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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Tadashi Sekiguchi, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Tadashi Sekiguchi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a balloon controller for an endoscope apparatus having a fluid supply and drawing device which communicates with at least one of a balloon attached to an insertion portion of an endoscope and a balloon attached to an insertion assist implement for guiding the insertion portion when the insertion portion is inserted, and which supplies a fluid to each balloon or draws the fluid from the balloon, the balloon controller comprising: a leakage device provided in tube paths for communication between the balloons and the fluid supply and drawing device, the leakage device being capable of leaking the fluid.