US 12,137,876 B2
Endoscope attachment accessory with telemetric function for measuring distances and sizes on internal surfaces of the human body
Luis Mauricio Agudelo Otalora, Bogota D.C. (CO); Mario Ricardo Arbulu Saavedra, Huila (CO); Luis Fernando Giraldo Cadavid, Huila (CO); and William Daniel Moscoso Barrera, Bogota D.C. (CO)
Assigned to UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA, Chia (CO)
Filed by UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA, Chia (CO)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,892.
Claims priority of application No. NC2020/0016040 (CO), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192472 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00131 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61B 1/0008 (2013.01); A61B 1/00101 (2013.01); A61B 1/063 (2013.01); A61C 9/0046 (2013.01); A61C 9/0053 (2013.01); A61C 9/006 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope attachment accessory with telemetry function comprising;
a laser control module (3),
an alignment module (1) and
a signal processing module (2),
wherein the endoscope attachment accessory is attached to an external endoscopic system comprising an optical fiber, an endoscope and a monitor,
wherein the laser control module (3) comprises:
a laser generator (17),
an optical fiber connector (18) attached to the optical fiber of the external endoscopic system, and
is configured to adjust a laser intensity of the laser generator and adjust and control generation of a laser light beam that allows triangulation and obtainment of position and distance data,
wherein the alignment module (1) comprises:
one or more cameras and one or more sensors (27),
a coiler (7) configured to hold the optical fiber around a tip of the endoscope which ensures clamping of the optical fiber and the endoscope tip and avoid misalignment of the optical fiber during coiling,
an electronic aligner control board (6),
wherein the signal processing module (2) comprises:
a computer (9) configured to calculate distances and areas and thus generate a polar grid of triangulation with circles that serve to identify a distance between the tip of the endoscope and an object on which a laser spot is projected, where the polar grid is displayed on the monitor of the endoscopic system by means of a video input and output (14),
a video converter (10) configured to convert digital or analog image signal coming from the endoscope,
wherein the alignment module (1) is connected to the signal processing module (2) via the electronic board (6) which in turn is connected to the processor (9) of the signal processing module, the laser control module (3) is connected to the signal processing module (2) which in turn is connected to the processor (9) of the signal processing module.