Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Atsushi Amano

Toshiaki Nishikori

Kazufumi Takamizawa

Masahiko Hamano

Masahide Kanno

Mutsumi Oshima

Shinichiro Hattori

Seiichi Hosoda

Hideyuki Shoji

Yasuyuki Kaneko

Ken-ya Inomata

Hiroyuki Ushifusa

Tsuguhisa Sasai

Kenya Inomata

Kouji Okada

Hideyuki Shouji

Yutaka Takahashi

Yuichi Ikeda

Hiroyuki Fukuda

Hiroki Hibino

Hitoshi Mizuno

Akira Taniguchi

Masato Toda

Syuichi Takayama

Akio Nakada

Keiichi Arai

Koichi Matsui

Toshimasa Kawai

Koji Takamura

Naoki Uchiyama

Raifu Matsui

Teruo Eino

Kazuhiko Arai

Toshinari Maeda

Kouji Tanikawa

Shingo Kato

Katsuyuki Kanehira

Isamu Karasawa

Akira Osawa

Matsumi Oshima

An endoscope device is provided which includes a manipulation portion and an inserted portion connected thereto, and an endoscope holder is provided at an elevated position, for example, on a ceiling. The endoscope device is rotatably suspended from the endoscope holder with its inserted portion extending downward. The endoscope holder has an endoscope manipulation unit for operating the endoscope device and peripheral equipment.

Endoscope holder and endoscope device

An endoscope system comprises a plurality of endoscope components including at least one endoscope light source apparatus for supplying illumination light to an endoscope and at least one video signal processing unit for processing video signals provided by the endoscope, a main control unit for controlling the plurality of endoscope system components, and a main operational instruction unit connected to the main control unit and used to operate the plurality of endoscope system components. The main operational instruction unit includes a display capable of selectively displaying operational instruction input screens associated with functions possessed by the plurality of endoscope system components.

Endoscope system with improved controller

An endoscope system has an endoscope equipped with an imaging unit, and a plurality of peripheral equipment used in conjunction with the endoscope; such as, a light source for supplying illumination light to the endoscope and a video signal processor for processing a video signal originating from the endoscope, comprising a centralized operation unit for operating at least the light source and video signal processor and a centralized control for centralizing control of the light source and video signal processor based on a command sent from the centralized operation unit.

Endoscope system with centralized control of associated peripheral

An endoscope examination system of the present invention consisting of a centralized controlling apparatus, a plurality of auxiliary functioning apparatuses and a plurality of workstations. The centralized controlling apparatus comprises a computer which controls each of the auxiliary apparatuses or the like and a switching apparatus which controls a changeover of picture image information transmitted to the auxiliary functioning apparatuses. The plurality of auxiliary functioning apparatuses comprise a computer which exchanges control information with the computer of the centralized controlling apparatus and with the workstations, a switching apparatus which exchanges picture image information with the switching apparatus of the centralized controlling apparatus and with the workstations, and a VTR which records the picture image information. The workstations are provided with a computer which exchanges control information with the computer of the auxiliary functioning apparatuses or of the centralized controlling apparatus and a switching apparatus which exchanges picture image information with the switching apparatus of the auxiliary functioning apparatuses or of the centralized controlling apparatus.

Endoscope examination system for processing endoscope picture image

A holding apparatus for holding at least an operational part of an endoscope is provided as a removable unit of an endoscope system storage rack. An endoscope storage case in which an insertion tube of an endoscope hung on the holding apparatus is removably provided in the storage rack below the holding apparatus. The endoscope storage case stores at least a used endoscope.

Endoscope holding and storing apparatus

An endoscope system comprises first and second endoscopes each of which includes an elongated insertion tube and an imaging device, a light source for supplying illumination light to the endoscopes, a function for processing a signal originating from one of the imaging devices, and a video processor which mixes the signal with at least a signal sent from an external input terminal and outputs a given video signal corresponding to the first and second endoscopic images. The video signal provided by the video processor is output to a shared monitor, thus displaying two endoscopic images simultaneously.

Endoscope system for simultaneously displaying two endoscopic images on

Thermotherapy apparatus used for performing a thermotherapy for a diseased part of a tumor such as a cancer of a living body. A heating portion is arranged in a distal end portion at the body cavity side of a probe which can be inserted in the body cavity through an endoscope or the like or a distal end portion at the body cavity side of an insertion portion of the endoscope. The heating portion has a far-infrared radiation ceramic member, and a heater for heating the far-infrared radiation ceramic member.

Thermotherapy apparatus

This electronic endoscope apparatus having an insertable part inserted into an observation object and provided with a solid state imaging device imaging the observed image, an image forming optical system forming the observed image on said solid state imaging device and a displaying apparatus displaying an electric signal transmitted from said solid state imaging device, characterized by having a plurality of 1-field memories which can electrically invert the observed image obtained by the image forming optical system.

Electronic endoscope apparatus

Disclosed is a light source device for an endoscope including a lamp to flash or to normally emit light according to current fed thereto, a shutter for photographing, and a diaphragm for photographing/observing. In the light source device, the amount of light emitted is variable. In response to a supplied check start command signal, except when the endoscope body is used, the light source device successively checks at least two of the following items; the operation of the shutter, the operation of the diaphragm, normal light emission of the lamp and the flashing of the lamp. Then, the light source device automatically checks, according to the amount of light detected by a photosensitive element, whether the above functions are operating normally or not, and displays the result of the check.

Light source device for an endoscope

A control system with a microprocessor controls an output pressure of a water/air pump and a light amount of a light source lamp in an endoscope. Under control of a program, the microprocessor periodically accesses a decoder to periodically generate a pulse signal. The generated pulse signal is applied to a watch dog type detector for detecting an abnormal operation of the microprocessor. When the microprocessor operates abnormally and is detected, the microprocessor is reset, and an output pressure of a water/air pump and a light amount of a light source lamp are respectively set at the maximum levels independently of the control by the microprocessor.

Control system with a microprocessor

An endoscope system includes an endoscope, an endoscope camera and a light source device. The light source device has an error detection unit for detecting an error of communication data and an error recovery unit for performing an error recovery operation in correspondence with an error content detected by the error detection unit.

Endoscope system

A light supply apparatus for an endoscope comprises a discharge lamp for supplying light to an endoscope, and a microprocessor for controlling various devices such as a display unit for displaying data. The discharge lamp is ignited by an ignition signal. The microprocessor is reset by the ignition signal. The display unit is held in the same state as before the ignition of the lamp even when the microprocessor is reset.

Light supply apparatus for an endoscope

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Atsushi Amano