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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130175 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM A light source apparatus includes a first rotational filter section that can place a blue filter, a green filter and a magenta filter in a light path, a second rotational filter section that can place a yellow filter in the light path and a band selection filter section... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127598 | OBJECTIVE LENS AND ENDOSCOPE USING THE SAME Provided is a simple-structured endoscope objective lens suitable for a compact, high-resolution image acquisition element. Provided is an objective lens constituted of a first negative lens, a second positive lens, an aperture stop, a third positive lens, and a joined ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127293 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS In an endoscope apparatus, a first color separation section separates an image picked up by an image pickup section into a first luminance signal and a first color difference signal, then a first color conversion section and a second color separation section convert the... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127292 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS An endoscope apparatus includes an image pickup section equipped with a color separation section that picks up an image of returning light from a subject illuminated by an illumination section, an emphasis processing section that performs emphasis processing on sharpnes... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125878 | CHEMICAL BOTTLE FOR ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS The present invention includes a storing section that stores a chemical, an opening provided in an upper surface, a concave portion formed in a first side face, and an inclined face that is formed at a face on an upper surface side of the concave portion and that inclin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125385 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus according to the present invention includes a chemical bottle, an insertion portion, a chemical receiving portion, a blade portion, a first limit switch and a second limit switch. When the chemical bottle is moved to a first ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120082842 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE An endoscope device is provided, which includes at least two component members bonded together through an adhesive layer which is formed by curing an adhesive composition, the adhesive composition containing a main agent containing a bisphenol A epoxy resin, a phenol no... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082390 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION TERMINAL The present invention is an image transmission terminal including: an image capture unit (17, 47) that outputs pixel signals; an image data generating unit (18, 48) that generates and outputs image frame data; a first image data compression unit (19, 49... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080351 | PACKAGE FOR CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE A package for a capsule medical device includes dome-shaped parts provided at two ends, a body locating between the two ends, and a plurality of retainers that are arranged at predetermined intervals so that a space in which the body of the capsule medical device is exp... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071902 | PERFORATION SUTURING METHOD A perforation suturing method has the steps of: inserting a needle into a wall of a hollow organ at a periphery of the perforation formed in the hollow organ, and piercing the wall; withdrawing the needle from the wall after delivery of an anchor attaching suture thread... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071864 | MULTI-BENDABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device for multiple bends, includes a distal-side traction member which is inserted through the distal-side bending portion and the proximal-side bending portion, which is configured to bend the distal-side bending portion in the bending orientation, and which... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069715 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is connectable with an ultrasound probe having a c-MUT element or a piezoelectric ultrasound transducer, and includes a DC bias output portion, a transmission signal output portion, an operation portion, a control portion, and a displa... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068324 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE A semiconductor device includes at least two or more groups of external connection terminals to which a substrate that drives a bare chip by inputting a signal from an external apparatus to the bare chip is electrically connected, the at least two or more groups of exte... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053418 | ENDOSCOPIC FORM DETECTION DEVICE AND FORM DETECTING METHOD OF INSERTION SECTION OF ENDOSCOPE An endoscopic form detection device includes a posture detecting section configured to detect a posture of each of sensor units based on measurement data in the sensor unit, and a linear form detecting section configured to detect a detected linear form of an inserting ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053412 | ENDOSCOPIC FORM DETECTION DEVICE AND FORM DETECTING METHOD OF INSERTION SECTION OF ENDOSCOPE An endoscopic form detection device includes a sensor tentative position detecting section configured to detect a tentative position of each sensor unit on the assumption that a portion between the respective sensor units is a linear tentative link whose dimension is eq... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050511 | MEDICAL APPARATUS A medical apparatus includes: an image pickup apparatus introduced and retained in a body; a retaining/fixing section which contacts a body wall in the body, for retaining and fixing the image pickup apparatus at the body wall; plural operation wires operated from an ex... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046524 | ENDOSCOPE, DISTAL END CAP-EQUIPPED ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SHEATH An endoscope includes, an insertion section, a distal end section body has an observation window, a liquid feed path which is formed to supply a liquid to the distal end section body side, a gas feed path which is formed to supply a gas to the distal end section body si... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046522 | ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM An endoscopic system includes an insertion-section, a wire, an adjustment-unit, a memory, a shape-acquiring-unit and a controller. The insertion-section includes a tubular-section and a bending-section. The wire is inserted in the insertion-section and pulled and loosen... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041308 | TREATMENT DEVICE A treatment device is provided including a catheter having a lumen that is opened to a distal end of the catheter; a wire passing through the lumen so that the wire is inserted into or retracted from the lumen; and a piece disposed at a distal end of the wire and having... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120031506 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS CONNECTOR AND ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus connector according to the present invention includes a cleaning/disinfecting apparatus connection section, a circulating section and a discharge section, wherein the discharge section communicates with the circulating sectio... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029507 | ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL Provided is an endoscope treatment tool including: a pair of clamp members that is supported by a clamp rotary shaft to be relatively rotatable; an operation section that is used to open and close the pair of clamp members; an operation wire that connects the pair of cl... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029395 | ULTRASOUND OPERATION SYSTEM AND SURGICAL TREATMENT INSTRUMENT An ultrasound operation system includes an output transformer, a hand piece including an object to be driven including an ultrasound transducer which is driven by the output transformer and a treatment portion which is connected to the ultrasound transducer to perform t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029278 | Implant placement device, coupling support, and endoscopic treatment tool An implant placement device includes a sheath; a long-axis member having an opening on a distal end side, movable along an axis, and a lumen communicating with the opening; a stylet movable in the axis and provided within the lumen to be turnable around the axis; an ope... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110282209 | ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND OBSERVATION APPARATUS An ultrasound observation apparatus of the invention includes: an ultrasound probe portion capable of two-dimensional scanning of an ultrasound beam; a transmission/reception control section for controlling a transmission/reception direction of the ultrasound beam by th... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282165 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDANCE SYSTEM A system includes a capsule body having a casing introduced into a subject to perform, in liquid, examination of or treatment on the interior of the subject, the casing containing a permanent magnet, a mass of the casing excluding the magnet being set to be less than a ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282155 | ENDOSCOPE An endoscope includes: a distal end portion provided at a distal end of an insertion portion; a front-view observation window for observing an insertion direction of the distal end portion, which is provided facing toward the insertion direction; a lateral-view observat... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282154 | MEDICAL APPARATUS A medical apparatus includes a bending portion that is bent via a pulled wire, a drive section that pulls the wire, a detection section and a drive force amount detection section that detect an amount of drive of the drive section and an amount of drive force, a storage... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282153 | INSERTION INSTRUMENT ENDOSCOPE An insertion instrument and an endoscope are provided that include: a bending portion provided in an insertion portion; a flexible tube portion connected in series to a proximal end side of the bending portion; an inside guide pipe provided inside the insertion portion,... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282148 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE An endoscope includes a side viewing observation section and a forward viewing observation section provided on a distal end side of an insertion portion which is inserted into an observation target for acquiring subject images of an observation target in a circumferenti... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120022509 | TREATMENT APPARATUS A treatment apparatus includes a rotor which is provided between a distal-end treatment section and a flexible tube section and which is rotatable together with the distal-end treatment section in the periaxial directions with respect to the flexible tube section, a rot... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022359 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDANCE SYSTEM A capsule medical device guidance system includes a capsule medical device including a magnetic field responding unit and introduced into a subject, a magnetic field generator that generates a magnetic field for the responding unit to guide the device; an operation inpu... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022342 | CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAPSULE MEDICAL APPARATUS A capsule medical apparatus includes a capsule-shaped casing; a plurality of function executing units that are housed in the casing and execute predetermined functions; an adjuster that is formed as a separate unit from the function executing units to adjust a value of ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110279268 | MEDICAL APPARATUS An ultrasound output apparatus includes: a priority level judgment section for judging a priority level for preferentially notifying a user of a plurality of abnormalities that occur in the plurality of handpieces; a display control section for causing a display section... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275898 | Biological measurement apparatus, biological observation apparatus and operation method for biological measurement apparatus A biological measurement apparatus includes: an endoscope including a treatment instrument insertion channel provided inside an insertion portion; a pump that delivers water into the treatment instrument insertion channel; an optical system, etc., that guide light from ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275897 | LENS DRIVE CONTROL APPARATUS, LENS DRIVE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM A lens drive control apparatus of the present invention controls a lens drive system that has a lens frame that holds a lens so as to be movable forward and backward in an optical axis direction of an optical lens, and a transmitting member that transmits to the lens fr... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275896 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND BENDING DRIVE CONTROL METHOD An endoscope apparatus includes: an insertion portion including a bending portion provided on a distal end side thereof; a bending drive section that drives bending of the bending portion; an insertion shape detection section that detects an insertion shape of the dista... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275893 | CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING CAPSULE MEDICAL DEVICE A capsule medical device guidance system includes a capsule medical device including an imaging unit that captures an in-vivo image of the subject, a transmitting unit that transmits the captured image to an outside, and a magnetic field response unit; a magnetic field ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275892 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS An endoscope apparatus includes an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject, a bendable bending portion provided in a distal end side of the insertion portion, a bending driving section that drives the bending of the bending portion, and a bending driving control... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275889 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM An endoscope system of the present invention comprises: an endoscope which acquires a front field-of-view image and a lateral field-of-view image of an object of observation; a detecting section which has a function capable of detecting whether a treatment instrument is... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273549 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM An endoscope system of the present invention has an endoscope which acquires a direct-view field of view image and a side-view field of view image of an object to be observed, a light source apparatus which supplies an illuminating light for illuminating the object to b... | 11/10/2011 |
