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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Takefumi Uesugi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimine Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mutsumi Ohshima, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Nishiie, Toyko, JP;
Atsuhiko Kasahi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Noda, Toyko, JP;
Takefumi Uesugi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimine Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mutsumi Ohshima, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Nishiie, Toyko, JP;
Atsuhiko Kasahi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Noda, Toyko, JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An endoscopic system includes an endoscope having a delivery member available to supply a body cavity of a specimen and, in addition thereto, a gas supply apparatus from which predetermined gas is supplied to a body cavity via a delivery member. The endoscopic system further includes a determination unit that determines whether or not there is a status in which, the gas supply device needs to supply gas to the body cavity, and a control unit that selectively and automatically control a permit and stop for the gas supply to be implemented by the gas supply apparatus depending on a determined result of the determination unit, which are formed in a unitary structure with, for instance, the gas supply unit.