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US 7,001,330 B2Granted
Endoscope system including system for obtaining usage condition
AssigneePENTAX Corporation
InventorHiroyuki Kobayashi
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Abstract
There is provided an electronic endoscope system, which is provided with an electronic endoscope, and an endoscope processor to which the electronic endoscope is detachably connected. The electronic endoscope system is further provided with a usage status monitoring system which monitors a usage status of the electronic endoscope system and outputs status data, and a usage condition obtaining system which obtains a usage condition of the electronic endoscope system based on the status data. The usage condition obtaining system updates the usage condition based on the status data successively output by the usage status monitoring system.
Claims7
An electronic endoscope system, comprising:
- an electronic endoscope;
- an endoscope processor to which said electronic endoscope is detachably connected;
- a usage status monitoring system which monitors a usage status of said electronic endoscope system and outputs status data;
- and
- a usage condition obtaining system which obtains a usage condition of said electronic endoscope system based on the status data, said usage condition obtaining system updating the usage condition based on the status data successively output by said usage status monitoring system;
- wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a first memory in which the usage condition is stored;
- wherein said usage status monitoring system includes a detecting system which determines whether said endoscope processor is supplied with power, the status data including a detection result of said detecting system;
- and
- wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a timer, and a time measuring system which measures a total time period for which said endoscope processor is supplied with power using said timer based on the detection result output by said detecting system, the usage condition including the total time period.
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An electronic endoscope system, comprising:
- an electronic endoscope;
- an endoscope processor to which said electronic endoscope is detachably connected;
- a usage status monitoring system which monitors a usage status of said electronic endoscope system and outputs status data;
- and
- a usage condition obtaining system which obtains a usage condition of said electronic endoscope system based on the status data, said usage condition obtaining system updating the usage condition based on the status data successively output by said usage status monitoring system;
- wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a first memory in which the usage condition is stored;
- wherein said electronic endoscope includes an instrument-inserting channel configured to have an instrument inserted therein;
- wherein said usage status monitoring system includes a detecting system which determines whether the instrument is inserted into the instrument-inserting channel, the status data including a detection result of said detecting system;
- and
- wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a counting system which counts the number of times that the instrument is inserted into the instrument-inserting channel based on the detection result output by said detecting system, the usage condition including the number of times that the instrument is inserted into the instrument-inserting channel.
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An electronic endoscope system, comprising:
- an electronic endoscope;
- an endoscope processor to which said electronic endoscope is detachably connected;
- a usage status monitoring system which monitors a usage status of said electronic endoscope system and outputs status data;
- a usage condition obtaining system which obtains a usage condition of said electronic endoscope system based on the status data, said usage condition obtaining system updating the usage condition based on the status data successively output by said usage status monitoring system;
- and
- an external device which is connected to said endoscope processor, said external device being configured to input instructions enabling usage, based on renewal of a rental agreement, of the electronic endoscope,
- wherein said usage condition obtaining system is incorporated into said external device;
- wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a first memory in which the usage condition is stored;
- wherein said endoscope processor includes a light source which emits light for illuminating an object to be observed to a light guide provided in said electronic endoscope;
- wherein said usage status monitoring system includes a detecting system which determines whether said light source is energized, the status data including a detection result of said detecting system;
- wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a timer, and a time measuring system which measures a total time period for which said light source is energized using said timer based on the detection result output by said detecting system, the usage condition including the total time period;
- wherein said detecting system further determines whether said endoscope processor is supplied with power;
- and
- wherein said time measuring system measures a total time period for which said endoscope processor is supplied with power using said timer based on the detection result output by said detecting system, the usage condition including the total time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.