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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182420 | Endoscope image pick-up apparatus An image pick-up unit inserted in the body picks up an image of the body, and transmits by radio the image to an extra-corporeal unit which is arranged outside the body. The image pick-up unit includes an image pick-up portion capturing an image, a data transmitting... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167794 | Endoscope system for fluorescent observation An endoscope system is disclosed for detecting fluorescent light emitted in the near-infrared region by a plurality of fluorescent labeling materials introduced into a living tissue. An illumination system generates illumination light in the wavelength range ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167793 | Augmented stereoscopic visualization for a surgical robot using time duplexing An endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is again held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) at a first time, a first image from light from the channel; and (2) at a second time different from the first time, a second image... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8142350 | In-vivo sensing device with detachable part A device and system for in-vivo sensing having a relatively heavy part and a relatively light part such that the heavy and light part may be temporarily attached in-vivo. Detachment of the heavy part may be provided at a predetermined location along a body lumen. Th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8123679 | Endoscope apparatus The invention includes an insertion portion, one end of which is inserted inside a lumen of a subject; an image-acquisition unit for acquiring an image of an interior wall in the lumen as a substantially circular or substantially ring-shaped interior wall image; a t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114014 | Capsule medical apparatus and method of manufacturing thereof A capsule medical apparatus is provided with a plurality of rigid boards which are connected in line via a flexible board; and molded bodies. The molded bodies are formed in a manner of covering functional components mounted on the respective rigid boards. The molde... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105232 | Fluorescent endoscopic device and method of creating fluorescent endoscopic image An inter-image calculation portion includes a switch circuit made up of three switch portions for switching each of three image data (R, G, B) from a 3-board processing portion, a first divider, a second divider, a first adder, a second adder, a first LUT, a second ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8038607 | Body insertable apparatus with a plurality of imaging blocks A body insertable apparatus includes a capsule casing configured to be disposed within a cavity and a plurality of imaging blocks provided in the capsule casing. Each imaging block includes an illuminating unit configured to illuminate an interior of the cavity and ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038608 | Body-cavity image observation apparatus An object of the present invention is to enable clearly identifying whether a body-cavity image displayed on a display unit is based on data which is directly received by a viewer itself, or whether the body-cavity image displayed on the display unit is based on dat... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038609 | Electronic endoscope apparatus and program An endoscope apparatus used in combination with a near infrared light irradiation unit that irradiates near infrared light on a target irradiation section. White light and the infrared light are irradiated on a target observation area including the target irradiatio... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033993 | Endoscope device and display device An endoscope device of the invention includes: an insertion portion disposed with an observation optical system; an operation portion continuously provided to a proximal end side of the insertion portion; a display device main body provided to a proximal end side of... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7967745 | In vivo imaging device and method of manufacture thereof The present invention provides, according to some embodiments, an in vivo imaging device, comprising a mount having at least one illumination source. The mount may be in electrical communication with the illumination source. The device may further include a circuit ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959562 | Body-insertable apparatus, in-vivo information acquiring system, and body-insertable apparatus manufacturing method An object of the present invention is to make it possible to closely examine a specific region by making most use of an advantage of a compound-eye capsule endoscope that picks up images of an interior of a body cavity forward and backward in a movement direction of... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951074 | Endoscope device An endoscope device is proposed for dealing with an erroneous operation of a surgeon. An endoscope device has an endoscope and a processor, wherein the endoscope has a switch unit and the processor has a CPU and an operating panel. In the event that the CPU of the p... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7922654 | Fiber optic imaging catheter A steerable imaging catheter is provided, including an elongated catheter tube, at least one steering cable extending along the catheter tube to control the movement of the distal end thereof, and a fiber optic cable extending along the catheter tube. The fiber opti... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914447 | Confocal scanning endoscope system and image display area adjustment method thereof There is provided a confocal scanning endoscope system, which is provided with a light source that emits light, a scanning unit that deflects the light emitted by the light source so that the light scans on a subject in two dimensions, an objective optical system th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7854700 | Capsule-type endoscope A capsule-type endoscope includes a capsule, an objective optical system, an image pickup element, and at least one illumination light source having a light-emitting surface, and a transparent cover. In several embodiments of the capsule-type endoscope according to ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7846091 | Autofluorescence imaging system for endoscopy A system and method for imaging tissue autofluorescence through a video endoscope is described, comprising a light source capable of providing both ultraviolet light capable of inducing tissue autofluorescence and visible light which induces little or no autofluores... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7811229 | Electronic endoscope system for fluorescence observation An electronic endoscope system, which is adapted to observe a fluorescence image of autofluorescence emitted from a body cavity wall irradiated with excitation light, includes a controller that controls a light source apparatus to alternately introduce either white ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794394 | Device for wavelength-selective imaging An imaging device captures both a visible light image and a diagnostic image, the diagnostic image corresponding to emissions from an imaging medium within the object. The visible light image (which may be color or grayscale) and the diagnostic image may be superimp... