Rotating self-propelled endoscope device
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsKeijiro Omot, Yasuhito Kura, Takahiro Kishi, Yoshiyuki Tanii
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Abstract
A rotating self-propelled endoscope device 1 of the present invention comprises an insertion portion 2 to be inserted into a subject, a thrust generation portion 12 provided rotatably around a longitudinal axis of an outer circumference of the insertion portion, a rotary motive force generating unit 3 having a driving unit 45 for rotating the thrust generation portion, a detecting unit 52 for detecting physical information based on driving of the driving unit of the rotation driving portion, and a notifying unit 10 for notifying the physical information based on a detection result of the detecting unit, and a behavior of the thrust generating unit can be grasped by a user.
Claims16
A rotating self-propelled endoscope device comprising:
- an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject;
- a trust generation portion provided rotatably around a longitudinal axis of an outer circumference of the insertion portion;
- rotary motive force generating means having driving means for rotating the thrust generation portion;
- detecting means for detecting physical information based on driving of the driving means of the rotation driving portion;
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- notifying means for notifying the physical information based on a detection result of the detecting means.
A rotating self-propelled endoscope device comprising:
- an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject;
- a thrust generation portion provided rotatably around a longitudinal axis of an outer circumference of the insertion portion;
- rotary motive force generating means having driving means for rotating the thrust generation portion;
- detecting means for detecting physical information based on driving of the driving means of the rotation driving portion;
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- a control portion for controlling rotation of the thrust generation portion based on a detection result of the detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.