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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Sho Nakamura, Orefield, PA (US);
Sayuri Yamamoto, Hino, JP;
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rigidity control apparatus includes a processor and controls a variable-rigidity apparatus. The variable-rigidity apparatus includes a variable-rigidity member, flexural rigidity of which increases when the variable-rigidity member is heated, and a heater configured to be able to heat the variable-rigidity member. The processor calculates information about temperature of the heater, and estimates information about temperature of the variable-rigidity member based on the information about the temperature of the heater.
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