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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110190587 | ENDOSCOPE WITH FIRST AND SECOND IMAGING AND ILLUMINATION UNITS A container body includes an illumination section and an image pickup section. A tube body is integrally provided to the container body. A distal end of a hollow duct line provided in the tube body penetrates the container body to have an opening on an outer surface of ... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20090287047 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS To facilitate a connection operation between a signal processing device and an endoscope apparatus in which a processing system that performs signal processing of image pickup signals of an electronic endoscope and a processing system that calculates an insertion shape ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090234223 | Surgery Assisting Apparatus and Treatment Assisting Apparatus According to the invention, an endoscope system as a surgery assisting apparatus includes a surgery apparatus for performing treatment by abdominal operation procedure on a region to be treated in a body of a patient, and a luminal organ shape detecting apparatus used f... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20080171909 | ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided on a base end side of the insert section, a grasping section provided to the operation section and formed to be substantially bilaterally symmetric... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20070238922 | Endoscope shape detecting device A driving signal is supplied from a transmission block to a magnetic-field generating element arranged on either one of an inside of an endoscope insertion portion and an outside of an endoscope. A magnetic field generated by the magnetic-field generating element is det... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070232854 | Endoscope inserted-shape detecting apparatus An endoscope inserted-shape detecting apparatus 8 includes a sense coil unit 23 in which multiple sense coil groups of sense coil groups 23A to 23I for detecting magnetic fields generated by multiple source coils 21 in an inserted-shap... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070219410 | Endoscope shape detection device A source coil drive circuit section of an endoscope shape detection device includes, an oscillator that generates a sine wave and an amplifier that amplifies the sine wave and generates (drives) an alternating magnetic field to source coils through a switch section. The... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070208222 | Endoscope shape detecting apparatus A driving block includes a plurality of magnetic-field generating elements and a driving signal generating section, and the magnetic field generated by the plurality of magnetic-field generating elements is detected by a plurality of magnetic-field detecting elements. A... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070060789 | Endoscope An endoscope is provided that can reduce examination costs by realizing commonality of an operating unit by making an inserting unit and the operating unit attachable/detachable with respect to each other to enable the exchange of inserting units. The endoscope of this ... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070038023 | Endoscope In an endoscope, air/water feed pipe lines are arranged through an elongated insertion portion having an image pickup unit at its front end. In an operation portion arranged at the rear end of the insertion portion, there are provided an antenna, and a wireless transmis... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070038028 | Endoscope An endoscope is provided wherein a variable rigidity portion is not restricted by a physical mechanism, and which allows a surgeon, in performing a rigidity varying operation, to operate the rigidity varying operation along with other operations without releasing inputt... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070032698 | Endoscope The endoscope has an elongated insertion portion, an operation portion provided at the rear end of the insertion portion, and a contact-less endoscope exterior body in which no electrical contact is exposed on the outer surface thereof including the insertion portion an... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070027361 | Endoscope An endoscope has an insertion portion provided with a freely curvable curving portion; a grip portion provided at a base end side of the insertion portion and grasped by an operator. There provided at the grip portion and in its periphery is an instructing operation ele... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070015966 | Endoscope insertion assistant probe and applicable endoscope apparatus therefor An endoscope insertion assistant probe is inserted into a body cavity prior to insertion of an insertion portion of an endoscope into the body cavity, to assist the insertion of the endoscope, and includes a flexible, elongated probe; and a distal end guiding element th... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060293562 | Endoscope and endoscopic system An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided at a base end of the insert section, a control process section provided in the operation section, for controlling an image pickup section for captu... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060293565 | Endoscope A container body includes an illumination section and an image pickup section. A tube body is integrally provided to the container body. A distal end of a hollow duct line provided in the tube body penetrates the container body to have an opening on an outer surface of ... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060287575 | Endoscope and endoscopic system An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided on a base end side of the insert section, a grasping section provided to the operation section and formed to be substantially bilaterally symmetric... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060169851 | Holder A holding device 20 includes a fixed portion 21 having a rectangular hole 21a and locking grooves 21b; a holding groove 22 having a notch portion 22a through which an intermediated portion of a probe 1 | 08/03/2006 |
| 20050070757 | Adaptor for endoscope forceps opening In an adaptor for endoscope forceps opening: an adaptor connecting member includes an opening groove which is formed in its axial direction and from/to which the treatment tool is detached/attached, and an engaging groove integrally-formed to the opening groove; a treat... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050070790 | Inserting shape detecting probe An inserting shape detecting probe has a long and slender core wire, a plurality of shape detecting devices, signal lines, and an outer sheath. The plurality of shape detecting devices extended from the signal lines are fixed to the core wire at a predetermined interval... | 03/31/2005 |
