Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130027534 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A second lens frame has a shape including: a contact portion having a cylindrical shape with a diameter smaller than an inner diameter of a space portion of a first lens frame, a distal end portion thereof being brought into contact with an end face of the first lens frame; and a fitting portion having a diameter larger than that of the contact portion in a cylindrical shape fitting on an inner wall surface of the first lens frame, and when the second lens frame is inserted into the space portion of the first lens frame, a gap is formed therebetween. Accordingly, a distal end portion of the second lens frame is reliably brought into contact with an end face of a flange portion of the first lens frame, whereby variations in position in an optical axis direction are eliminated, enabling provision of a stable optical precision. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030247 | In-Vivo Image Acquiring Apparatus, In-Vivo Image Receiving Apparatus, In-Vivo Image Displaying Apparatus, and Noise Eliminating Method - An in-vivo image acquiring apparatus includes an operation control unit which controls a black image acquiring operation, in which the operation control unit controls an imaging unit and an illuminating unit in such a manner the imaging unit conducts an image acquiring operation in a state the illuminating unit does not conduct an illuminating operation. The in-vivo image acquiring apparatus also includes an average calculating unit which calculates the average value of pixel value in a predetermined determining area, and a black image determining unit, which determines whether the image information acquired by the image acquiring operation is the black image by comparing the average value with a predetermined threshold value. The image information determined as the black image by the black image determining unit is transmitted, as the black image information, to an external apparatus by radio. | 01-31-2013 |
20130035549 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope comprising, in a part of an insertion portion having flexibility, a bending portion formed by covering an outermost circumference with a covering rubber. Respective end portions of the covering rubber being tightly bound to a rigid portion near the bending portion with a thread and fixed by applying an adhesive. In at least one end portion of both fixed end portions of the covering rubber, hardness of at least a portion in a range from an end portion in a center portion side of a portion tightly bound with the thread to an end portion in a center portion side of a portion to which the adhesive is applied is set higher than hardness in a center portion of the covering rubber. | 02-07-2013 |
20130041224 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an active bending portion provided in an insertion portion and bendable according to a bending operation, the active bending portion including bending pieces adjacent to each other and pivotably connected together via a plurality of rotation shafts, the rotation shafts being located at positions differing by 90° in a circumferential direction J of the bending pieces, and a passive bending portion provided closer to the proximal end side than the active bending portion and passively bendable when an external force is applied thereto, the passive bending portion including bending pieces adjacent to each other and pivotably connected together via a plurality of rotation shafts, the rotation shafts being located at positions differing by 60° in the circumferential direction J. | 02-14-2013 |
20130046144 | FLEXIBLE TUBE UNIT OF ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE HAVING THIS FLEXIBLE TUBE UNIT - A flexible tube unit of an endoscope includes a metal spiral tube, a mesh tube which covers the metal spiral tube and is formed by braiding a wire bundle obtained by bundling wires, an envelope which covers the mesh tube and a regulating portion which regulates movement of the wires of the mesh tube. A ratio of a surface area of the regulating portion with respect to a surface area of the mesh tube differs in an axial direction of the mesh tube. | 02-21-2013 |
20130060249 | SURGICAL TREATMENT DEVICE - A surgical treatment device which is used together with an endoscope, includes a sheath, a treatment portion which is arranged at the distal end portion of the sheath and includes first to third electrodes configured to treat a living tissue by using electrical energy, an operation portion which is arranged at a proximal end portion of the sheath and which is configured to operate the treatment portion, and a switching portion which is configured to switch between a first mode in which a treatment is given by using the first electrode and at least one of the second and third electrodes in the treatment portion and a second mode in which a treatment is given by using the second and third electrodes. | 03-07-2013 |
20130064436 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus includes: a feature value calculation portion that, for each pixel of an image, calculates a feature value that is used when extracting a linear structure; a judgment portion that, based on a result of a comparison between the feature value of a pixel of interest and feature values of a plurality of pixels located in the vicinity of the pixel of interest, judges whether the pixel of interest is a linear structure pixel or is a nonlinear structure candidate pixel; and a correction portion that identifies a pixel that is determined to be a linear structure pixel that is in the vicinity of the nonlinear structure candidate pixel, calculates information with respect to the identified linear structure candidate pixel and determines whether to make the nonlinear structure candidate pixel the nonlinear structure pixel or the linear structure pixel based on the calculated information. | 03-14-2013 |
20130070070 | Diffractive Optical Element and Endoscope - Provided is a diffractive optical element that is formed by laminating two optical material layers formed of different energy-cured resins; in which a relief pattern is formed at the interface between the two optical material layers; and that satisfies the following conditional expressions: | 03-21-2013 |
20130072801 | ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER UNIT AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE - An ultrasound transducer unit includes: an ultrasound element; a substrate; a signal transmission cable; a cylindrical metal shield member that has a large-diameter portion, a small-diameter portion, and a step portion, in which the large-diameter portion covers an outer circumference of the substrate; ground wiring that electrically connects the substrate and an outer circumferential face of the metal shield member; and an opening portion formed in the step portion or the small-diameter portion. The ground wiring is extended to outside the metal shield member from inside the large-diameter portion through the opening portion, and is electrically connected to an outer circumferential face of the small-diameter portion to thereby electrically connect the substrate and the outer circumferential face of the metal shield member. | 03-21-2013 |
20130096376 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLUORESCENCE IMAGING APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source portion that irradiates an excitation light and a reference light alternately; an image pickup portion that picks up images of the fluorescence from the living tissue and the reflected light; a signal processing portion that generates image signals from picked up signals; an addition processing portion that generates, from image signals of fluorescence, addition processed signals of fluorescence in which pixels are added; a light quantity control portion that controls the quantity of light so as to maintain a predetermined light quantity ratio between the quantities of the excitation light and the reference light from the addition processed signals of fluorescence and image signals of the reflected light; and a superimposition processing portion that superimposes the addition processed signals and the image signals of the reflected light, with the predetermined light quantity ratio being maintained. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096380 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An endoscope system | 04-18-2013 |
