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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999845 | Electronic endoscope system In an electronic endoscope system, an RF signal is produced through quadrature modulation of a picture signal that is representative of an image taken through an electronic endoscope. When control signals are entered by an operator through a control section of the e... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7683927 | Electronic endoscope apparatus An electronic endoscope apparatus, comprising a media drive unit for recording image data, which is given digital processing, in a recording medium, judges a recordable amount of images by the detection of a free space of the above-mentioned recording medium, and di... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7429242 | Electronic endoscope apparatus and signal processing apparatus having detachable option substrate An electronic endoscope including a CCD is detachably connected to a video processor. In the video processor, an output signal from the CCD is A/D converted, white balance is adjusted, an NTSC video signal from a post-process circuit is subjected to processing for g... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7393321 | Endoscope apparatus with solid-state pick-up An endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope that has a solid-state image-pickup device in which charges are accumulated in order to pick up an object image. The endoscope apparatus further comprises a memory in which a plurality of pieces of information on the accu... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7361140 | Connector for a combination cable, combination cable connected thereto, socket therefor, device for feeding light, plug connection system and endoscopy system A connector for a combination cable comprising at least one light guide and several electric lines has body, which can be introduced in the plugging direction into a socket and by means of which the connector can be held in the socket, a light guide holder having a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358987 | Endoscope system An endoscope system is provided with an endoscope processor that processes an image signal output by an electronic endoscope, an endoscope controlling system connected to the endoscope processor to control operation of the endoscope processor or a device connected t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338438 | Signal output apparatus of endoscope system An endoscope system comprises an electric scope, an input apparatus, a processing unit, and a computer. The electric scope has an imaging device. The input apparatus is used for inputting information of a patient. The processing unit outputs first electric signals w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316646 | Unified electrical and illumination cable for endoscopic video imaging system A video imaging system including an endoscopic device, a camera, a camera control unit and a light source, the camera coupled to the camera control unit and light source via a single cable connection. The cable is advantageously provided as a pair of wires and a lig... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303528 | Serialization of single use endoscopes A system, device and method for serializing and authorizing a single use imaging device are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a single use imaging device comprising a memory having a stored code that includes a unique serial identifier. In another ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282025 | Electronic endoscope apparatus for connection to adapter unit A DVI circuit for generating a digital video signal in accordance with a display standard of a personal computer, etc. is provided for a processor device to which an electronic endoscope is connected. On the output side of the DVI circuit, a high vision system conve... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7255676 | Electronic endoscope apparatus which stores image data on recording medium An electronic endoscope apparatus which records image data of an object under observation on a recording medium has an image storage memory capable of storing current image data for at least one examination in response to an image capture command and transfers the i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245954 | Measuring a gradient in-vivo A device, system and method for in-vivo sensing (e.g., pH sensing, pressure sensing, or other sensing) may include more than one sensor receiving in-vivo data. The sensed data may be analyzed to, for example, determine a gradient or fluid flow. A device including mu... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231135 | Computer-based video recording and management system for medical diagnostic equipment A computer-based video recording and management system is provided which is used in conjunction with medical diagnostic equipment. The system allows a physician or medical personnel to record and time-mark significant events during a medical procedure on video foota... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7169147 | Ureter resectoscope A ureter resectoscope with an elongate flexible stem tube (4) of substantial length and small external diameter, of which the distal end piece (5) is made from insulating material and which accommodates an optical unit (6) as well as a rod-shape... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167196 | Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of system In an endoscopic imaging system, a signal representing an object image produced by a scope and projected by a camera head is processed by a CCU and displayed as an endoscopic image on a TV monitor. The object image is stored as digital image data on a memory in the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7119830 | Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of system In an endoscopic imaging system, a signal representing an object image produced by a scope and projected by a camera head is processed by a CCU and displayed as an endoscopic image on a TV monitor. The object image is stored as digital image data on a memory in the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108687 | Medical system An endoscope surgery system is provided, as a medical system, to be easily used by a user who is not used to the operation. An endoscope operation system includes a trolley and a remote controller. The trolley includes a plurality of medical devices (having a TV cam... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7081916 | Electronic endoscope selector An electronic endoscope selector is used in an electronic endoscope system which shares peripheral devices, such as a TV monitor, VCR etc., among a plurality of electronic endoscopes. The electronic endoscope selector includes switching circuits for switching and se... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7068300 | Endoscope image filing system and endoscope image filing method A personal computer is a main part of an image filing device. In accordance with a release trigger generated by pressing a release switch included in an electronic endoscope, the personal computer records image signals output from an endoscope device, which are asso... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053926 | Electronic endoscope apparatus enlarging a still image When a first-stage operation or first operation of a freeze switch is performed, a still image is stored in image memory and is displayed on a monitor. When an electronic variable power switch is operated in this state, a still image electronically enlarged is forme... