Abstract: An endoscope system includes a light source apparatus configured to cause light of a plurality of colors to be emitted at a first/second light amount ratio to generate first/second illumination light, an endoscope configured to generate an image pickup signal, and a processing apparatus including a processor. The processor causes the light source apparatus to emit light while switching light between the first/second illumination light, generates a first image signal from an image pickup signal related to the first illumination light, generates a second image signal from an image pickup signal related to the second illumination light and generates a corrected image signal in which color is enhanced based on the first and the second image signals. The second illumination light is light obtained by adjusting the second light amount ratio so that the second image signal related to a reference portion substantially indicates achromatic color.

Abstract: An image recording system includes a processor. The processor acquires a time series RAW image group including a plurality of time series RAW images in a first time section. The processor extracts, from the time series RAW image group, a recording candidate RAW image group included in a second time section as a part of the first time section. The processor records at least one RAW image included in the recording candidate RAW image group as a recording target RAW image which is a RAW image to be recorded. The processor selects the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group. The processor converts the RAW image which is not selected as the recording target RAW image from the recording candidate RAW image group or the time series RAW image group to compressed data, and records the compressed data.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an imager unit loading region formed in a distal end barrel member formed of a resin material, a cable connection surface provided on a proximal end side, a wall provided to connect an opening of the imager unit loading region and an opening of the cable connection surface, a plurality of contact patterns formed on a wall surface of the imager unit loading region, and configured to be electrically connected to electric contacts of an imager unit, a plurality of wiring patterns formed on a front surface of the cable connection surface from the wall, and configured to electrically continue to the plurality of contact patterns, and a plurality of connection patterns formed on the cable connection surface with larger intervals than intervals of the plurality of wiring patterns formed on the wall, with core wires of cables being electrically connected to the plurality of connection patterns.

Abstract: An electronic module includes a three-dimensional wiring board including a cavity portion in which a bottom surface and four wall surfaces are formed, a plurality of electrodes being provided on the bottom surface, and a plurality of electronic components mounted on the plurality of electrodes and including a plurality of chip components and an image pickup module configured to pick up an image in an opening section direction of the cavity portion. A wall surface among the four wall surfaces that corresponds to a direction in which the plurality of chip components are arrayed is an inclined surface having an inclination with respect to the bottom surface.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a sensor that can detect a conductive member. Based on a detection result of the conductive member by the sensor, the endoscope can switch between a normal operation mode and an energy-saving operation mode in which power consumption is smaller than power consumption in the normal operation mode.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a voltage generation circuit and an output circuit. The voltage generation circuit includes a first capacitance element including a fifth terminal. The voltage generation circuit is configured to provide the fifth terminal with a first voltage in accordance with a power source voltage so as to store an electric charge in the first capacitance element. The voltage generation circuit is configured to increase a voltage of the fifth terminal by a second voltage in accordance with the power source voltage so as to generate a control voltage having a greater absolute value than an absolute value of the power source voltage. The output circuit is configured to output the control voltage to at least one of a gate terminal of a reset transistor of a pixel and a gate terminal of a transfer transistor of the pixel.

Abstract: A cover member includes: a sheath that is formed in a cylindrical shape for receiving a shaft; and a tubular portion that is attached to a distal end of the sheath. The tubular portion being formed such that an outer dimension of a distal end portion of the tubular portion in a first direction is smaller than an outer dimension of a proximal end portion of the tubular portion in the first direction and/or an outer dimension of the distal end portion in a second direction is smaller than an outer dimension of the proximal end portion in the second direction.

Abstract: A light guide unit includes a light guide member and a protection member surrounding the light guide member. The light guide member includes an optical fiber having an outer diameter. The protection member is formed in a network structure by knitting a metal member having a flat cross-sectional shape by bending the metal member in a direction in which the thickness of the metal material is thin, and a gap smaller than the outer diameter is formed along the axial direction.

