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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Hideto Onishi, Hachioji, JP;
Kenichi Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Keisuke Nozaki, Zama, JP;
Shintaro Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Naoya Taya, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiko Tomita, Hachioji, JP;
Toshiaki Noguchi, Tachikawa, JP;
Eiri Suzuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Hideto Onishi, Hachioji, JP;
Kenichi Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Keisuke Nozaki, Zama, JP;
Shintaro Suzuki, Hachioji, JP;
Naoya Taya, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiko Tomita, Hachioji, JP;
Toshiaki Noguchi, Tachikawa, JP;
Eiri Suzuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes: a connecting portion connected to a bending transmitting portion of an endoscope to transmit driving force; a distal end driving portion for transmitting the driving force to the bending transmitting portion through the connecting portion; a fluid supplying unit for supplying gas into an inner space of the endoscope; and a control unit for controlling a pressure detecting portion for detecting pressure in the inner space and the distal end driving portion to provide the bending portion with bending motion, and for determining occurrence or nonoccurrence of water leak in the endoscope by comparing the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion and a preset threshold.