US 12,329,352 B2
System, device and method for turbidity analysis
Niraj Prasad Rauniyar, Plymouth, MN (US); Robert J. Riker, Sewickley, PA (US); and Timothy Paul Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,882, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0085165 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 1/000094 (2022.02) [A61B 1/000096 (2022.02); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61M 3/0204 (2014.02); G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); A61M 2205/331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06V 2201/03 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An endoscopic system, comprising:
an endoscopic imager configured to capture a plurality of image frames of a target site within a living body over a time span; and
a processor configured to:
determine one or more image metrics for each of a first image frame and a second image frame of the plurality of image frames captured over the time span;
compare the one or more image metrics of the first image frame to the one or more image metrics of the second image frame to determine changes in the one or more image metrics over the time span;
determine a turbidity metric for the target site based on the changes in the one or more image metrics;
identify, classify, and determine properties of a particle in a current image frame of the plurality of image frames; and
control a fluid delivery mechanism to provide fluid to the target site and adjust a fluid flow based on the identified particle, wherein the processor decreases the fluid flow when the identified particle is a kidney stone, and wherein the processor increases the fluid flow when the identified particle is associated with a turbid field.