IP Library Patent Application 14865520
Patent Application
App. No. 14/865,520

Process and Device to control the internal body pressure during use of a medical-technical pump

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14/865,520
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling the internal body pressure, e.g., the joint pressure using a medical-technical fluid pump, and to a device for carrying out said method.

Claims (16)

1 . A method for determining and controlling the internal body pressure in medical methods comprising the steps of:

pumping a fluid by a pumping device via a supply line into a body cavity, wherein the fluid is able to flow through a second line out of the body cavity, and wherein the fluid is able to flow through a separate skin incision of the body cavity,

controlling the pump comprised in the pumping device, wherein an input speed being the effective control variable for a state observer and at least the supply line containing a pressure sensor measuring the pressure in the line, wherein the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is a measurable state variable for calculating an observer error for a state observer, the state observer being described by a state space model, which describes the mathematical-physical relation, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the power of the pump by means of this estimated value.

2 ) The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mathematical estimation system is configured as a state observer.

3 ) The method according to claim 2 , wherein the state observer is configured in a continuous or discrete-time manner.

4 ) The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid is a gas.

5 ) The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid is a liquid.

6 ) A medical-technical device for introducing fluids into body cavities, comprising a controllable fluid pump, a supply line, a pressure sensor in the supply line, wherein the device is configured to carry out the method according to claim 1 .

7 ) The medical-technical device according to claim 6 further comprising at least one microprocessor, at least one memory, and at least one software.

8 ) The medical-technical device for introducing fluids into body cavities according to claim 7 , wherein the device is an insufflator.

9 ) The medical-technical device for introducing fluids into body cavities according to claim 7 , wherein the device is a liquid pump for arthroscopy, urology, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy.

10 ) A method for determining and controlling the internal body pressure in medical methods comprising the steps of:

conducting a fluid by means of a controllable supply unit and a connected supply line into a body cavity,

controlling the valve comprised in the supply unit, wherein an input volume flow being the effective control variable for a state observer and

at least the supply line containing a pressure sensor measuring the pressure in the supply line, wherein the pressure measured by the pressure sensor is a measurable state variable for calculating an observer error for a state observer, the state observer being described by a state space model, which describes the mathematical-physical relation, which estimates the actual pressure in the body cavity and controls the supply unit of the insufflator by means of this estimated value.

11 ) A medical-technical device for introducing fluids into body cavities, comprising a controllable valve, a supply line, a pressure sensor in the supply line, wherein the device is configured to carry out the method according to claim 10 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 7, 2026
From: W.O.M. WORLD OF MEDICINE GMBH
To: NOVANTA MEDICAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 075549/0817 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2016
From: ZEYSSIG, ANDREAS
To: W.O.M. WORLD OF MEDICINE AG
Reel/Frame 037569/0831 →