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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Akinobu Uchikubo, Oume, JP;
Takao Tabata, Machida, JP;
Junichi Onishi, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Honma, Hino, JP;
Takashi Ozaki, Hachioji, JP;
Makoto Tsunakawa, Toda, JP;
Kazunori Taniguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Takeaki Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Yoshia Hoshino, Hachioji, JP;
Masakazu Gotanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiko Hareyama, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A plurality of pieces of medical equipment each of which includes a microcomputer and has a program used to control the microcomputer stored in a reproqrammable storage device such as an EEPROM is linked to a remote computer over a communication line. Using a rewriting/updating program sent from the computer, each piece of medical equipment rewrites or updates the program stored in the storage device. When a plurality of programs is stored, if one of the programs is rewritten or updated abnormally, the other program is used to activate medical equipment.