Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

Olympus Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Naoya Taya

Kenichi Kobayashi

Eiri Suzuki

Hideto Onishi

Masahiko Tomita

Takaaki Komiya

Toshiaki Noguchi

Shintaro Suzuki

Hitoshi Hasegawa

Hisashi Kuroshima

Daisaku Negoro

Shinichiro Kawachi

Nobuyuki Nakanishi

Ryuta Sewake

Keisuke Nozaki

A medical system includes a marking device inserted into a body cavity, the marking device having an applicator configured to transmit energy so as to perform marking on target tissues; and a controller comprises at least a processor and configured to control the marking device, wherein the applicator has a plurality of application elements which individually applies energy; and wherein the controller is configured to set a marking region on the target tissues in the body cavity; and selectively control the application elements among the plurality of application elements corresponding to the marking region to apply the energy.

Medical control apparatus, medical system, and method for controlling marking device

An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a cleaning/disinfecting tank, a lid portion, an accommodation detecting section, an opening/closing detecting section, a cleaning/disinfecting section, a cleaning/disinfection detecting section, an informing section, a judging section judging a case where the opening/closing detecting section detects a closed state of the lid portion before the cleaning/disinfection detecting section detecting driving of the cleaning/disinfecting section after the accommodation detecting section detecting that an endoscope is accommodated in the cleaning/disinfecting tank as a first closed state; and a control section performing control of driving the informing section to issue a warning when the opening/closing detecting section detects an opened state of the lid portion before the cleaning/disinfection detecting section detecting driving of the cleaning/disinfecting section after the judging section detecting the first closed state.

Endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus

An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus for processing an endoscope in a cleaning tank using a diluted chemical obtained by diluting a chemical with hot water in a dilution tank of the present invention introduces the hot water into the cleaning tank immediately before processing, introduces the hot water into the dilution tank after the temperature of the hot water introduced into the cleaning tank falls within a specified temperature range, generates the diluted chemical, introduces the diluted chemical into the cleaning tank and processes the endoscope.

Endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus and endoscope cleaning/disinfecting method

An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus according to the present invention includes a chemical bottle, an insertion portion, a chemical receiving portion, a blade portion, a first limit switch and a second limit switch. When the chemical bottle is moved to a first position, the first limit switch changes from off to on to detect the first position, when the chemical bottle is inserted to a second position at which an inner face of the chemical receiving portion and a spout portion are aligned to each other, the second limit switch changes from off to on to detect the second position, and when the chemical bottle is inserted to a third position at which a stopper portion is opened, the first limit switch is released by a stepped portion from pressing by the chemical bottle, and thereby changes from on to off to detect the third position.

An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes: a connecting portion connected to a bending transmitting portion of an endoscope to transmit driving force; a distal end driving portion for transmitting the driving force to the bending transmitting portion through the connecting portion; a fluid supplying unit for supplying gas into an inner space of the endoscope; and a control unit for controlling a pressure detecting portion for detecting pressure in the inner space and the distal end driving portion to provide the bending portion with bending motion, and for determining occurrence or nonoccurrence of water leak in the endoscope by comparing the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion and a preset threshold.

Endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus and leak detection method performed by the apparatus

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.

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Hachioji, Japan

Naoya Taya