20130096383 | ATTACHMENT UNIT AND ENDOSCOPE - An attachment unit rotates in directions around a longitudinal axis with respect to an insertion main body when rotary drive force is transmitted from a drive force transmission unit provided to an insertion section, and allows propulsive force in one of directions parallel to the longitudinal axis to act on the insertion section by rotating in contact with a paries. The attachment unit includes a fin portion which is spirally extended along the longitudinal axis and whose dimension from the longitudinal axis to an outer peripheral end vary in accordance with how external force different from the propulsive force acts in the directions parallel to the longitudinal axis in a state that the attachment unit does not rotate with respect to the insertion main body. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096423 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscopic system includes an insertion portion inserted into a tubular body, a ranging mechanism, an insertion path calculation unit and a presentation unit. The insertion portion includes a distal end and a bending portion defining a driving face. The ranging mechanism acquires distance information on the driving face between an inner wall of the tubular body on a far side and the distal end of the insertion portion while the distal end is placed on a near side in the tubular body. The insertion path calculation unit calculates an insertion path for the distal end of the insertion portion extending from the near side on which the distal end is placed, to the far side, based on the distance information. The presentation unit presents the insertion path for the distal end of the insertion portion extending from the near side to the far side. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100265 | IMAGE MANAGING APPARATUS - In an image managing apparatus connected to: an image processing apparatus receiving an image signal from an imaging apparatus capturing a medical examination image; and an image recording apparatus recording a captured image, an apparatus information storage stores an image processing apparatus type. An apparatus ID acquiring unit acquires an image processing apparatus identifier from the connected image processing apparatus. An apparatus type acquiring unit reads out the type of the connected image processing apparatus based on the image processing apparatus identifier acquired by the apparatus ID acquiring unit. If the image processing apparatus type read by the apparatus type acquiring unit indicates that the apparatus can transmit an image file directly to the image recording apparatus, a file acquiring unit reads out from the image recording apparatus an image file that the image processing apparatus stores directly in the image recording apparatus. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102844 | CASING OF CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE, CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE KIT, ASSEMBLY METHOD OF CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE KIT AND ASSEMBLY DEVICE OF CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE KIT - An inner casing according to the present invention includes a hole which is a holding portion that is provided at the center of a base portion having a planar shape so as to protrude in a direction orthogonal to a principal surface of the base portion and hold a capsule endoscope and a plurality of step portions each protruding from a side surface of the hole and abutting on an area of an outer surface of a hemispheric dome portion, which is located inside an optical viewing angle of the capsule endoscope and which does not contribute to generation of an image captured by the capsule endoscope to realize alignment in a longitudinal direction of the capsule endoscope. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102845 | CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE-TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a capsule-type medical apparatus and a method of manufacturing a capsule-type medical apparatus which can prevent a contact between a burr formed on an optical dome which is a part of a capsule-like casing and a living body in a subject. The capsule-type medical apparatus has a capsule-like casing which can be introduced inside the subject. The casing is configured with optically transparent optical domes and a cylindrical trunk member having an outer diameter dimension larger than an outer diameter dimension of the optical domes. The cylindrical trunk member is fitted onto an outer circumferential surface of the optical domes so as to cover each of the optical domes up to a portion near the burr formed thereon. The cylindrical trunk member has a step higher than the burr so as to prevent a contact between the burr and a living body in the subject. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102847 | ATTACHMENT UNIT, ENDOSCOPIC INSERTION SECTION AND ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an attachment unit detachably attached to an outer peripheral direction side of an insertion section to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis with respect to an insertion main body, and including a gear portion formed over an all-round inner peripheral portion of the attachment unit, a rotary gear meshing with the gear portion to allow the attachment unit to be attached to the insertion section, and a base portion defining a gear arrangement portion where the rotary gear is arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the insertion section. In the endoscope, a channel, extended through an inside of an operation section and an inside of the insertion section from an outer surface of the operation section and opened to an outside of the insertion section in the gear arrangement portion, is defined. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102848 | ATTACHMENT UNIT AND ENDOSCOPE - An attachment unit includes a tube main body extended along a longitudinal axis in a state that a gap is provided between itself and an outer peripheral portion of an insertion section or a member on the outer peripheral portion of the insertion section, and a tube proximal end portion, provided to a proximal direction side of the tube main body, to which a proximal end of the attachment unit is placed. The tube proximal end portion includes a proximal side gap reducing portion eliminating or reducing the gap as compared with a part to an inner peripheral direction side of the tube main body between itself and the outer peripheral portion of the insertion section or the member, and is placed to a distal direction side of an insertion opening in a use situation. | 04-25-2013 |
20130116507 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPE - A temperature control apparatus for an endoscope includes: a temperature detection section that detects a temperature of an object to be heated, the object to be heated being heated by a heater; a semiconductor switch that performs switching between supply and shut off of the power to the heater; a control section that controls the semiconductor switch to perform temperature control for the object to be heated, and performs heating stopping control to turn the semiconductor switch off; a mechanical switch that performs switching between continuity and shut off of a power line; and a heating stopping circuit that if an abnormality occurs in temperature control for the heater, performs heating stopping control to turn the mechanical switch off. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116686 | ENERGY TREATMENT DEVICE - An energy treatment device includes a probe in which a suction path is defined inside along a longitudinal axis to a distal surface portion. The probe includes a first protrusion protruding an outer peripheral distal end of an outer peripheral portion toward a first perpendicular direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and perpendicular to open/close directions of the jaw. The distal surface portion includes an inclined plane in which it goes toward a distal direction side as it goes from the first perpendicular direction toward a second perpendicular direction that is opposite to the first perpendicular direction, the inclined plane extending from a first end position, located to the first perpendicular direction side of a first root position of a first protrusion, to a second end position, located to the second perpendicular direction side of the suction path. | 05-09-2013 |
20130118537 | CHEMICAL BOTTLE FOR ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A disinfecting chemical bottle includes a bottle body including a storing section that stores a chemical used for cleaning/disinfecting an endoscope and a mouth portion including an opening portion from which the chemical freely flows out, a first conductive portion provided so as to be exposed in an inner portion and an outer portion of the bottle body, and a second conductive portion provided at a position different from that of the first conductive portion so as to be exposed in the inner portion and the outer portion of the bottle body, the second conductive portion being electrically connectable to the first conductive portion via the chemical in the bottle body. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123575 | POSITION INFORMATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A position information estimation system includes: a body-insertable apparatus that is inserted into a subject and moves through an inside of the subject; a receiving unit that receives information from the body-insertable apparatus; and an information processor that performs processes on the information acquired from the receiving unit. The receiving unit includes an acquisition antenna that includes a plurality of receiving antennas and acquires information from the body-insertable apparatus. The information processor includes: a calculation unit that calculates difference values between signal levels acquired from the plurality of receiving antennas and corresponding signal levels acquired from the plurality of receiving antennas; a determination unit that compares each of the difference values with a threshold and determining whether to estimate position information; and a position information estimation unit that estimates position information of the body-insertable apparatus when the determination unit has determined that it is necessary to estimate the position information. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123578 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - The present invention provides an endoscope system having a scope unit including an image capturing unit, a nonvolatile memory storing specific parameters of the scope unit, an image processing device, a first data transmission unit in the image processing device, transmitting a first packet including a signal for requesting, a first data reception unit in the image processing device, receiving a second packet based on the first packet and includes the specific parameters or the realtime information, a second data reception unit in the scope unit, receiving the first packet, a data selection unit selecting whether the second packet is transferred either in a first data format or in a second data format based on the signal that is included in the first packet received by the second data reception unit, and a second data transmission unit transmitting the second packet to the first data reception unit. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123623 | SPECIMEN COLLECTION TREATMENT INSTRUMENT - In a distal end portion of a flexible sheath which is inserted integrally with an ultrasound transducer array, cell collecting hole portions each including a through-hole which allows a distal end portion outer periphery and an internal space of the flexible sheath to communicate with each other is provided, an edge for specimen cutting is formed at an opening portion of an outer circumferential side of each of the cell collecting hole portions, and after the flexible sheath is caused to reach a lesion part or the like of a subject, specimen collection is performed without additionally inserting a biological forceps or the like into the flexible sheath, whereby a specimen of a target site such as a lesion part is reliably collected without unnecessarily increasing the number of times of insertion and extraction of an instrument into and from a body, and the burden on an examinee is reduced. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123644 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An optical measurement apparatus of the present invention includes a light source unit; an operation unit that performs an operation process on the basis of a result of the measurement performed by a measurement unit to obtain a characteristic value of a living tissue; a validity evaluator that evaluates, on the basis of an operation result of the operation process performed by the operation unit, whether the result of the measurement is valid; an output unit that outputs a result of the evaluation performed by the validity evaluator; an input unit that inputs an instruction to adopt the result of the measurement performed by the measurement unit; and a determination unit that determines, on the basis of the result of the evaluation performed by the validity evaluator and the instruction information from the input unit, whether to adopt the result of the measurement performed by the measurement unit. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123820 | SURGICAL SYSTEM - A surgical system includes a surgical instrument including a conducting section transmitting ultrasound vibration generated by an ultrasound transducer to a distal end portion and transmitting a high-frequency output signal to the distal end portion, an ultrasound drive section outputting an ultrasound drive signal to the ultrasound transducer, a high-frequency output section outputting a high-frequency output signal to the conducting section, a detection section detecting an ultrasound impedance of a surgical site to which ultrasound energy and high-frequency energy are provided from the distal end portion by outputting both signals simultaneously to the surgical instrument, a determination section determining whether the detected ultrasound impedance is in a predetermined range, and a control section performing control to increase a high-frequency output value by a first predetermined amount or decrease the high-frequency output value by a second predetermined amount when the detected ultrasound impedance is out of the predetermined range. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125934 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a medicinal solution storage portion; a cleaning/disinfecting tank; a medicinal solution supplying conduit having one end communicating with the medicinal solution storage portion and the other end opening toward the cleaning/disinfecting tank; a medicinal solution supplying member; a medicinal solution receiving member provided inside the medicinal solution supplying member; and a medicinal solution collecting port which is openable/closable by a lid body, and formed at a position between the medicinal solution receiving member and the opening of the other end in the medicinal solution supplying conduit. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131452 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes a first breakable portion provided between a part of an outer peripheral surface of a distal rigid section main body and a second inner peripheral surface, and including a fragile portion which is formed in a concaved-shape and which is more easy to break than any other part of the outer peripheral surface except for thereof. The endoscope includes a second breakable portion provided between a first inner peripheral surface and the second inner peripheral surface, and a third breakable portion provided between the first inner peripheral surface and a part of the outer peripheral surface of the distal rigid section main body, which differs from the fragile portion. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131453 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an insertion portion which includes a distal end hard portion having a hole portion passed through a distal end surface, and a nozzle including an opening. The nozzle includes a cover member including an annular portion, a cylindrical coupling portion coupled with the distal end hard portion and a cylindrical core member which has one end having the annular portion arranged thereon and the other end having the coupling portion arranged thereon and which includes a flow path communicating with the opening. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131705 | ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe includes a probe body which includes an outer peripheral portion provided along a longitudinal axis, and a void defining surface defining a void, which is open to an outside along the longitudinal axis in at least one part of the outer peripheral portion, along the longitudinal axis. The void defining surface defines the void in the probe body from a first anti-node position of the ultrasonic vibrations to a second anti-node position of the ultrasonic vibrations different from the first anti-node position. | 05-23-2013 |
20130137377 | WIRELESS IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless image communication system comprises a transmitter that wirelessly transmits image data and a receiver that receives the image data transmitted by the transmitter. The transmitter comprises: a communication channel change instruction unit that accepts, from an operator, an instruction to change a communication channel currently used in the wireless communication with the receiver for the transmission of the image data to a predetermined communication channel different from the currently used communication channel; and a transmitting unit that wirelessly transmits, on the basis of the instruction, information related to the predetermined communication channel to the receiver. The receiver comprises: a receiving unit that receives the information wirelessly transmitted by the transmitter; and a wireless communication control unit that performs a process to change the communication channel currently used in the wireless communication with the transmitter to the communication channel indicated by the received information. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137923 | Endoscope and illumination apparatus for endoscope - An illumination apparatus for an endoscope guiding externally-entering light to a transparent light-guiding body including an annular-shaped annular portion, the annular portion including an inner circumferential face and an outer circumferential face, and making the light exit from the annular portion as illuminating light, wherein the light-guiding body includes: a notch portion formed by cutting out a part of the annular portion so as to form a line extending perpendicularly from the outer circumferential face toward the inner circumference side of the annular portion from a line extending from a point on an outer circumference of a circle in a cross section of the annular portion; and an incident portion that allows the light to enter in a direction along the line extending from the point on the outer circumference, the direction being a direction perpendicular to a cutout surface of the notch portion provided in the annular portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137924 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An actuator has a magnet moved together with a moving lens frame, an SMA wire capable of extending and contracting in a moving direction I of the moving lens frame with execution or non-execution of energization thereof, a fixing member made of a magnetic material attached to a distal end of the SMA wire, a pressing spring which urges the fixing member toward the magnet along the moving direction I, and a stopper member and a stopper portion which limits the movement of the magnet along the moving direction I at a first position or a second position. