Currently, colonoscopy is the most sensitive test for diagnosing IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) and screening for colon cancer. In colonoscopy, a flexible endoscope is used to examine the inner wall of the entire length of the large intestine, from the rectum to the caecum.
Even though colon cancer is 90% successfully treated if detected at an early stage, The compliance rate for 45 screening is only 30% in the United States. This resistance to regular colonoscopies is due, in large part, to the fact that the procedure is extremely uncomfortable. The uncomfortable nature of the procedure is due, in part, to the trial-and-error manipulations of the scope in order to navigate the flexible and elastic colon.
An optical fiber medical device comprising a plurality of sensors configured to report the shape (e.g., bend, pitch or yaw) and position of the medical device by spectral fluorescence emission and detection techniques
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called “A more comfortable Colonoscopy - Endoscopy and Surgery fiber optic shape tracking”
