Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Daisaku Negoro

Akira Suzuki

Hisao Yabe

Hideo Ito

Yoshihiro Iida

Akio Ogawa

Yoshinao Oaki

Ichiro Nakamura

Koji Koda

Manabu Yajima

Nobuyuki Nakanishi

Tatsuo Nagasaki

Masaaki Hayashi

Hiroyoshi Fujimori

Hitoshi Karasawa

Tetsumaru Kubota

Syuichi Takayama

Akio Nakada

Shinji Hatta

Hideto Onishi

Tadao Hagino

Akihiro Taguchi

Eiri Suzuki

Hitoshi Hasegawa

Hisashi Kuroshima

Toshiki Terayama

Hiroyuki Kusunoki

Naoya Taya

Koji Taguchi

Mikihiko Nakagawa

Toshihara Kinoshita

An endoscope processing apparatus of the invention includes: a cleaning tank which can house an endoscope; a liquid drainage port, a liquid inlet port and a discharge port which are opening portions provided to the cleaning tank; a first-liquid introducing section which introduces a first liquid into a multipurpose conduit; a second-liquid introducing section which introduces a second liquid into the multipurpose conduit; a gas-liquid mixing section which mixes a liquid in the multipurpose conduit with gas, to deliver the mixed fluid to the discharge port; a liquid-feeding section which delivers a liquid in the multipurpose conduit to the gas-liquid mixing section; and an opening/closing section which opens and closes a connection between the multipurpose conduit and the gas-liquid mixing section; and a compressor which delivers the gas to the gas-liquid mixing section.

Endoscope processing apparatus and endoscope processing method

A washing vessel capable of housing an endoscope is formed in an apparatus body. A washing solution containing a detergent is spurted against the endoscope arranged within the washing vessel for washing the endoscope. Also, an oxide-based disinfecting-sterilizing solution is supplied into the washing vessel for disinfecting-sterilizing the endoscope after the washing step together with the washing vessel.

Apparatus for washing and disinfecting-sterilizing endoscope

An apparatus comprises a washing water supply tank for supplying washing water to an endoscope placed on a washing and sterilizing bath and a sensor for determining whether or not the water supply tank needs washing or sterilizing. Further, in addition, the water supply tank is also washed and sterilized. A lamp and buzzer inform the user of a result of whether or not the water supply system needs washing and sterilizing.

Washing/sterilizing apparatus for an endoscope and method for

An endoscope comprises a control section at an operator side, a plurality of operation knobs projected at the control section, an insertion section insertable into a human body cavity for medical treatment and having a proximal end connected to the control section and distal end section insertable into the body cavity, and a water drain guide member provided at the respective operation knob of the control section and being of such a type that, after an endoscope body has been washed, the guide member can guide deposited water on the recess of the respective knob in a direction to run and drain therealong, when the control section is horizontally located with the operation knob set in a normally upward state.

Endoscope

A device for cleaning pipe passages of medical devices comprises a brush having an elongated rod portion and a brush portion, a mechanism for holding and rotating the brush, a mechanism for reciprocating the brush in the pipe passage along the longitudinal axis of the brush, and a unit for controlling the rotation of the brush as well as the reciprocation of the brush in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Device for cleaning pipe passages of medical devices

A medical resecting device is disclosed in which, a living organism tissue is resected with ultrasonic vibrations while the corresponding body cavity is observed with an optical observation pipe. The resecting device includes an ultrasonic vibrator for generating ultrasonic vibrations, a horn connected to the vibrator, a probe connected to the front portion of the horn to transmit the ultrasonic vibrations generated by the vibrator, the probe being provided with a rod-like shaft and a distal end portion with a resecting blade, a power source unit for supplying a drive voltage to the vibrator, and an optical observation pipe having a guide hole in which the shaft of the probe is inserted.

Resecting device for living organism tissue utilizing ultrasonic

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Daisaku Negoro