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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2004
Mitsuru Iida, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuru Iida, Saitama, JP;
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system comprises an electric scope, an input apparatus, a processing unit, and a computer. The electric scope has an imaging device. The input apparatus is used for inputting information of a patient. The processing unit outputs first electric signals which are obtained by the imaging device, and second electric signals which are obtained by the input apparatus, as image signals for peripheral devices. The computer is connected to the processing unit. The processing unit separately outputs first image signals corresponding to the first electric signals, and second image signals corresponding to the second electric signals, to the computer.