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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naobumi Okada, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); H04N 5/23299 (2018.08);
Abstract
A medical observation apparatus includes: a camera configured to capture an observation object to output an imaging signal; a support configured to movably support the camera; and controller circuitry configured to control, when a normal observation mode with white light is switched to a special-light observation mode with special light, the support such that the camera is moved to a position so as to obtain a working distance that is set for the special-light observation mode and that is shorter than a working distance in the normal observation mode.