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7722533 | Electronic endoscope system for fluorescence observation An electronic endoscope system, which is adapted to observe a fluorescence image of autofluorescence emitted from a body cavity wall irradiated with excitation light, includes a controller that controls a light source apparatus to alternately introduce either white ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722534 | Compact fluorescence endoscopy video system A fluorescence endoscopy video system includes a multimode light source that produces light for color and fluorescence imaging modes. Light from the light source is transmitted through an endoscope to the tissue under observation. The system also includes a compact ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7678045 | Endoscope optical system An endoscope observation optical system capable of improving the observation resolution of a mucous membrane of a living body is provided. The endoscope includes an observation optical system compatible with both standard visible-light observation and blood-vessel-e... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7670286 | Electronic endoscopic device having a color balance adjustment system The electronic endoscope device in accordance with the present invention comprises an image pick-up unit capable of acquiring an object image with respect to illumination light employed for illuminating the object for each prescribed wavelength band, an exposure per... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7662093 | Reduced size imaging device A reduced diameter in vivo imaging device, such as a swallowable imaging capsule. The imaging device includes a first circuit board configured for accommodating at least an image sensor, and a second circuit board, which is in electrical communication with the first... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658710 | Endoscope system using normal light and fluorescence An endoscope system includes a light source for supplying three narrow wavelength bands including one wavelength band for exciting fluorescence, an excitation light cut filter for transmitting light having a wavelength greater than either 470 nm or 490 nm, and an im... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7635330 | Fluorescent endoscope system having improved image detection module Disclosed is an improved fluorescent endoscope system having reduced factors that cause errors during diagnosis based on quantitative evaluation of fluorescent intensity for improved accuracy of fluorescent endoscopic diagnosis. The fluorescent endoscope system incl... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7632227 | Electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope system used for observing living tissues inside a body cavity includes a single imaging device configured to output image signals corresponding to a received optical image, an illuminating apparatus having a white light source emitting white ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628753 | Method for in vivo sensing A method for in vivo sensing of a body lumen such as a lumen in the upper GI tract is provided. The method may include, for example, inserting a sensing device into a subject's body lumen, positioning the subject in a horizontal or other suitable position, and recei... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7585274 | Optical system for endoscopes An optical system for an endoscope can be used by being disposed in the distal end portion of the endoscope, the optical system having a plurality of illumination optical systems, which allow light emitted from a light source to diverge, and an observation optical s... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585275 | Capsule endoscope A capsule endoscope has an outer cover including a transparent cover, a surface light emitting device, and a photographing optical system. The outer cover seals an inside space of the capsule endoscope. The light emitting device, which is disposed in the inside spac... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7582057 | Endoscopic system using an extremely fine composite optical fiber Endoscopic system 40 comprises composite optical fiber 34 that consists of a large-diameter, laser light transmitting optical fiber surrounded by a large number of image transmitting fibers that are bundled together to form an integral assembly with th... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578788 | Capsule-type medical device A capsule-type medical device comprises a capsule main unit having functions for being inserted into the body cavity and performing medical acts such as taking images or the like. The capsule main unit comprises therein a magnet which is acted upon by external magne... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7569013 | Endoscope optics with a lateral optic-fiber bundle An endoscope optics receiving a fiber tube to separate optic fibers running between the tubes from an image guide fitted with a distal objective lens, the objective lens being configured to look downward at an oblique angle relative to the axis of the outer tube, th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7553276 | Method and device for imaging body lumens An in-vivo imaging device including a ballast that may for example orient such device in a known orientation relative to the gravitational force on such ballast. Such imaging device may, for example, assume a known orientation when it is free to move, and may captur... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7530947 | Lesion portion determining method of infrared observing system A lesion portion determining method of an infrared observing system includes at least an observing apparatus. The observing apparatus includes a light source device which radiates light of a first wavelength band including a wavelength of 805 nm and light of a secon... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530946 | Compact endoscope This invention relates to an endoscope, particularly a bronchoscope, incorporating one or more multifunctional component made of a material that is multifunctional. The endoscopes of this invention comprise at least one multifunctional component having more than one... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7485093 | Device and method for in-vivo sensing An in vivo device for sensing a lumen such as the GI tract, such as an in vivo imaging device or other sensing device, may include a substantially spherical housing and an oblong appendage attached to the housing. The appendage may be detached in vivo, for example i... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7476197 | Scanned beam imagers and endoscopes utilizing multiple light collectors Apparatuses and methods for scanned beam imagers and scanned beam endoscopes that utilize multiple light collectors are disclosed. In one aspect, a scanned beam imager is disclosed. The scanned beam imager includes a scanned beam source operable to scan a beam onto ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7442166 | Disposable two-step endoscope A disposable two-step endoscope for examining human organs includes an image capturing and transmission device and a cable that may be disconnected. The image capturing and transmission device includes a body, luminous devices, an optical image capturing device, a w... | 10/28/2008 |
