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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toyokazu Horiike, Fujinomiya, JP;
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drive unit includes: a scanner unit to which a catheter is connectable, an imaging core that executes tomographic imaging and that is positioned in the catheter; and a pull-back unit configured to support the scanner unit such that the scanner unit is displaceable. The drive unit includes a hold unit configured to control a non-hold state in which scanner unit displacement is not restricted and a hold state in which scanner unit displacement is restricted, a driving unit configured to rotationally drive the catheter imaging core, a switching input unit configured to receive a switching input of the hold state and the non-hold state, and a control unit configured to, when a switching input operation from the hold state to the non-hold state is detected while the imaging core is not rotationally driven, rotationally drive the imaging core and then set the scanner unit to the non-hold state.
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