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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Rika Tashiro, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An insertion needle includes an outer needle and an inner needle, and the inner needle includes a light emitting portion and a photoacoustic wave generating portion. An insertion and removal detection unit detects that the inner needle of the insertion needle has been removed from the outer needle. In a case where it is detected that the inner needle has been removed, a processing switching unit changes the image display so as to be different from the image display before it is detected that the inner needle has been removed.