Bran Ferren,W. Daniel Hillis,Roderic A. Hyde,Muriel Y. Ishikawa,Edward K.Y. Jung,Eric C. Leuthardt,Nathan P. Myhrvold,Thomas J. Nugent, JR.,Elizabeth A. Sweeney,Clarence T. Tegreene,Lowell L. Wood, JR
申请号:
US13136676
公开号:
US20120035438A1
申请日:
2011.08.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
Methods of controlling the operation of a device traveling in a body tube tree, including selecting a direction of travel of the device through the body tube tree based upon whether or not the device has previous travelled in a particular direction, implemented with a control system located partially or fully on the lumen traveling device. Various actions can be performed by the device for, e.g., medical or therapeutic purposes. Machine-readable media including instructions for performing the methods are also described.