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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus for counting a total number of times each endoscope, of a plurality of endoscopes, is connected to a peripheral device includes a connector on the peripheral device, a switch for detecting the connection of an endoscope to the connector, and a storage device provided in the peripheral device for storing the total usage operating time or the number of times connected for each individual endoscope. A display device is connected to the storage device and allows an operator to visually confirm usage times or connection totals for each endoscope independent of which endoscope is connected to the peripheral device.
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