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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Morishima, Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Iketani, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Watabe, Tokyo, JP;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device, system, and method that: acquires information that a sterilized endoscope, having reusable and non-reusable parts, is used; outputs an instruction for collecting the used endoscope from a medical institution; acquires information on the number of endoscopes scheduled for inspection, a predetermined number of endoscopes not scheduled for inspection, and the number of endoscopes in an endoscope inventory; outputs an instruction for delivering a non-used replaceable endoscope to the institution in response to the collection instruction; and outputs an instruction for delivering a non-used endoscope to the institution when equation (2) is not satisfied, equation (2) being: endoscope inventory quantity>number of endoscopes scheduled for inspection+predetermined number.