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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka, JP;
Nobuyuki Torisawa, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kentaro Hayashi, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Manabu Miyamoto, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Kiyokazu Nakajima, Suita, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Suita, JP;
Abstract
A gas supply apparatus includes: a gas supply conduit for supplying a gas to a digestive tract; a pressure detecting device which detects a pressure in the digestive tract; a flow regulating device which regulates a gas amount supplied from the gas supply source to the digestive tract via the gas supply conduit; a first control device which controls the flow regulating device according to a result detected by the pressure detecting device to supply the gas into the digestive tract so that the pressure inside the digestive tract becomes a set pressure; a second control device which controls the flow regulating device to supply a fixed gas amount into the digestive tract; and a gas supply mode switching device which switches between gas supply modes including a mode for executing control by the first control device and a mode for executing control by the second control device.