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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Okuno, Fussa, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound endoscope system includes: an ultrasound endoscope that wirelessly transmits and receives endoscope state information; a video processor including a first read-out section that reads out the endoscope state information of the ultrasound endoscope; an ultrasound observation apparatus including a second read-out section that reads out endoscope state information obtained by a communication section for observation apparatus; and a control section that compares the endoscope state information obtained by the first read-out section in the video processor and the endoscope state information obtained by the second read-out section in the ultrasound observation apparatus, and causes sharing of information related to a subject to be started between the video processor and the ultrasound observation apparatus only when the endoscope state information obtained by the first read-out section and the endoscope state information obtained by the second read-out section match with each other.