Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus having a bending driving control section for controlling a motion of a distal of a bending portion
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜装置具有弯曲驱动控制部,用于控制弯曲部的远端的运动
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Application No.: US12983965Application Date: 2011-01-04
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Publication No.: US08444553B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Hideki Tanaka
- Applicant: Hideki Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-195865 20090826
- Main IPC: A61B1/005
- IPC: A61B1/005

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject, a bendable bending portion provided in a distal end side of the insertion portion, a bending driving section that drives the bending of the bending portion, and a bending driving control section that controls the bending driving section based on an inputted control signal to cause a distal end of the bending portion to make a turning motion with respect to a proximal end thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110275892A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-11-10
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