Olympus Corporation

Fukashi Yoshizawa

Youhei Sakai

Ken Sato

Kazuya Matsumoto

Takatoshi Igarashi

Seiichiro Kimoto

Takanori Sekido

Mikio Nakamura

Hideharu Miyahara

Hiroshi Suzushima

Takashi Nakayama

Yukiharu Makino

Hiroshi Iwaisako

Naohito Doi

Satoshi Inui

Yohei Sakai

An ultrasound unit includes an ultrasound array that has a plurality of ultrasound elements, each of which has a first principal surface that is rectangular where a transmitting and receiving portion, a signal electrode terminal, and a ground electrode terminal are arranged in a longer side direction, longer sides of the ultrasound elements being coupled, one or more short-lines that are connected to a plurality of ground electrode terminals, a ground line that is connected to the short-line, and a plurality of signal lines, each of which is connected to one of the signal electrode terminals, and adjoining ultrasound elements of the ultrasound elements are coupled such that the signal electrode terminals are arranged alternately on opposite sides in the longer side direction of the transmitting and receiving portions that are rectangular.

Ultrasound unit and ultrasound endoscope

A capsule endoscope includes, inside a capsule casing, an information acquiring section that acquires information on an inside of a body of a subject, a battery that supplies power, a detection section that, upon detection of introduction to the inside of the body of the subject, outputs a detection signal, a signal receiving section that receives a control signal from an outside and outputs an internal signal, and a control section that controls power supply from the battery to the information acquiring section according to the internal signal and the detection signal.

In vivo information acquiring apparatus

A capsule endoscope includes: an in vivo information acquiring section that acquires information on an inside of a body of a subject; a battery that supplies power; a power source switch that turns on/off power supply from the battery to the in vivo information acquiring section; a detection section that includes at least two electrodes disposed on an outer face of a casing, and, upon detection of introduction to the inside of the body of the subject based on a change in electric resistance between the electrodes, outputs a detection signal; and a control section that controls the power source switch according to the detection signal.

A biological information acquiring system includes a biological information acquiring apparatus having a biological information acquiring section, and a magnetic field generation section, and the biological information acquiring apparatus includes: a power source section which supplies power for driving the biological information acquiring section; a magnetic field detection section which outputs a magnetic field detection signal according to a detection result of a magnetic field generated from the magnetic field generation section; a first switching control section which performs control an on/off state of a first switch section connected to the power source section based on an output state of the magnetic field detection signal; and a second switching control section which performs control the on/off state of a second switch section connected between the first switch section and the biological information acquiring section, based on the output state of the magnetic field detection signal.

Biological information acquiring system including a biological information acquiring apparatus having a biological information acquiring section and a magnetic field generation section, and method of driving the biological information acquiring system

A cable assembly includes a plurality of cables; and a cable fixing member which has a facing surface to be oppositely arranged, in connecting each of the cables to a member as a connection target, with respect to a connection surface of the connection target member and fixes a distal end part of each of the cables in a state where an axial direction of the distal end part of each of the cables is arranged along the facing surface, wherein a side surface of a core wire of each of the cables is exposed at a predetermined first position on the facing surface of the cable fixing member and a first connection part which connects the core wire of each of the cables to the connection target member is formed at the first exposed part.

Cable assembly, electronic circuit module, and imaging apparatus

A cable assembly includes: a plurality of cables; a cable fixing member that fixes the cables together; and conductor layers, wherein the cable assembly is formed with a connecting end surface that includes thereon connecting ends of the cables, and the conductor layers are provided to cover surfaces of the connecting ends that are on the connecting end surface.

Cable assembly

An image pickup apparatus having an image pickup device chip, a wiring board placed within a projection plane of the image pickup device chip and a reinforcement member fixed in abutment with at least a part of the wiring board. An endoscope having the image pickup apparatus. A method for manufacturing the image pickup apparatus.

Image pickup apparatus, endoscope and manufacturing method for image pickup apparatus

A capsule endoscope system provided with a magnetic field generating apparatus including an input section for inputting identification information A and a magnetic field generating section that generates a magnetic field signal that controls a capsule endoscope, and the capsule endoscope including an in-vivo information acquiring section, a battery, a magnetic field receiving section, a storage section that stores identification information B, a control section and a comparing section that compares the identification information A with the identification information B and judges whether both pieces of information are the same or different, wherein when the judgment by the comparing section is a judgment that both pieces of information are the same, the control section supplies or shuts off power from the battery to the in-vivo information acquiring section.

In-vivo information acquiring system and method for controlling in-vivo information acquiring system

An in-vivo observation system includes a capsule endoscope and a magnetic field generating apparatus. The capsule endoscope includes an in-vivo observation section, a radio sending section, a battery, a magnetic field detection section for detecting a magnetic field signal, and a power supply control section for controlling state of power supply from the battery to the in-vivo observation section and the radio sending section by toggle operation based on a detection result by the magnetic field detection section. The magnetic field generating apparatus includes a magnetic field generating section, an operation switch for giving a command to start generating the magnetic field signal, a state determination section for determining the state of power supply, and a magnetic field generation control section for controling generation of the magnetic field signal based on the command from the operation switch and a determination result by the state determination section.

In-vivo information acquisition system and drive method therefor

A body-insertable apparatus that is used in a state of being introduced in a body of a subject, and that performs a predetermined function inside the body of the subject includes an imaging circuit, a batterythat supplies with energy to be used to drive the imaging circuit, a power switchthat switches energy supply to the imaging circuitfrom the battery, a switch control circuitthat performs a switching control of the power switch, and a signal detecting circuitthat detects a magnet and that transmits, to the switch control circuit, a control signal to cause the power switchto toggle the switching control based on this detection state, and is possible to be turned on and off a main switch at a desirable timing before introduction into the body of the subject, thereby achieving energy saving in which a life of a battery is saved, and suppressing unnecessary radio wave radiation.

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Fukashi Yoshizawa