Patent ID: 7572284
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for automated localization of lesions in the gastrointestinal tract for treatment using laser light from an endorobot, comprising: recording surface images of the gastrointestinal tract using a camera of the endorobot; transmitting the surface images to a computer; analyzing the surface images on the basis of lesion-specific features with regard to lesions to be irradiated; computing control signals on the basis of a detected lesion; transmitting the control signals to at least one of an endorobot steering device and a laser system located in the endorobot; and adjusting a computed laser-beam orientation and size of the laser irradiation area by at least one of the endorobot steering device and the laser system, on the basis of the control signals; wherein