Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope device
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Application No.: US15336928Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US09955857B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Shotaro Takemoto , Madoka Ito , Tetsuyuki Sakamoto , Kazuo Banju
- 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.
- Priority: JP2014-126564 20140619
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/01 ; G02B23/24 ; A61B1/005 ; A61B1/008 ; A61B1/018 ; A61B5/06 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An endoscope device includes a flexible insertion portion; a flexible tube portion; a first bending portion; a second bending portion; an observation portion; a first drive portion bending the first bending portion; a second drive portion bending the second bending portion; a position detection portion detecting a position of a rigid distal end portion of a medical instrument; first and second bending detection portions detecting radii of curvature of axes of channels formed in the first and second bending portions and directions in which the channels are bent when an input signal generated by the position detection portion is received, respectively; and a control portion configured to control generating a second drive signal driving the second drive portion based on a first drive signal driving the first drive portion, and sending the second drive signal to the second drive portion while sending the first drive signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170042412A1 ENDOSCOPE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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