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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuyoshi Asaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/0655 (2022.02);
Abstract
An endoscope includes a sensor that can detect a conductive member. Based on a detection result of the conductive member by the sensor, the endoscope can switch between a normal operation mode and an energy-saving operation mode in which power consumption is smaller than power consumption in the normal operation mode.