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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Kudo, Hino, JP;
Kuniaki Kami, Machida, JP;
Hiroki Hibino, Hachioji, JP;
Hitoshi Mizuno, Koganei, JP;
Akihiro Horii, Akishima, JP;
Susumu Takahashi, Iruma, JP;
Noriyuki Tateyama, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600173 ; 600118 ; 600102 ; 600168 ;
Abstract
An endoscope system having an endoscope, a scope holder holding the endoscope, a magnetic three-dimensional position sensor, and a TV monitor. The sensor detects the position of an object and generates data representing this position. According to the data, the view field of the endoscope is switched.
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