Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130205937 | INSERTION APPARATUS - An insertion apparatus includes a moving unit moving between a first movement position in a state that a motion portion performs a motion and a second movement position in a state that the motion of the motion portion is regulated. A link unit oh the insertion apparatus includes a coupling portion which couples a first link with a second link in a state that the first link and the second link form a substantially V-like shape having a link coupling position as an apex when the moving unit is placed at the first movement position and in a state that the first link and the second link form a substantially linear shape that does not bend at the link coupling position when the moving unit is placed at the second movement position. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206971 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, CALIBRATION MEMBER, AND CALIBRATION METHOD - An optical measurement system including: a probe including a plurality of light-receiving fibers and an irradiation fiber; a calibration member including a frame member and a fluorescent body provided in an inner side of the frame member to emit fluorescent light using excitation light, the calibration member being used while the fluorescent body surface faces a leading end of the probe; a fluorescence excitation light source that supplies excitation light to the irradiation fiber; a measurement unit that measures each light output from a plurality of the light-receiving fibers; and a calibration processing unit that calibrates the received light intensity between a plurality of the light-receiving fibers based on the measurement result obtained in the measurement unit by measuring light output from a plurality of the light-receiving fibers for fluorescent light from the fluorescent body emitted by irradiation with the excitation light. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208101 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes first and second imaging units, a reading unit that reads pixel information from pixels set as a reading target in each of the first and second imaging units, a control unit that sets the pixels as the reading target in each of the first and second imaging units in a manner such that the pixel information is alternately read from the first and second imaging units by the reading unit, and controls timing of exposure processes in the first and second imaging units and timing of reading processes of the pixel information for the first and second imaging units by the reading unit, to be correlated with one another, a transmission unit that transmits the pixel information read from each of the first and second imaging units in a same transmission path, and an image processing unit that generates an image based on the pixel information. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208179 | Image-Acquisition Device and Method of Fabricating the Same - Provided is an image-acquisition device including an image acquisition element; a prism that is secured to the image-acquisition element and that has an entrance surface through which light enters from a direction that intersects an optical axis of the image-acquisition element, an exit surface that is substantially parallel to an image-acquisition surface of the image-acquisition element, and a reflection surface that deflects the light that has entered through the entrance surface toward a direction that is parallel to the optical axis of the image-acquisition element; and a cover member that is secured at a position that covers the reflection surface of the prism and that has an outer surface that is substantially parallel to the image-acquisition surface, wherein an end surface of the cover member closer to the entrance surface is disposed at a position protruding beyond the entrance surface. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208958 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an image input section via which a medical image picked up of a mucous surface of a living body is inputted; a setting section that sets a region of interest as a first region and a second region including a unit region in the medical image; a feature value calculating section that calculates a first feature value relating to a shape of the region of interest based on pixel values of the region of interest and a region in a periphery thereof and a second feature value relating to a shape of the unit region based on pixel values of the unit region and a region in a periphery thereof; and an matching section that matches the region of interest with a predetermined shape based on distributions of the first feature value and the second feature value calculated by the feature value calculating section. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211262 | PROBE - A probe includes a plurality of optical fibers that includes an irradiation fiber and a light-receiving fiber; and an optical member of which a base end face is arranged to abut on leading end faces of the optical fibers, and a leading end face is exposed to an outer side. The leading end face of the optical member is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the probe. Light emitted from the irradiation fiber passes through a path inclined with respect to a perpendicular line of the leading end face. | 08-15-2013 |
20130215246 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MEDICAL SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND SERVER - The present invention is to provide a medical system including a medical image capturing apparatus and a server that records a medical image, and the medical system includes: first and second examination status storage unit for storing an examination status of under examination or examination complete in the medical image capturing apparatus in each of the medical image capturing apparatus and the server; first control unit provided with a function of notifying the server of the examination status in the medical image capturing apparatus and a function of shifting the medical image capturing apparatus to a status of examination complete according to an instruction from the server; and second control unit for generating the instruction that changes from the server the examination status of the medical image capturing apparatus according to information of the examination status received from the medical image capturing apparatus and a status of the server. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215523 | Optical System for Endoscope - An optical system for an endoscope includes a negative lens-group, an aperture diaphragm and a positive lens-group in this order from an object side, wherein the negative lens-group includes a negative first-lens and a negative second-lens in this order from the object side; and wherein the optical system meets conditional expressions (1) and (2): | 08-22-2013 |
