Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus and endoscope apparatus operation method
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Application No.: US17124773Application Date: 2020-12-17
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Publication No.: US11889974B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Sho Nakamura
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope having a lens, an actuator, and an endoscope memory, and a processor having a driving circuit and a processor memory and connected to the endoscope. The processor judges whether there is abnormality or not in at least one of the actuator or the driving circuit by using information on a signal transmitted from the driving circuit to the actuator, first judgement information read from the endoscope memory, and second judgement information read from the processor memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210100427A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS OPERATION METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-04-08
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