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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuichiro Hashimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/62 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/62 (2013.01); G01N 21/88 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope contamination detection device includes: a light source that irradiates an endoscope with light having a specific wavelength; an image sensor that receives fluorescence emitted by a deposit adhering to a surface of the endoscope; and a control device having a processor, wherein the processor acquires a signal from the image sensor, generates an image from the signal, detects luminance values of a plurality of pixels of the image, and determines a contamination degree of the endoscope, based on the luminance values.