Olympus Corporation

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Naoki Iwanaga

Tsutomu Okada

Yoshio Onuki

Kazuo Banju

Kiyotaka Matsuno

Shotaro Takemoto

Tatsutoshi Hashimoto

Ayano Ishioka

Ken Shigeta

Tomohiko Nakao

An endoscope reprocessor includes: a connector to which an endoscope is connected; a fluid supplying section that supplies fluid to the connector; an electromagnet arranged at the connector and including a magnetic material and a coil wound around the magnetic material; a current supplying section; a magnetic force switching portion configured to switch a strength of a magnetic force to at least one of a first strength and a second strength weaker than the first strength; and a control section configured to switch the strength of the magnetic force by controlling the magnetic force switching portion while driving the fluid supplying section.

Endoscope reprocessor, endoscope cleaning tube, and endoscope reprocessing unit

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.

Endoscope, and treatment instrument for endoscope

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Tokyo, Japan

Naoki Iwanaga