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137925 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A distal end barrel that holds a light guide bundle and an electronic image pickup unit inside a distal end portion is formed in such a manner that the distal end barrel is divided in a first distal end barrel arranged on the distal end side of the distal end portion and a second distal end barrel supported via the first distal end barrel so as not to be exposed at an outer surface of the distal end portion, the second distal end barrel holding the light guide bundle and the electronic image pickup unit, and the second distal end barrel includes a member having a thermal conductivity higher than the thermal conductivity of the first distal end barrel, thereby protecting the image pickup device from thermal damage without an increase in temperature of the outer surface of the distal end portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137990 | ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE - An ultrasound endoscope includes an objective optical system, an illumination optical system, a distal end portion, an ultrasound transducer portion, a distal end cover, a through-hole formed in the distal end cover, a conductor wire portion, and a conductor wire portion passing portion formed in the distal end cover and configured to communicate with the through-hole and reach an outer circumference of the distal end cover, the conductor wire portion passing portion forming a region where the conductor wire portion passes from the through-hole to an outside of the distal end cover member when the ultrasound transducer portion is detached from the distal end portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130140412 | SUPPORTING APPARATUS USED MEDICAL TREATMENT - A supporting apparatus used for medical treatment includes a support arm in which a leading end side is coupled to a supporting unit supporting an endoscope, and a moving arm that is coupled to a base end side of the support arm, the moving arm moving the supporting unit and supporting the supporting unit in a moved position of the supporting unit. The support arm includes a leading-end-side coupling unit that is turnably coupled to the supporting unit, a base-end-side coupling unit that is disposed in coaxial with the leading-end-side coupling unit and turnably coupled to the moving arm, and an offset unit laterally offset with respect to an axis line R passing through the leading-end-side and the base-end-side coupling units. The offset unit is freely rotatable about the axis line R with respect to the supporting unit and the moving arm. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141557 | Adapter for endoscope, processor for endoscope and endoscope system - An adapter for endoscope includes: an image pickup device driving signal generation circuit; an image signal output circuit; an endoscope identification information reception circuit receiving endoscope ID information; a ROM storing adapter ID information about the adapter; a flash memory storing parameters for adjustment; and a control section performing control to store the parameters for adjustment into the flash memory according to a command from a processor to write the parameters for adjustment, and read the parameters for adjustment stored in the flash memory and output the parameters for adjustment stored in the flash memory to the processor according to a command from the processor to read the parameters for adjustment. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144164 | ULTRASONIC PUNCTURE NEEDLE - An ultrasonic puncture needle used in combination with an ultrasonic endoscope including a distal-end hard part, a bendable part, and an operation part, includes: a sheath inserted into an insertion channel of the ultrasonic endoscope; a needle tube that includes an opening; a releasing mechanism that releases a substance. In a state in which the needle tube is disposed inside the bendable part, a periphery of the needle tube receives a force from an inner wall of the insertion channel while the bendable part is in a bent state by the operation part. The needle tube is rotated around a long axis of the insertion channel by the force, such that an axis line matching the direction of the opening in the needle tube protruding from the insertion channel becomes substantially parallel with an ultrasonic scanning face of the ultrasonic endoscope. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144275 | MEDICAL CONTROL APPARATUS - A medical control apparatus includes: an insertion portion in which a bending portion is provided; a drive portion that generates a driving force; a wire that is connected to the bending portion; a pulling portion that pulls the wire; a connecting portion that connects the drive portion and the pulling portion; a driving amount detection portion that detects a drive portion driving amount; a pulling portion driving amount detection portion that detects a pulling portion driving amount; a comparison portion that compares change amounts of the drive portion driving amount and the pulling portion driving amount; and an identification portion that, based on a comparison result, identifies a boundary between a bending range in which it is possible for a restoring force of an elastic member to contribute to bending of the bending portion and a bending range in which it is impossible to contribute to bending. | 06-06-2013 |
20130146108 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus has a cleaning tank capable of housing a plurality of endoscopes, a holding net that is provided in the cleaning tank, and defines positions of the plurality of endoscopes which are housed and set in the cleaning tank, and an endoscope information reading section. The endoscope information reading section is provided in the cleaning tank, and, in a state in which one endoscope is set in the cleaning tank in a position defined by the holding net, is arranged in a site exposed toward an upper side of the cleaning tank without being covered with the one endoscope. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148345 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a white LED that emits light including a first wavelength band and a second wavelength band; a violet LED that emits light in a third wavelength band, and a rotating disk including a filter that transmits light in the first wavelength band. The light source apparatus also includes a rotating disk drive section that changes a position of the rotating disk so that if a normal observation mode is selected, the filter is retracted from an optical path of the light emitted from the white LED, if a narrow band observation mode is selected, a filter is continuously inserted in the optical path of the light emitted from the white LED, and if a twin mode is selected, the filter is intermittently inserted in the optical path of the light emitted from the white LED. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150666 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope of the invention includes: an insertion portion including a bending portion bendable in an up/down (U-D) direction and a left/right (L-R) direction, and a flexible tube portion connected to a rear end of the bending portion; rigid long members inserted in the insertion portion; and a soft long member inserted in the insertion portion, in which the respective long members are dispersively disposed such that axial centers of the respective long members are respectively disposed in four inner regions sectionalized by projecting, in an longitudinal axis direction, a rotational axis at the time that the bending portion is bent in an up/down direction and a rotational axis at the time that the bending portion is bent in a left/right direction. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150667 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope of an embodiment includes: a distal end rigid member made of resin; a channel tube connecting member which has a distal end side fitted and fixed in the distal end rigid member and is formed in a tubular shape using a conductive member, and which includes a stepped portion on a part of an outer circumferential surface in a longitudinal direction; and a bending piece member which is formed in a tubular shape using a conductive member and arranged just behind a rear end side of the distal end rigid member, and which has a protruding portion protruding and elastically-deformed toward an inner circumferential surface side, wherein when the bending piece member is fixed to the distal end rigid member with the channel tube connecting member being housed inside thereof, the protruding portion contacts the outer circumferential surface of the channel tube connecting member to establish conduction. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150668 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes: a plurality of connection portions to which an endoscope can be connected, respectively; a priority setting portion that sets a connection priority of the plurality of connection portions; a drive portion that supplies a drive signal to one endoscope; and a control portion that controls so that the drive portion supplies the drive signal to any one endoscope only based on the connection priority. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150672 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an insertion unit, an operation unit, an operation-unit engagement part, an insertion-unit engagement part, a water-tight sealing member, and a torque control member. The torque control member is provided between the operation-unit engagement part and the insertion-unit engagement part in radial directions of the insertion unit, so as to make tight contact with the operation-unit engagement part and the insertion-unit engagement part, and controls resistive torque of the insertion unit during rotation of the insertion unit by applying frictional resistance of a direction about the axis to the insertion unit when the insertion unit rotates in relation to the operation unit. