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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Kazunori Segawa, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunori Segawa, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus of the invention includes an endoscope, camera control unit (CCU), and a trocar. The endoscope includes a heater and a temperature sensor. The CCU is configured to include a resistance value-voltage value conversion section, an analog-digital conversion section, voltage value-temperature table conversion section, a control voltage calculation section, an digital-analog conversion section, a voltage amplification section, a switch control section, and a switch. The trocarincludes an insertion detection sensor.