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US 12,660,985 B2Granted
Endoscope system, endoscope, and control method for endoscope
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorShunsuke Hari
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Abstract
An endoscope system includes a controller configured to receive a detection result relating to insertion of an insertion section of an endoscope into a subject, and record information indicating use of the endoscope based on the detection result in the memory.
Claims18
An endoscope system, comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- receive a detection result relating to insertion of an insertion section of an endoscope into a subject;
- and
- record information indicating use of the endoscope based on the detection result;
- and
- an access instrument configured to guide the insertion section, the access instrument including an authentication code,
- wherein the insertion section includes an image pickup apparatus configured to generate an image and an optical sensor, the optical sensor being arranged at a position of 20 cm or more from a distal end face of the insertion section toward a proximal end side, and
- wherein the optical sensor detects the authentication code, to acquire the detection result.
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An endoscope, comprising:
- an insertion section insertable into a subject;
- an optical sensor configured to detect a detection result relating to insertion of the insertion section into the subject;
- a memory;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive the detected detection result;
- and
- record information indicating the detected detection result in the memory,
- wherein the insertion section includes an image pickup apparatus configured to generate an image and the optical sensor, the optical sensor being arranged at a position of 20 cm or more from a distal end face of the insertion section toward a proximal end side, and the optical sensor configured to detect an authentication code included with an access instrument configured to guide the insertion section, and
- wherein detecting the detection result includes the optical sensor detecting the authentication code.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.