration of the optrons into the body lumen.
  • This device may for example consist of a simple roller control, wherein the insertion unit is placed between two rotatable bodies, for example rollers, so that the relative rotation of the body allows the insertion unit to be moved back and forth between the two bodies. In this way, a very precise control of the penetration depth or of the feed and / or the retraction of the Optrone and the insertion unit is ensured.
  • the control or roller control can be connected to conventional motors with electric motors.
  • the optrone has an insertion unit
  • connection of the Optrone with an insertion unit can be done in two alternative ways.
  • the Optrone and the insertion unit can be made in one piece, on the other separable.
  • a therapeutically effective laser beam can be fed through a light guide in the insertion unit and through a light guide within the Optrone, for example, to remove myomas, polyps, adhesions or to eliminate bleeding .
  • tissue destruction in particular a neodymium-YAG laser comes into consideration.
  • the tissue destruction with argon plasma coagulation (AOC) is also possible with the controllable Optrone. In this way, navigation of the laser is possible under visual control.
  • the insertion unit essentially consists of a flexible plastic tube, for example in the form of a catheter, through which the light guide is guided into the Optrone or into the Optrone.
  • the insertion unit may also be a simple guidewire adapted for this purpose.
  • a biopsy channel is not provided in the tube variant, as this leads to an increased contamination of the entire system.
  • the Optrone is integrally connected to an insertion unit, for example consisting of a smooth plastic tube, which has no openings that come into contact with the o body lumen or fluids of the body lumen, a cost-effective and complete cleaning and disinfection of this one-piece alternative is possible.
  • the introducer is reversibly coupled to the optrons.
  • the Optrone can be cleaned separately from the insertion and the economically producible insertion can be disposed of directly.
  • the Optrone itself or its shell and the optionally provided mechanical coupling are made of easy-to-clean material and also in their o surface finish designed so that a gentle and thorough cleaning and disinfection is possible.
  • the Optrone invention allows in their variants the endoscopy of the esophagus, duodenum, jejunum / ileum, colon and the bile duct or pancreatic duct system.
  • the aforementioned regions 5 can be achieved diagnostically and / or therapeutically.
  • the Optrone according to the invention can be aligned with exact position and controlled in their feed, so that the benefits of a regular endoscope can be achieved again, the disadvantages of the usual endoscopes, which lead to the initially performed cross infections are avoided.
  • FIG. 1a shows the basic structure of the Optrone according to the invention
  • Figure 1 b shows the basic structure of the optics with the optical unit
  • Figure 2a shows the basic structure of Optrone invention with an insertion unit
  • Figure 2b shows the basic structure of Optrone according to the invention with a 0 dockable insertion unit
  • Figure 3 shows the basic structure of the device for controlling the feed and for reading the penetration depth of Optrone
  • Figure 4a shows the basic structure of a 5 portion of the optical system according to the invention with mirror
  • Figure 4a shows another basic structure of a portion of the optical system according to the invention with mirror.
  • FIG. 1a shows the basic structure of the Optrone 1 according to the invention with a shell 2.
  • an optics 3 see also Figure 1 b, provided, which includes an optical device 4 for receiving and transmitting image information in the form of electronic signals assigned.
  • the Optrone 1 has a magnetic material 5 for relative alignment and / or 5 for advancing the Optrone by an externally applied electromagnetic field 6.
  • the optics 3 has an optical window 7 and, if necessary, can have a lens 8 for changing the viewing angle 3a or for zooming.
  • the optical device 4 is associated with a photosensitive sensor 9.
  • Figure 1 b illustrates a basic structure of the optical system 3 with the optical device 4 for recording and transmission of image information. Die Recording of the optical image signals takes place via a sensor 9 associated with the optics. By adjusting the lens 8, the viewing angle 3 a can be adapted through the optical window 7.
  • FIG. 2 a and 2b show a basic structure of a 5 Optrone invention with an insertion unit 13, which may be formed in one piece or two parts.
  • FIG. 2 a shows an optrone with insertion unit 13, the optrone having an optical waveguide 11.
  • the light guide can be fed, for example, via an LED or a low-energy laser to illuminate the area to be examined within the body lumen, alternatively, a therapeutically effective laser beam, for example, for laser ablation of myomas or polyps are fed.
  • the embodiment of the controllable Optrone in the figure 2b is made in two parts.
  • the insertion unit 13 can be uncoupled. The coupling can be done for example mechanically 12.
  • the enlarged section of FIG. 2b shows a biopsy 14, a probe channel 15 and a light guide 16.
  • Optrone 1 may vary in its relative orientation
  • the insertion unit 13 provided on the Optrone 1 can be moved with respect to the feed and / or the retraction via the penetration depth control device 17.
  • this device for controlling the penetration depth 17 can be read visually, for example, the absolute penetration depth of Optrone. This can be done via an attached on the introduction unit scaling.
  • Figures 4a and 4b show a basic structure for a portion of the optical system 3 according to the invention with two different mirror constructions.
  • the partial region of the optics represents the optical window 7, a lens 8, a mirror 10 and a photosensitive sensor 9.
  • a mirror 10 is arranged such that it, for example, extends the whole forward Directed field of view 3a can distract sideways.
  • the mirror 10 of the optics 3 of Figure 4a can be adjusted at the, the sensor 9 facing sides by an angle. In this way, when the mirror 10 is adjusted vertically relative to the sensor 9, a field of view 3 a is released in front of the optron 1. With an inclination of the mirror 10, the field of view 3a is deflected from the front to the side.
  • FIG. 4b shows a mirror which deflects the field of vision 3a only partially laterally.
  • the mirror 10 may be pivotable about an angle and / or rotatable about an axis.

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L'invention concerne une optrone destinée, en particulier, à être introduite dans une lumière d'un corps, comprenant une enveloppe, une optique prévue à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe et comportant un dispositif optique pour la prise et le transfert d'informations image sous forme de signaux électriques, en particulier pour endoscopie antégrade et rétrograde.
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