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150673 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an insertion portion including a bending portion configured to bend in four directions, and a flexible tube portion provided so as to be continuous with the bending portion, wherein the bending portion includes a first bending region and a second bending region, and wherein the flexible tube portion comprises inside, four first guide pipes each including a distal end fixed to a distal end of the first bending region and a proximal end fixed to a bending portion operation device, and three second guide pipes each including a distal end fixed to a distal end of the second bending region and a proximal end fixed to a bending portion bent shape switching device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150713 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical instrument is provided with: an illumination section radiating excitation light for exciting a fluorescent substance given to a subject, to the subject; an image pickup section photoelectrically converting reflected light from the subject to which the excitation light is radiated, to pick up an image of the subject; a reading section holding pixel signals obtained by the photoelectrical conversion and capable of reading the pixel signals non-destructively while changing amplification factors of the held pixel signals by a predetermined unit of pixels; and an image processing section determining an arithmetic mean of the pixel signals read with different amplification factors by the reading section to generate an image. The medical instrument improves visibility of each fluorescent area without occurrence of position displacement even in the case where multiple fluorescent areas with a relatively large brightness/darkness difference exist within one screen. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150728 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical apparatus has a light source section capable of irradiating an excitation light and a reference light alternately, an image pickup section that picks up images of fluorescence by the excitation light, and reflected light of the reference light, a pixel addition processing section that performs pixel addition processing of making a plurality of pixels in a first image as a fluorescence image one pixel, and generates a second image, an adjusting section that makes adjustment so that a brightness ratio of the second image and a reference light image obtained by picking up of the image of the reflected light has a constant value, and thereby generates a third image signal and a fourth image, an interpolation processing section that applies interpolation processing to the third image, and generates a fifth image, and an image processing section that performs image synthesis of the fifth image and the fourth image. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152020 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An image management apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a plurality of types of additional information assigned to a plurality of images; a calculation unit that calculates a feature quantity of each of the images; an extracting unit that extracts, based on the feature quantity, additional information of the plurality of types of additional information; a control unit that generates one or more icons corresponding to the one or more types of additional information and displays the icons on a screen; an input unit that receives input according to a user's operation; a selecting unit that selects an image according to the signal; and an assigning unit that assigns to the selected image, when input of an operation signal associating the image selected by the image selecting unit with an icon selected by the user is received, additional information corresponding to the icon associated with the selected image. | 06-13-2013 |
20130154509 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus has a lighting time period measuring section measuring lighting time periods of respective LEDs, a junction temperature calculating section that calculates junction temperatures of the respective LEDs, a light intensity deterioration characteristic storing section storing light intensity deterioration characteristics based on the junction temperatures of the respective LEDs, a light source drive characteristic storing section storing characteristics of power that drives the respective LEDs and light intensities, a deteriorated light intensity calculating section calculating deteriorated light intensities based on the measured lighting time periods, the calculated junction temperatures, and the light intensity deterioration characteristics stored in the light intensity deterioration characteristic storing section, and a light source power control section controlling power that drives the light sources, based on the deteriorated light intensities calculated by the deteriorated light intensity calculating section, and the characteristics stored in the light source drive characteristic storing section. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155212 | Optical Unit and Endoscope - An optical unit includes: a plurality of lenses that form an object image on an image plane that is a light-receiving surface of a CCD; an aperture diaphragm; and an infrared absorption filter disposed on the image plane side relative to the aperture diaphragm, the infrared absorption filter including coating surfaces resulting from a YAG laser cut-off film and an LD laser cut-off film that each cut off predetermined laser light being formed respectively, and an F number FNO, a maximum image height IH, and a distance Δd between a paraxial image formation position in a ghost optical path on which a light beam emitted from the aperture diaphragm BI is reflected by the image plane and further reflected by the coating surface and reaches the image plane again and the image plane satisfy (Expression 1): | 06-20-2013 |
20130155215 | Scanning Endoscope Device - Scanning endoscope device including a light source unit that repeatedly emits a plurality of illumination beams in different wavelength bands in a certain order with a predetermined repetition period; a light guiding section that has an emission surface; a driving section that oscillates the emission surface in two axial directions in a reciprocating manner to two-dimensionally scan the illumination beams; a controller that controls the source unit and/or the driving section so that an oscillation period and a oscillation amplitude of the emission surface are proportional to the period of the illumination beams, and that controls the driving section so that the oscillation period periodically and gradually changes and the oscillation period is proportional to the oscillation amplitude; a light detecting section that detects return beams; and an image generating section that generates images of the return beams in synchronization with the predetermined period of the source. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155216 | MEDICAL INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS - A medical information recording apparatus includes: a control section that controls moving image recording of a medical image from a medical apparatus; a first recording processing section that records the medical image in a first recording region over an entire first period under the control of the control section; and a second recording processing section that, when a signal based on an operation by a user is provided in the first period, records a copy of the medical image in a second recording region in a predetermined second period according to a timing of the operation by the user and merges with each other a plurality of copies of the medical image generated as a result of the operation being performed by the user a plurality of times, under the control of the control section. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158344 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A receiving apparatus includes an operation input unit, a display unit, a memory, and a control unit, and the control unit has an examination flow management unit that controls a flow of a series of processes in the examination based on examination flow information recorded in the memory, and an operation mode setting unit that extracts from the examination flow information an operation mode associated with a process in a current examination flow controlled by the examination flow management unit and switches the operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a first operation mode and a second operation mode being different from the first operation mode in accordance with the extracted operation mode, and controls the operations of the receiving apparatus in accordance with the progress of the examination flow for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158352 | MEDICAL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MARKER DISPLAY IN MEDICAL IMAGE AND MEDICAL PROCESSOR - A processor of an endoscope apparatus that is a medical apparatus generates two images that are a normal-light observation image and a special-light observation image that are obtained by picking up a return light, determines matching of observation fields of view with respect to the two images, generates a marker M that indicates a position on a living tissue for at least one of the two images based on the determination result, causes the generated two images to be displayed within a screen of a monitor, and displays the generated marker M by superimposing the marker M on at least one of the two images. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158410 | ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE - An ultrasound endoscope has a transducer unit that has a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface, and performs transmission and reception of ultrasound on a top surface side, a cable that is for transmitting and receiving an electrical signal to and from the transducer unit and is connected to the side surface, a conductive shield case that has a lead-out port for leading out the cable, and a flexible extension portion extended from at least the top surface side of the lead-out port, and covers the side surface and the bottom surface, and a housing that holds a transducer unit | 06-20-2013 |
