| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7195587 |
Apparatus and method using it for detecting and displaying form of insertion part of endoscope i |
March 27, 2007 |
| A shape of endoscope detecting apparatus in accordance with the present invention consists mainly of a shape detection unit, a marker, a location information of marker acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The shape detection unit detects the shape of a portion of an insertion un |
| 6890294 |
Endoscope apparatus |
May 10, 2005 |
| An endoscope apparatus comprises an endoscope having a treatment tool passage channel in at least an insertion portion, an adaptor for endoscope forceps opening, which can be detachably attached to a treatment tool insertion opening which is at one end of the treatment tool passage c |
| 6773394 |
System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils |
August 10, 2004 |
| An endoscope shape detection system has a CPU included in a control unit. The CPU performs frequency sampling of digital data to calculate coordinates indicating the spatial positions of source coils incorporated in an insertion unit of an endoscope received in a patient and of marker |
| 6773393 |
Apparatus and method for detecting and displaying form of insertion part of endoscope |
August 10, 2004 |
| A shape-of-endoscope detecting apparatus generally includes a shape detection unit, a marker, a marker locator unit, and a display control unit. The shape detection unit detects the shape of a portion of an insertion unit of an endoscope inserted into a subject, and produces graphic |
| 6745065 |
Endoscope apparatus |
June 1, 2004 |
| An endoscope apparatus comprises an endoscope having a treatment tool passage channel in at least an insertion portion, an adaptor for endoscope forceps opening, which can be detachably attached to a treatment tool insertion opening which is at one end of the treatment tool passage c |
| 6511417 |
System for detecting the shape of an endoscope using source coils and sense coils |
January 28, 2003 |
| An endoscope shape detection system has a CPU included in a control unit. The CPU performs frequency sampling on digital data to calculate coordinates indicating the spatial positions of source coils incorporated in an insertion unit of an endoscope and of marker coils. An inserted s |
| 6432041 |
Endoscope shape detecting apparatus wherein form detecting processing is controlled according to |
August 13, 2002 |
| A source coil line-break/short-circuit detecting circuit and a probe connection detecting circuit are provided to the source coil driving circuit unit of an endoscope shape detecting apparatus. The source coil line-break/short-circuit detecting circuit detects line-breaks and short-c |
| 6059718 |
Endoscope form detecting apparatus in which coil is fixedly mounted by insulating member so that |
May 9, 2000 |
| Magnetic-field generating elements or magnetic-field detecting elements are fixed into an insertion part having elasticity, which is inserted into a subject, by an insulating material while ensuring that forms of the respective magnetic-field generating elements or the respective mag |
| 5868666 |
Endoscope apparatus using programmable integrated circuit to constitute internal structure there |
February 9, 1999 |
| An endoscope apparatus including an endoscope, a supply portion for supplying a required signal or energy to a peripheral unit relating to the endoscope; and a control portion for controlling the supply portion, wherein the control portion is constituted to have at least one field pr |
| 5134469 |
Endoscope light source apparatus with detachable flash unit |
July 28, 1992 |
| A light source apparatus body includes a lighting device for supplying to a light source electric energy required to light up the light source and thereby supply light to an endoscope for normal observation, and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the lighting device. A fl |
