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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080297003 | Ultrasonic Motor An ultrasonic motor includes a stator that includes a comb body with a plurality of circumferentially-arranged comb-like projections and a piezoelectric body integrally mounted on the comb body, a rotor rotatable with respect to the stator, the rotor having a contact su... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080291543 | IMAGING UNIT AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE An imaging unit including an image sensor, an incident-side prism, an exit-side prism, and an intermediate optical system positioned therebetween, wherein light incident on the incident-side prism passes through the incident-side prism, the intermediate optical system a... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080232791 | RELAY FINDER OPTICAL SYSTEM OF AN SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA A relay finder optical system, of a single-lens reflex camera, includes a condenser lens group, a prism, and a relay lens group, in this order from a primary imaging plane. An image, which is formed on the primary imaging plane, and is upsi... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080145041 | ANTI-SHAKE APPARATUS An anti-shake apparatus for image stabilization of a photographing apparatus comprises an imaging sensor, an acceleration sensor, and an inclination degree output unit. The imaging sensor has an imaging surface on which an optical image through a photographing optical s... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080131105 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR PHOTOGRAPHING An illuminating device is used for oral photography and is connectable to a lens barrel provided on a camera. The illuminating device includes a light-emitting surface that has an arc shape, so that a periphery of a mouth being under a nose of a person being photographe... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080097151 | ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM An endoscope processor comprising a touch-panel monitor, a location detector, a touch-panel image generator, and a location-changer, is provided. The endoscope processor displays an image of a target area with enlargement on a monitor. The target area is a part of a cap... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080077130 | High Frequency Incision Tool For Endoscope A high frequency incision tool for an endoscope includes a flexible insulating tube configured to be inserted into and pulled out of a treatment tool insertion channel of the endoscope, a conductive wire connectable with a high frequency power supply, the conductive wir... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080075454 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, AND A CAMERA SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INTERCHANGEABLE LENS An interchangeable lens selectively mountable to a first-type camera body and a second-type camera body, the first-type camera body including a first mount ring to which the interchangeable lens is mountable, the second-type camera body including a second mount ring to ... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080039693 | ENDOSCOPE TIP UNIT AND ENDOSCOPE WITH SCANNING OPTICAL FIBER An endoscope has an insertion portion and a tip unit detachably attached to a distal end of the insertion portion. The insertion portion is configured to be inserted into an object, and has a signal cable and a first optical fiber extending therethrough. The tip unit ha... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070282336 | Bipolar high-frequency treatment tool for endoscope A high-frequency treatment tool for an endoscope includes a connector configured to be connected to an inserting portion of an endoscope and further configured to be inserted into a body cavity through an endoscope, and first and second electrodes mounted to a distal en... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282331 | Bipolar high-frequency incision tool for an endoscope A bipolar high-frequency incision tool for an endoscope having a flexible insertion portion configured to be inserted into a body cavity. First and second elongated electrodes mounted to a distal end of the insertion portion so as to be movable between an open position ... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282330 | Bipolar high-frequency treatment tool for an endoscope A bipolar high-frequency treatment tool for an endoscope having a flexible insertion portion configured to be inserted into a body cavity. First and second elongated electrodes mounted to a distal end of the insertion portion so as to be movable between an open position... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070282329 | Bipolar high-frequency incision tool for an endoscope A bipolar high-frequency incision tool for an endoscope is provided having a flexible insertion portion configured to be inserted into a body cavity. First and second elongated electrodes are mounted to a distal end of the insertion portion so as to be movable between a... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070269087 | ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND ENDOSCOPE IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS An endoscope processor comprising a signal receiver, an average calculator, a difference calculator, an emphasizer, a synthesizer, and an output block is provided. The signal receiver receives an image signal generated by an imaging device. The image signal comprises a ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070253701 | OPERATION ASSIST TOOL FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE An operation assist tool for a photographic device having an operation member, according to the present invention, includes an operation command member and a fastening tool. The operation command member commands the operation member to carry out an operation of the phot... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070253215 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM A light source apparatus for an endoscope system comprises a light source, a light reduction unit, and a light guide. The light reduction unit has a light-passing area that is exposed to light from the light source. The light-passing area has a transmittance that is var... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070225567 | ENDOSCOPE LIGHT SOURCE UNIT An endoscope light source unit including a light source lamp and an infrared-cut filter for cutting out light rays with wavelengths of a near-infrared region which are included in illumination light emitted from the light source lamp, the endoscope light source unit inc... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070225551 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORTING DEVICE A diagnosis supporting system acquires a reference image signal of a subject illuminated with visible light and a fluorescent image signal of the subject excited by irradiation with excitation light. The diagnosis supporting system calculates a difference between a brig... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070212040 | PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE WITH ANTI-SHAKE FUNCTION A photographic device, according to the present invention, includes a shake detector, a shake mitigator, a shake controller, and a battery charge detector. The shake detector detects a device shake that is a shake of the photographic device. The shake mitigator mitigate... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070188888 | TELESCOPIC ZOOM LENS SYSTEM A telescopic zoom lens system includes first through fourth lens groups, wherein upon zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, the first and fourth lens groups remain stationary, the second lens group moves toward the image sides, and the third lens grou... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070183769 | RETRACTABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS A retractable photographic lens including a photographing optical system includes a plurality of optical elements including at least two radially-retractable optical elements; wherein the plurality of optical elements are aligned with an optical axis in an operating sta... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070181479 | Column and method of manufacturing the column A column for adsorbing a component in a sample has a tubular member through which a sample flows. The column also has a stationary phase housed in the tubular member and formed by an aggregate of a plurality of particles. At least a portion of surfaces of the particles ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070172912 | Method for fluorescently staining tissue It is intended to provide a method for fluorescently staining a tissue accurately and clearly by convenient procedures and a staining agent used in this method. The present invention provides a method for fluorescently staining a tissue, comprising treating a tissue wit... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070172226 | DIGITAL SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA A digital single-lens reflex camera with preview functionality is provided that includes an imaging device, a monitor, and a preview image display processor. The imaging device captures an image through a photographing lens. The monitor displays the image captured by th... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070149972 | Interspinous spacer An object of the present invention is to provide an interspinous spacer which can be reliably held between adjacent spinous processes to maintain an appropriate space between the adjacent spinous processes, and in particular to provide an interspinous spacer which allow... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070107343 | Insertion member fixing structure An insertion member fixing structure includes an insertion member which is inserted into a support hole formed in a support member; and outer and inner adhesive-pouring recesses formed on an inner peripheral surface of the support hole at one end thereof and on an outer... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070100337 | High frequency incision instrument for endoscope A high-frequency incision instrument for an endoscope is provided with an electrically insulative flexible sheath constituted of a distal tube disposed at a tip portion thereof and a proximal tube disposed on a proximal side such that one is loosely inserted into the ot... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070092424 | Method for producing particles, particles, and adsorption apparatus Disclosed herein are a method for producing particles whereby dense particles (especially, spherical particles) composed of a calcium phosphate-based compound can be efficiently produced at low cost, particles which are produced by the method, and an adsorption apparatu... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070077202 | Histostain composition for endoscope The invention relates to a histostain composition for endoscope containing one or more members selected from colors derived from Monascus. The stain composition is a staining agent which sharpens the shapes of digestive tract lumen surfaces and the like with a li... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070076091 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE An electronic endoscope has a video-scope with an image sensor, and a signal processor that generates digital component video signals from image-pixel signals that are read from the image sensor. The electronic endoscope has, further, a color-reverse detector that deter... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070019084 | Flexible printed wiring board arrangement of an imaging device A flexible printed wiring board arrangement of an imaging device, includes an image pickup device fixing member to which an image pickup device is fixed; a holding member which holds the image pickup device fixing member; an inclination angle adjusting mechanism for cha... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070007360 | IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT PACKAGE FOR ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE An image capturing element package for an electronic endoscope is provided with a solid-state image capturing element, an insulating base member made of electronically insulating material and configured to hold the image capturing element, a metallic package housing sur... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070003265 | Optical image stabilizer An image stabilizer includes a first moving stage supported by a stationary member movable in a first direction in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis; a second moving stage holding an image-stabilizing optical element and supported by the first moving member to be mo... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070003264 | Optical image stabilizer An image stabilizer includes a guide device which guides an image-stabilizing optical element in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis and an image shake counteracting driving device, the image shake counteracting driving device including a drive source; a first mov... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070003263 | Optical image stabilizer An image stabilizer includes a guide device which guides an image-stabilizing optical element in a guide direction orthogonal to an optical axis and an image shake counteracting driving device which moves the image-stabilizing optical element so as to counteract image s... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070002546 | Flexible printed wiring board arrangement of an imaging device A flexible printed wiring board arrangement of an imaging device includes an image pickup device movable in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis; a flexible printed wiring board extending from the image pickup device; and a movable support member which is positioned be... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070002446 | DIFFRACTIVE LENS AND SCANNING LENS FORMED WITH DIFFRACTIVE LENS A scanning lens for an imaging optical system converges a beam emitted by a light source and deflected by a deflector on a target surface to form a beam spot scanning in a main scanning direction thereon. The scanning lens includes a plastic lens formed by injection mol... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070002147 | Optical image stabilizer An image stabilizer includes a pair of first parallel guide rods mounted to a stationary member extending in a first direction; a first moving stage supported by the first parallel guide rods to be movable in the first direction; a pair of second parallel guide rods mou... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060291075 | AN IMAGING DEVICE HAVING A POLARIZING FILTER, AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROTATION OF A POLARIZING FILTER OF AN IMAGING DEVICE An imaging device includes a photographing optical system including an image pick-up device; a memory for storing object brightness data obtained via the image pick-up device; a polarizing filter which varies a polarized state of light incident on the image pick-up devi... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060258911 | Tightening string for an endoscope, outer cover securing method, flexible tube for an endoscope, and an endoscope A tightening string is used in an endoscope for firmly securing an outer cover of a flexible tube of the endoscope onto an internal member disposed inside the outer cover. The tightening string is comprised of a filament assembly formed by bundling a plurality of filame... | 11/16/2006 |