20130163092 | Endoscope Objective Optical System - Provided is an endoscope objective optical system that allows close-up observation while ensuring sufficient image brightness. Provided is an endoscope objective optical system consisting of a front group, an aperture stop, and a back group disposed in order from an object side; and a meniscus lens that can be inserted in and removed from an optical path between the aperture stop and the front group or the back group, with a convex surface thereof facing the aperture stop side. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165754 | Rotate-to-Advance Catheterization System - An apparatus for accessing a bodily passageway includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion configured to inserted into the bodily passageway; a drive tube including a lumen configured to receive the endoscope; a helically-wound thread disposed on an outer wall of the drive tube and configured such that rotation of the drive tube causes the drive tube with the endoscope to move along the passageway; a flexible drive shaft configured to transfer rotary motion generated by a power supply; and a rotatable drive collar disposed on the endoscope and configured to rotate the drive tube relative to the endoscope, the rotatable drive collar including a stator, a rotor rotatable over the stator and detachably coupled to the drive tube, a rotary gear configured to transfer the rotary motion from the flexible drive shaft to the rotor to rotate the drive tube, and a watertight seal disposed between the stator and the rotor. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165856 | Rotate-to-Advance Catheterization System - An apparatus for accessing a bodily passageway includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion configured to inserted into the bodily passageway; a drive tube including a lumen configured to receive the endoscope; a helically-wound thread disposed on an outer wall of the drive tube and configured such that rotation of the drive tube causes the drive tube with the endoscope to move along the passageway; a flexible drive shaft configured to transfer rotary motion generated by a power supply; and a rotatable drive collar disposed on the endoscope and configured to rotate the drive tube relative to the endoscope, the rotatable drive collar including a stator, a rotor rotatable over the stator and detachably coupled to the drive tube, a rotary gear configured to transfer the rotary motion from the flexible drive shaft to the rotor to rotate the drive tube, and a watertight seal disposed between the stator and the rotor. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169773 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus has a transmission device of an endoscope and a reception device of a processor. The transmission device calculates a DC balance value of input data, compares the DC balance value and a cumulative value thereof, and compares the sign of the DC balance value and the sign of the cumulative value. When the signs are the same sign, the transmission device generates intermediate data by exchanging a first value and a second value with each other for all the bits of the input data, and generates predetermined information indicating that all the bits have been inverted. When the signs are different signs, the transmission device performs a process of setting the input data as the intermediate data and transmits the intermediate data by a serial signal. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169775 | Imaging apparatus - An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: a CMOS imaging element; a timing generator and an AFE unit that are provided on a board connected to a light receiving unit and reads pixel information by causing the pixel information to be output from a pixel designated as a target to be read in the CMOS imaging element; a control circuit that is provided on the board and controls a pixel information output process by a light receiving unit and a pixel information reading process by the timing generator and the AFE unit; and an abnormality determining unit that determines whether there is an abnormality in the pixel information read by the timing generator and the AFE unit and outputs, to the control circuit, a notification signal for causing the control circuit to execute control on an occurrence of the abnormality. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169843 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes first and second irradiation units that emit first light and second light, respectively, an image pickup unit that outputs, as pixel information, an electrical signal after photoelectric conversion from a pixel arbitrarily designated as a read target among pixels, a setting unit that arbitrarily sets a pixel as the read target and a read order in the image pickup unit, a control unit that controls irradiation processes in the first and second irradiation units and changes the pixel as the read target and the read order according to a type of an irradiation unit that emits light, a reading unit that reads the pixel information by causing the pixel information to be output from the pixel set as the read target, in accordance with the read order, and an image processing unit that generates an image from the pixel information read by the reading unit. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172675 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A processor includes: first to third matrix circuits that generate an image signal of normal light and an image signal of special light based on an output of a CCD that picks up an image of returning light of light that is irradiated onto living tissue; a color discrimination circuit that discriminates a color tone for respective pixels in accordance with a luminance level of an image signal of the special light; and a color correction circuit that, in an observation mode that uses special light, if an observation object other than living tissue is discriminated as being a red color tone based on the color discrimination circuit, performs color correction to a yellow color tone that is similar to a color tone that the observation object other than living tissue is discriminated as being in an observation mode that uses normal light. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172885 | TREATMENT DEVICE AND TREATMENT METHOD - A surgical device which is configured to apply energy to living tissue and to be used to perform a surgical procedure includes a grasping portion, an incising portion, an introduction portion and a treatment portion. The grasping portion grasps the living tissue having a first surface and a second surface. The incising portion is movable forward and backward with respect to the living tissue and incises the living tissue. The introduction portion is movable forward and backward with respect to the living tissue and introduces a biocompatible material, which is chemically bound with the living tissue, to a space between the first surface and the second surface. The treatment portion is configured to apply high-frequency energy and thermal energy to the living tissue. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172887 | TREATMENT INSTRUMENT SYSTEM - A treatment system includes: an absorbent member which is arranged to be discharged into the biological tissues as the fusion targets from the first jaw, thermally deformed when the thermal energy is applied thereto; a first energy discharge portion which is configured to discharge the absorbent member toward the second holding surface, and which is configured to supply the high-frequency energy and the thermal energy to the biological tissues; a second energy discharge portion which is configured to come into contact with at least a part of the absorbent member when the absorbent member is discharged, and which is configured to supply the high-frequency energy and the thermal energy to the biological tissues; and a control unit which is configured to control the energy source to supply the thermal energy after discharging the absorbent member to the biological tissues. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172913 | SUTURE THREAD PUSHING APPARATUS AND SUTURE THREAD PUSHING SYSTEM - This suture thread pushing apparatus moves a connection portion formed by one end portion and the other end portion of a suture thread used for suturing tissue within a body, which are guided to an outside of the body via a natural orifice, to a sutured portion of the tissue, and includes a flexible outer cylinder, and a flexible shaft member inserted into the outer cylinder so as to advance and retreat, wherein a pair of side holes facing each other is formed in a distal side of the outer cylinder such that the suture thread passes through the side holes, an engaging portion extending in an axial direction of the outer cylinder is formed in an inner surface on the distal side, and an engaged portion engaging with the engaging portion and sliding along the engaging portion is formed on an outer surface of the shaft member. | 07-04-2013 |
