Olympus Corporation

Jin Ohara

Tetsuo Minai

Kazuaki Tamura

Yuichiro Hashimoto

Shinji Yasunaga

Keigo Takahashi

A control unit of a reprocessor main body includes a processor, the processor being configured to acquire a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different, select an image showing a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor and a second part that is a predetermined part of the endoscope, and determine whether the second part is included in a predetermined range from the first part.

Control apparatus, endoscope positioning state determination method, and non-transitory recording medium

The endoscope apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a first tube, and a second tube. The front-end portion is cooled down by repeating alternately, the other operation which is opposite an one operation, which is an operation of generating a flow of the cooling liquid from the other end of the first tube to the one end of the first tube, and a flow of the cooling liquid from the one end of the second tube to the other end of the second tube, and the one operation which is an operation of generating a flow of the cooling liquid from the other end of the second tube to the one end of the second tube, and a flow of the cooling liquid from the one end of the first tube to the other end of the first tube.

Endoscope apparatus

The present invention provides a capsule type medical apparatus that can receive, in a subject, an external signal transmitted from an outside of the subject and transmitted via a conductor existing in the subject, including: a cover member that is formed of a dielectric and covers components of the capsule type medical apparatus; a plurality of electrodes that are formed of conductors, are provided in tight contact with an inner wall side of the cover member, and receive the external signal; an inductor circuit that is connected in series to each of the plurality of electrodes, and has an inductance value set to configure a resonant circuit having a frequency substantially equal to a carrier frequency of the external signal as a resonant frequency; and a signal receiving circuit to which the external signal received by the plurality of electrodes and a potential difference of the external signal are inputted.

Capsule type medical apparatus and capsule type medical system

The capsule medical apparatus of the present invention is disposed in a test subject and acquires information on the inside of the test subject. The capsule medical apparatus comprises a plurality of communication electrodes that are disposed on the surface of the capsule medical apparatus and capable of communication for outputting the information acquired by the capsule medical apparatus to the outside of the test subject, a judgment section that judges whether or not the plurality of communication electrodes can perform the communication based on the state of the plurality of communication electrodes, and a control section that suspends, based on the judgment result obtained in the judgment section, the operations of at least part of various sections of the capsule medical apparatus when the plurality of communication electrodes cannot perform the communication.

Capsule medical apparatus

A capsule type endoscope which is introduced into a subject to acquire subject internal information and transmits the acquired subject internal information to the outside through the subject has a plurality of electrodes arranged on an outer peripheral surface thereof. An electrode selecting section selects two electrodes with a small transmission power loss from the plurality of electrodes as transmitting electrodes that are utilized to transmit the subject internal information. A transmitting section uses the two transmitting electrodes selected by the electrode selecting section to transmit the subject internal information to the outside of the subject.

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Hachioji, Japan

Jin Ohara