20130217962 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A capsule endoscope system includes: a capsule endoscope including a first and a second imaging units; an image display that displays images captured by the first and second imaging units; a control unit that determines a moving direction of the capsule endoscope during imaging, specifies one of the imaging units which faces the moving direction of the capsule endoscope during imaging, and determines the posture of the capsule endoscope; and a display control unit that generates a display screen, arranges the image captured by the imaging unit facing the moving direction in a first display region in the display screen, arranges the image captured by the other imaging unit in a second display region in the display screen, and changes the positions of the first and second display regions according to the determination result of the position of the capsule endoscope. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217963 | ENDOSCOPE AUXILIARY INSTRUMENT AND ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope auxiliary instrument includes a hood, a hood cover that is provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion of an endoscope and that movably holds the hood along an axial direction of the insertion portion, and a wire fixing portion. The wire fixing portion causes the hood to protrude/retract at the distal end portion in a direction parallel to an axis of the hood that is a direction along an axial direction of the insertion portion, and fixes a wire that, when the hood receives a force in a proximal end direction in a state in which the hood protrudes in a distal end direction of the distal end portion, generates a return force that causes the hood to returns to the protruding state. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217965 | Endoscope Apparatus - An endoscope apparatus includes an objective optical system mounted at a distal end portion of an endoscope, which is inserted into a tube cavity, and configured to form an image of an object, the objective optical system including a focusing lens movable in an optical axis direction, a solid-state image pickup device for color image pickup configured to pick up the image formed by the objective optical system, a color separation filter being arranged for each pixel in the solid-state image pickup device, a focus adjusting mechanism configured to move the focusing lens and automatically adjust the objective optical system to a focus position in a focused state, a moving range switching section configured to perform switching of a moving range of the focusing lens, a moving range limiting section configured to limit the moving range in association with the switching by the moving range switching section, and the like. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218018 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - An ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound transmission/reception portion which transmits and receives ultrasound, a proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion arranged on a more proximal end side than the ultrasound transmission/reception portion and having a stepped shape in which a proximal end side is high, and a balloon fixing tool mounting groove arranged on a more distal end side than the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion and having a width narrower than a width of the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218185 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT DEVICE - An ultrasonic treatment device includes a probe in which a hole-shaped portion, being opened at a first opening position placed at a distal end portion of the probe and a second opening position placed at an outer peripheral portion of the probe and allowing the first opening position and the second opening position to communicate with each other, is formed. The ultrasonic treatment device includes a path which is extended in the hole-like portion from the first opening position to the second opening position along the longitudinal axis, and which is extended to an outside of the probe from the second opening position, and the path being extended to the extending position of the fixed handle toward the handle extending direction in the fixed handle. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222562 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a first and second optical systems that focus and emit incident light, a transparent wavelength, and a focal length of them being different from each other; an imaging unit that includes a first region on which the light emitted from the first optical system is incident and a second region on which the light emitted from the second optical system is incident, can output, as pixel information, an electric signal after photoelectric conversion from pixels arbitrarily set as read targets; a setting unit that can arbitrarily set the read targets in at least one of the first region and the second region; a reading unit that reads the pixel information from the read targets; a control unit that changes the read targets according to an acquisition target image; and an image processing unit that generates the acquisition target image. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222800 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROBE - An optical measurement apparatus is an optical measurement apparatus that performs spectrometry on returned light reflected or scattered by a biological tissue and obtains a characteristic value of the biological tissue, and includes a probe having: an irradiation fiber that propagates light supplied from a proximal end thereof and emits the light from a distal end thereof; and a plurality of light-receiving fibers, each of which propagates light entering from a distal end thereof and outputs the light from a proximal end thereof, and the probe has a light-shielding member expandable in a radial direction of the probe and provided at a position at which the light-shielding member forms a light-shielded region around a distal-end surface of the probe on a surface including the distal-end surface of the probe upon expansion of the light-shielding member. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225981 | POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS OF CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE, CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A position detecting apparatus of a capsule endoscope includes a receiving antenna unit that receives a wireless signal transmitted together with an image data signal from the capsule endoscope in a subject via a plurality of receiving antennas, a correlation level calculating unit that calculates a correlation level between the image received by the receiving antennas and an image received immediately before the image was received, a determining unit that determines whether a position and/or direction of the capsule endoscope is changed, based on the correlation level calculated by the correlation level calculating unit, and an estimating unit that estimates the position and/or direction with respect to the position of the capsule endoscope at the time the image was captured if the determining unit determines that the position and/or direction of the capsule endoscope is changed. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225995 | ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS - The invention includes: an ultrasound transducer; a holding part that holds the ultrasound transducer; an insertion portion in a rigid cylindrical shape where the holding part is installed at a distal end; and an insertion assisting instrument in a rigid rod or cylindrical shape-disposed in an extractable manner in the insertion portion; wherein: the holding part is installed at the distal end of the insertion portion to form a shape that is curved with a predetermined angle in a separating direction from a longitudinal direction from the distal end of the insertion portion; and a curvature angle of the holding part to the longitudinal direction of the insertion portion is set so that, when the insertion assisting instrument is inserted in the insertion portion, a straight line that contacts a distal end face of the insertion assisting instrument contacts the ultrasound transmitting/receiving face. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226041 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT DEVICE AND PROBE UNIT - An ultrasonic treatment device includes a vibration transmitting section transmitting an ultrasonic vibration to a distal end of an ultrasonic probe, and a hole defining portion extended toward a proximal direction along the longitudinal axis from a distal end portion of the vibration transmitting section and defining a hole-shaped portion inside the vibration transmitting section. The ultrasonic treatment device includes a tube member extended inside the vibration transmitting section and including a tube distal end which is connected to the hole defining portion of the vibration transmitting section at a first node position of the ultrasonic vibration to a distal direction side of a piezoelectric element. | 08-29-2013 |
20130271586 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an endoscope including a CCD for generating an image pickup signal, and a processor including a video processing circuit. The processor includes: a VCXO that generates a reference clock signal; a PLL circuit that synchronizes a phase of the image pickup signal to be inputted and a phase of the reference clock signal; a synchronization detection circuit that detects whether the phase of the image pickup signal synchronizes with the phase of the reference clock signal; and a multiplexer that controls the video processing circuit, on the basis of the detection result by the synchronization detection circuit, to cause the video processing circuit to output a predetermined video when a non-phase-synchronized state is detected, and to cause the video processing circuit to output a video signal obtained by processing the image pickup signal by the video processing circuit when a phase-synchronized state is detected. | 10-17-2013 |
20130271768 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An optical measurement apparatus includes a connector where a base end portion of a measurement probe introduced into a subject is connected, a light source unit that emits illumination light irradiated from a leading end of the measurement probe, an optical measurement unit that measures reflection light and/or scattering light of the illumination light incident through the measurement probe, a first optical path that transmits the illumination light emitted by the light source unit to the optical measurement unit, a second optical path that transmits, to the measurement probe, the illumination light emitted by the light source unit and transmits, to the optical measurement unit, reflection light and/or scattering light of the illumination light incident through the measurement probe, and an optical path switching unit that switches an optical path for transmitting the illumination light into the first optical path or the second optical path. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278739 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPE - A processor includes: a data transmission/reception section that reads parameter data unique to a scope from a ROM provided in the scope; a register communication state determination section that determines whether or not the parameter data read from the data transmission/reception section has an error; and a mute control/color bar control section that if a result of the determination by the register communication state determination section indicates that the parameter data has an error, controls an image processing section according to a type of the parameter data having the error. | 10-24-2013 |