20130176410 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system has an image pickup section and a processor. The image pickup section has a control register section which controls a sensor section, a nonvolatile memory which stores first setup data, a control signal interface section which sets the first setup data in the control register section, and an initialization check register which senses an abnormality in the control register section. When an abnormality is sensed, the control signal interface section reads out the setup data from the nonvolatile memory and performs control so as to reset the setup data in the control register section. The control signal interface section further has a memory which stores reset occurrence information upon occurrence of reset. The processor includes a control section which reads out the reset occurrence information from the memory, and, when reset is detected, transmits second setup information held by the processor to the image pickup section. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176411 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes a light source device, a CCD, a video processor, and an observation monitor, wherein the video processor includes: a band decomposition processing section that performs a decomposition processing for decomposing into a plurality of spatial frequency bands on a signal of an image picked up by the CCD, to generate a plurality of band images; an enhancement processing section that performs an enhancement processing on selected band images based on an enhancement amount set for a region where an observation target in a subject is distributed in a feature space formed with wavelength bands or spatial frequency bands of the band images selected among the plurality of band images as axes; and an image generation section that integrates the plurality of band images subjected to the color conversion processing, for each wavelength image, to generate an image. | 07-11-2013 |
20130178702 | ANTENNA APPARATUS, ANTENNA, ANTENNA HOLDER, AND BODY-INSERTABLE APPARATUS SYSTEM - An antenna apparatus is configured to acquire information from a body-insertable apparatus that is configured to be inserted into a subject to move inside the subject. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna that includes one sheet on which plural receiving antennas are fixed and in which a first positioning hole is formed; and an antenna holder that includes a container portion which is configured to hold the antenna at a predetermined position and in a predetermined orientation and in which second positioning hole is formed at a position corresponding to the first positioning hole when the antenna is held. The antenna holder is configured to be attached to a predetermined position of the subject using the first and second positioning holes as an index when the antenna is held in the antenna holder. | 07-11-2013 |
20130178705 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an insertion section, a bending section, a bending operation section and a shift mechanism. The bending section includes a first bending section and a second bending section provided at a proximal end of the first bending section. The second bending section includes an actuation pipe interposed between an angle wire extending in the second bending section and a wire guide through the angle wire and guiding the angle wire, and supported to be moved in the extending direction of the wire guide with respect to the wire guide. A rigidity of the second bending section is shifted while the actuation pipe is moved in the extending direction of the wire guide. | 07-11-2013 |
20130178706 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A scanning endoscope apparatus includes: a light source; first and second polarization sections; third and fourth polarization sections; a first wavelength separation section; a second wavelength separation section; a first detection section; and a second detection section. The scanning endoscope apparatus further includes: a first judgment section comparing light intensities of at least two of the light having a first wavelength band transmitted through the first wavelength separation section, the light having a second wavelength band transmitted through the first wavelength separation section, the light having the first wavelength band transmitted through the second wavelength separation section and the light having the second wavelength band transmitted through the second wavelength separation section to observe the return light on a surface area; and a second judgment section comparing light intensities of two which are not used by the first judgment section to observe the return light in a deep-part area of the subject. | 07-11-2013 |
20130184524 | Scanning Endoscope Device - A scanning endoscope device including two core portions that are provided parallel to each other and that radiate illuminating beams having optical characteristics different from each other toward a subject; a driving unit that two-dimensionally scans the two illuminating beams radiated from the core portions by causing vibration of distal-end portions of the core portions; a light receiving unit that receives return beams, returned from the subject, of the two illuminating beams; a light splitting unit that splits the return beams received by the light receiving unit according to the optical characteristics; two light detecting units that photoelectrically convert the two return beams split by the light splitting unit to output captured image signals; and an image generating unit that generates two images for two viewpoint based on the each captured image signal. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184528 | ENDOSCOPE, AND TREATMENT INSTRUMENT FOR ENDOSCOPE - A medical instrument system includes an elongated member having an inner space in a direction of a longitudinal axis, an insertion section installed at the inner space and having a bending section capable of being bent, a manipulation section configured to manipulate the bending section, a first manipulation member transmitting a driving force of the bending section in accordance with the manipulation by the manipulation section, a second manipulation member arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis, a connecting section having a first connecting section and a second connecting section and capable of connecting the first manipulation member and the second manipulation member, and a switching mechanism having a first acting section and a second acting section and switching between a connection state and a release state in accordance with a relative movement between the elongated member and the insertion section. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184529 | ENDOSCOPE PLUG MEMBER - An endoscope plug member that is installed in an opening portion of an endoscope having the opening portion which communicates with an outside includes a first contact surface provided at the opening portion, a plug body having a second contact surface that blocks the opening portion by contacting the first contact surface, a holding portion that holds the plug body movably between a first position where the second contact surface contacts the first contact surface and a second position apart from the position, and is attachable to and detachable from the endoscope, an urging member that gives an urging force that presses the plug body in a direction in which the second contact surface contacts the first contact surface to the plug body, and an adjusting portion that selectively changes a movable range of the plug body, in the movable range of the plug body. | 07-18-2013 |
20130190560 | Medical Coil, method of manufacturing the same, and medical instrument - A medical coil is provided which is formed by winding an element wire, and includes a convex part provided on a first end of a width direction of the element wire, and a concave part provided on a second end of the width direction of the element wire. At least one of the convex part and the concave part has a slant face. When a compressive force is applied in an axial direction of the medical coil, the convex part and the concave part adjacent to each other are configured to approach each other. A segment which connects a top part of the convex part which protrudes the most and a deepest part of the concave part which is deepest forms an angle so as not to be parallel to an axis of the medical coil. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190564 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope system includes a capsule endoscope which is introduced into a subject; a change unit which changes a position or posture of the capsule endoscope in the subject with respect to the subject; a storage unit which stores in advance a change procedure of the capsule endoscope as a control parameter of the change unit; and a controller which controls the change unit in accordance with the parameter stored in the storage unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190566 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes a first bending portion that is operated and bent, a function portion that is operated to be capable of performing a predetermined function, a grasping portion including a long axis provided to extend from a distal end portion through a proximal end portion, a first rotation body capable of operating the first bending portion, a second rotation body capable of operating the function portion, and an operation portion main body provided at a proximal end side of the grasping portion, with the second rotation body being disposed at a side where a palm of a hand is located when the grasping portion is grasped with the hand, with the second rotation body facing the first rotation body with the long axis therebetween, and a second shaft being located at a proximal end side from a first shaft. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190567 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes a second bending drive mechanism. The second bending drive mechanism passively bends the second bending portion in accordance with external force when the drive force is not transmitted to the first bending portion. The second bending drive mechanism bends the second bending portion in a predetermined direction in a case that the second bending portion has received external force in the predetermined direction, and generates force against the external force in a direction different from the predetermined direction in the second bending portion in a case that the second bending portion has received the external force in the different direction while the drive force to bend the first bending portion in the predetermined direction has been transmitted to the first bending portion. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190660 | SURGICAL OPERATION SYSTEM - A surgical operation system includes a US signal output section, an HV signal output section, a probe having a treatment section which has an HV signal applied thereto and vibrates by ultrasound, an HV signal main control section that performs feedback control of the HV signal output section based on the HV signal, a US signal main control section that performs feedback control of the US signal output section based on a US signal, and an HV signal auxiliary control section that controls the HV signal output section based on the US signal, and has a response time shorter than that of the HV signal main control section. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190790 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC TREATMENT DEVICE - An ultrasonic probe includes a surface continuous portion which includes a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, and which is provided in a state that a distal end of an outer peripheral portion is an outer edge with a surface thereof being continuous, the surface continuous portion producing cavitation when ultrasonic vibrations in vibration directions parallel to the longitudinal axis are transmitted to the surface continuous portion. The ultrasonic probe includes a suction opening which is located apart from the surface continuous portion, configured to produce the cavitation, toward a proximal direction, and which is extended inward from the outer peripheral portion, the suction opening suctioning a shattered object shattered by the cavitation. | 07-25-2013 |
20130193875 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a first light source unit; a second light source unit; and a light source control section that, divides a plurality of light sources in the first light source unit into a first light source group, light from which enters near an optical axis, and a second light source group surrounding the first light source group, and divides a plurality of light sources in the second light source unit into a third light source group, light from which enters near the optical axis, and a fourth light source group surrounding the third light source group, and performs control to decrease an output of the second light source group to be lower than an output of the first light source group and decrease an output of the fourth light source group to be lower than an output of the third light source group. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194667 | Optical System for Rigid Scope and Rigid Endoscope - By suitably correcting a secondary spectrum, a clear, bright optical image is obtained. Provided is a rigid-scope optical system including: an objective optical system; and at least one relay optical systems that are formed of positive front groups, middle groups, and back groups in this order from an entrance side and that reimage an optical image imaged at imaging planes at the entrance side onto imaging planes at an exit side, wherein axial chromatic aberration between two wavelengths is corrected by an optical system other than the diffractive optical element, and axial chromatic aberration between the two wavelengths and another wavelength is corrected by the diffractive optical element. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197305 | MAGNETICALLY GUIDING SYSTEM AND MAGNETICALLY GUIDING METHOD - A magnetically guiding system includes: a capsule medical device that has a magnet provided therein; an information acquiring unit that acquires physical information about magnetic guiding of the capsule medical device; a magnetic field generating unit that generates a magnetic field for magnetically guiding the capsule medical device; and a control unit that sets a magnetic field condition based on the physical information acquired by the information acquiring unit and controls the magnetic field generating unit to generate a magnetic field corresponding to the magnetic field condition. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197309 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope includes an endoscope connector at a proximal end portion of a universal cable that is extended from an endoscope operation portion. The endoscope connector includes: a first unit that is provided at the proximal end portion of the universal cable, and inside which are inserted a fluid conduit and a signal transmission line that are inserted through inside of the universal cable; a second unit that is connected and fixed to the first unit, and that internally includes a connection conduit that is connected to the fluid conduit; and a signal transmission cable that is integrated with a side portion of the first unit and includes an electrical connector at an end portion. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197310 | Intracorporeal insertion instrument - An intracorporeal insertion instrument includes an elongated two guide wires having a distal end portion whose cross-sectional shape is non-circular, wherein a bending habit is applied to the distal end portion, and a sheath main body provided with a plurality of lumens formed such that the guide wires are inserted from a plurality of proximal-end openings and the respective guide wires can be protruded from distal-end openings, the respective distal-end openings being formed such that the respective guide wires are prevented from rotating around axes of the guide wires in the distal end openings, and the distal end portions of the guide wires are separated from each other along protruding directions. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201311 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING SHAPE OF INSERTION PORTION - An apparatus for estimating a shape of an insertion portion includes an insertion portion, an acceleration calculation unit calculating acceleration at measurement points, and a determination unit which determines whether the measurement points move. The apparatus further includes an attitude information calculation unit calculating attitude information of the measurement points in a resting state, an attitude estimation unit estimating a movement period attitude, a movement vector calculation unit calculating a movement vector of the measurement points, and a position calculation unit calculating a position of the measurement points. The apparatus further includes an image generation unit generating a display image expressing the position and the movement vector. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201315 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical instrument is provided with: an image pickup section acquiring return light generated on the basis of light radiated to a subject; a frame rate setting section setting a frame rate of the image pickup section; a charge reading control section providing a blanking period between a period of reading pixels of the image pickup section and a next reading period, and controlling selection of pixels of the image pickup section to be read and a reading period on the basis of a value set by the frame rate setting section; and an illumination section providing the blanking period between the period of reading pixels of the image pickup section and the next reading period, and radiating special light to the subject during the blanking period provided by the charge reading control section. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204140 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - An ultrasound probe including: an ultrasound transmission/reception portion; a cable; a housing; a hole portion of the housing; an insulation pipe having a proximal end side exposed outside the housing; an insulation tube covering an outer circumference of an exposed region of the insulation pipe and an outer circumference of the cable; an adhesive located between the outer circumference of the exposed region and a distal end side region of the insulation tube and configured to adhere the insulation pipe and the insulation tube to each other; and a sticky member disposed between the exposed region and the distal end side region together with the adhesive. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204635 | SCHEDULE PRESENTATION DEVICE - In a schedule presentation device that presents to a user examination schedule information including an execution time of an examination and an examination room to perform the examination, an examination information processing unit processes examination information. An examination information storage stores the examination information. A screen image generating unit generates an examination schedule screen image including an unallocated examination display region and a schedule display region. An examination information processing unit extracts: unallocated examination information on examinations to which an execution time or an examination room is not allocated; and allocated examination information on examinations to which an execution time and an examination room are allocated, from the examination information. The screen image generating unit generates data for displaying the unallocated examination information in the unallocated examination display region, and data for displaying the allocated examination information in the examination schedule screen image. | 08-08-2013 |