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7037258 | Image orientation for endoscopic video displays An apparatus and technique for compensating the display of an image obtained from a video camera system associated with an endoscope as it is moved through various orientations are described. The received optical image is converted to an electrical signal with an im... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033316 | Endoscope system An endoscope system including a database and a database managing device is disclosed. The database is configured to store a plurality of pieces of endoscope data. Each piece of the endoscope data corresponds to a different endoscope and is associated with ownership ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035372 | Precision endoscopic imaging system An imaging system is disclosed for use in low-light environments or environments where low-levels of such radiation is desirable. Examples of such environments are endoscopy, laparoscopy, mammography and night photography. In the case of radiation that is other than... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6960161 | Unified electrical and illumination cable for endoscopic video imaging system A connector assembly for an endoscope apparatus, which includes a plug removably insertable in a receptacle, is disclosed. The plug has a molded body incorporating a light cable and an electrical connector in a fixed spatial relationship within the molded body. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951536 | Capsule-type medical device and medical system The capsule-type medical device in accordance with the present invention is advanced the inside of the somatic cavities and lumens of humans being or animals for conducting examination, therapy, or treatment. The capsule-type medical device comprises a plurality of ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945928 | Electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope apparatus is provided that comprises an image-pickup device, an objective optical system, a compensation information storing memory, a mask data storing memory, and an electronic mask compensation processor. The objective optical system forms... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939292 | Capsule type endoscope A capsule-type endoscope comprising a capsule body, an image pickup element, illuminating elements, an image signal processing circuit, a memory, an image information transmitting circuit and an antenna for wireless transmission. The capsule body contains the pickup... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940078 | State detecting device for sheet-like image recording medium When an output voltage from an acceleration sensor is judged as being larger than a reference voltage of a reference voltage setting unit, a comparator outputs a pulse signal to a holding circuit. The holding circuit holds a high-level energization signal, and an LE... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937269 | Electronic endoscope selector and electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope selector that is used in an electronic endoscope system which shares peripheral devices, such as a TV monitor, VCR etc., among a plurality of electronic endoscopes. The electronic endoscope selector comprises switching circuits for switching ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930706 | Organ-region-indication system incorporated in electronic endoscope system In an organ-region-indication system incorporated in an electronic endoscope system in which an endoscope image is displayed as a motion image on a monitor in accordance with a video signal produced therein, an organ-region-image data base is formed based on an orga... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6791601 | Multi-function image and video capture device for use in an endoscopic camera system A multi-function image capture unit for use in an endoscopic camera system is provided. The image capture unit includes a touch-screen LCD display for generating a graphical user interface and for receiving associated user inputs. The image capture unit is configure... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6778208 | Electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope system is provided with an outputting device specifying tool and a database having tables. In the tables, compensation data, for compensating image signals generated by the system in accordance with outputting devices, are recorded. When the ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6770027 | Robotic endoscope with wireless interface An endoscope apparatus and method of operating the same. The endoscope apparatus comprises an endoscope portion and a control and display unit. The endoscope portion preferably comprises: (i) a sensor disposed at a distal end of the endoscope portion and providing e... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6717609 | Electronic endoscope selector and electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope system that shares peripheral devices, such as a TV monitor, VCR etc., among a plurality of electronic endoscopes via an electronic endoscope selector. Each of the electronic endoscopes is connected to the electronic endoscope selector and th... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714235 | Electronic endoscope selector An electronic endoscope selector that is used in an electronic endoscope system which shares peripheral devices, such as a TV monitor, VCR etc., among a plurality of electronic endoscopes. The electronic endoscope selector comprises switching circuits for switching ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6670983 | Electric mask generating apparatus of electronic endoscope This electric mask generating apparatus reads mask bit string generation data, which has a configuration of one pixel per bit and is set in ROM, by a microcomputer, develops the mask bit string generation data in RAM, and thereafter writes the mask bit st... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6638212 | Endoscope system having storage part of endoscope-related-data provided in endoscope A nonvolatile, programmable memory is incorporated in an endoscope. Endoscope-related data closely relevant to the endoscope, such as, an endoscope model name and the number of power feeds are stored in the nonvolatile memory. The endoscope is connected t... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6466256 | Video-signal processing device connectable to an electronic endoscope A video-signal processing device is connectable to an electronic endoscope designed to output at least one kind of electric analog video signal, and comprises: an analog-to-digital converter for converting the electric analog video signal into a parallel ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6462771 | Still-picture acquisition method and apparatus applied to microscope A still-picture acquisition section in a computer selects a brightness-periodically-varying portion of image data of a living cell like a cardiac cell, as a sample, which makes a self-ordered periodic motion, monitors a change in brightness, generates a t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6452624 | Medical video endoscopy monitoring device A device for monitoring a use of a medical video endoscope (1), comprising a processing system (4) having an input for receiving color data signals (5), comprising a set of color data components, said processing system (4) comprising a color analysis unit... | 09/17/2002 |