20130297343 | MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - In a monitor device, an input unit inputs patient identification information, an information acquiring unit acquires state information on a state of a patient, and a transmission unit transmits the patient identification information and the state information to a management apparatus. In the management apparatus, biological information acquiring unit acquires the patient identification information, the state information, and identification information on the monitor device. A determination unit determines, when the acquired patient identification information and that stored in a storage device match each other, whether the acquired device identification information and the device identification information mapped to the location information stored in the storage device are the same as each other. When they are the same as each other, a storage management unit stores the acquired state information by associating it with the patient identification information stored in the storage device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130300849 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Imaging apparatus performs controlling to read pixel information from pixels belonging to target area by each frame. One frame period is period from when an exposure period for exposing pixels on a horizontal line that is to be read first from among horizontal lines belonging to the target area of a sensor is started and until when reading of the pixel information generated by each of the pixels on the horizontal line is completed. The imaging apparatus sequentially emits, by each illumination period of a length corresponding to at least two frame periods, illumination lights in synchronization with start of the exposure period. The imaging apparatus performs a predetermined controlling by performing controlling to exclude, from predetermined processing target, image data corresponding to the pixel information read during first frame period of the illumination period, while by acquiring image data corresponding to the pixel information read during other frame period. | 11-14-2013 |
20130314805 | Endoscope Objective Optical System - Provided is an endoscope objective optical system that is constituted of, in order from the object side, a positive first group, an aperture stop, and a positive second group, wherein the first group is constituted of a negative first lens whose surface on the object side is flat and a positive second lens; the second group is constituted of a combined lens formed of a positive third lens and a negative fourth lens; and Conditional Expressions (1) to (3) are satisfied. f31, F32, and f are the focal lengths of the third lens, the fourth lens, and the entire system, respectively; and R3 and R4 are the radii of curvature at the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the second lens, respectively. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317291 | TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - This treatment system includes: a supporting portion; a first grasping member and a second grasping member supported by the supporting portion so as to approach and separate from each other; a needle member including a distal end portion which has a sharp distal end and punctures a tissue, and a proximal end portion continuous with the distal end portion; a holding portion mounted on the first grasping member and releasably holding the proximal end portion of the needle member; and a locking portion mounted on the second grasping member and locking the distal end portion of the needle member such that the proximal end portion of the needle member is removed from the holding portion when the first grasping member and the second grasping member are separated from each other from a position at which the first grasping member and the second grasping member approach each other. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317515 | TREATMENT INSTRUMENT - A treatment instrument has a longitudinal-axis member having a longitudinal axis, a curved portion formed on a distal end side of the longitudinal-axis member, a lumen formed along the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal-axis member, and a through hole that communicates with the lumen, and opens toward the inner side of a curve of the curved portion when the curved portion is curved. | 11-28-2013 |
20130324917 | MEDICAL LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE - A medical liquid supply device includes a liquid supply unit configured to cause a liquid to flow into a liquid supply path in a flow amount greater than or equal to a standard flow amount so that the liquid supply path constantly has no parts lacking the liquid up to a communication path in a liquid supply direction, and a suction unit configured to perform suction via a suction path. The medical liquid supply device includes a control unit configured to control an amount of suction by the suction unit in accordance with a switching operation in a liquid supply mode input section to adjust a flow amount of the liquid flowing from the liquid supply path into the suction path via the communication path between a liquid-supply ON mode and a liquid-supply OFF mode. | 12-05-2013 |
20140018628 | Objective Optical System for Endoscope - An endoscope objective optical system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens composed of a negative single lens, a second lens composed of a positive single lens, an aperture stop, a third lens composed of a positive single lens, and a fourth lens composed of a positive combined lens, the third lens having a meniscus shape having a convex surface facing the image side. The endoscope objective optical system satisfies the following conditions: | 01-16-2014 |
20140081149 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus according to the present invention includes a probe having an irradiation fiber that propagates light supplied from a base end and irradiates the light from a leading end and a plurality of light receiving fibers that propagate light incident from leading ends and output the light from base ends; a light source unit that generates white light to be irradiated onto the body tissue and supplies the white light to the irradiation fiber; a measurement unit that performs spectrometry for returned light from the body tissue output from each of the light receiving fibers at a predetermined measurement timing; and a determination unit that determines whether or not a measurement value measured by the measurement unit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, and causes the light source unit to perform a light emission process for obtaining a characteristic value of the body tissue for a predetermined time and causes the measurement unit to perform a spectrometry process for obtaining a characteristic value of the body tissue for the predetermined time if it is determined that the measurement value measured by the measurement unit is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold value. | 03-20-2014 |