Abstract: A treatment tool includes an end effector, an elongated tubular shaft part, a first deflection part having a proximal end connected to a distal end of the tubular shaft part, a second deflection part having a proximal end connected to a distal end of the first deflection part and having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the end effector, and an operation part configured to operate the end effector, in which, when the first deflection part is deflected with respect to an axis of the tubular shaft part, the second deflection part is deflected to an opposite side with respect to the axis and a distal end of the end effector moves on the axis.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an imager unit loading region provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, a cable connection surface, a wall provided to connect an opening of the imager unit loading region and an opening of the cable connection surface to each other, a contact pattern formed on a wall surface of the imager unit loading region, a wiring pattern formed on a front surface of the cable connection surface from the wall, a connection pattern formed on the cable connection surface, and a through-electrode formed in the wall so that the imager unit loading region and the cable connection surface communicate with each other, configured to cause the contact pattern and the wiring pattern to electrically continue to each other, and formed at a predetermined angle with respect to a center axis of the distal end barrel member.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes a light source that emits lights with first to n-th wavelengths, a lens that makes the lights with the first to n-th wavelengths parallel lights, a diffractive optical element (DOE) that converges components of the lights with the first to n-th wavelengths, the components being included in the parallel lights, into first to n-th linear lights at mutually different positions, a slit that projects, onto a subject, first to n-th pattern lights based on the first to n-th linear lights, an imager that captures, as one-frame image, an image of the subject onto which the first to n-th pattern lights are projected, and a processor being configured to calculate a distance to the subject or a shape of the subject based on the image captured by the imager.

Abstract: A medical image processing device includes a processor configured to: obtain image data; generate, based on the obtained image data, a captured image including color component signals including a red component signal representing a red component, a green component signal representing a green component, and a blue component signal representing a blue component; calculate an intensity ratio between a fluorescent component signal and a reflected light component signal in a pixel of the captured image; determine, based on the calculated intensity ratio in the pixel of the captured image, a fluorescence region and a background region in the captured image; and generate a fluorescence image by performing, based on a result of the determination, image processing with parameters different from each other for color component signals in pixels positioned in the fluorescence region and color component signals in pixels positioned in the background region.

Abstract: A processing system includes a processor with hardware. The processor is configured to perform processing of acquiring a detection target image captured by an endoscope apparatus, controlling the endoscope apparatus based on control information, detecting a region of interest included in the detection target image based on the detection target image for calculating estimated probability information representing a probability of the detected region of interest, identifying the control information for improving the estimated probability information related to the region of interest within the detection target image based on the detection target image, and controlling the endoscope apparatus based on the identified control information.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a distal end portion main body arranged at a distal end portion of an insertion portion, the distal end portion main body including a recess, the distal end portion main body including at least one screw hole in at least one of a periphery of the recess or an interior of the recess, a lid configured to cover an opening of the recess, the lid including at least one through-hole at a position corresponding to the screw hole, a resin configured to fill a gap between the lid and the distal end portion main body, at least one screw configured to fix the lid to the distal end portion main body, the screw being inserted through the through-hole and screwed into the screw hole, at least one screw cover having an insulation property and configured to cover an upper surface of the screw, the screw cover being disposed closer to a proximal end side than to the recess, and a distal end cover configured to cover a part of the distal end portion main body.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an operation portion provided on a proximal end side of an insertion portion and a treatment instrument insertion port to which a treatment instrument is inserted, and includes a forceps pipe sleeve provided in the operation portion with an axis direction of a central axis passing through the treatment instrument insertion port being different from an axis direction of the insertion portion, a flexible channel tube extending in a bent state from a proximal end of the insertion portion toward a forceps pipe sleeve and connected to the forceps pipe sleeve by insertion inside the operation portion, and a guide wall provided inside the operation portion and being contactable with an outer side portion of a bend of the channel tube by abutting on the channel tube.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes first and second optical lenses that are separately provided at a distal end portion of an endoscope, and form first and second optical images, respectively, an optical path length changing filter that makes optical path lengths of the first and second optical images different, an image pickup device that performs image pickup of the first and second optical images to generate first and second image pickup signals, and a processor that generates first and second images from the first and second image pickup signals, corrects parallax, removes an area including a figure present only in one of the first and second images, and combines respective focusing areas of the first and second images to generate an endoscope image.

Abstract: A server apparatus communicates with a user terminal. The server apparatus includes a first storage area storing patient information and patient identification information, and a second storage area storing medical device identification information used for patient treatment, patient identification information on the patient that receives treatment by using the medical device, and status information indicating whether treatment is being provided.

Abstract: A controller to which an operation for driving an endoscope is input, includes: a controller body formed in a substantially rod shape extending along vertical direction; a main body provided at upper side of the controller body; a grip provided at lower side of the controller body; and an opening provided on a side surface of the controller body and comprising a part into which a treatment tool can be inserted and removed from the upper side, wherein the main body comprises a touch-sensitive interface to which the operation for driving the endoscope is input, and the controller body comprises a pressing surface along an advancing/retreating path of the treatment tool that advances/retreats with respect to the part of the opening.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a control apparatus to which the endoscope is connected, at least one accessory device used in combination with the endoscope and the control apparatus, and data tags respectively provided in the endoscope and the accessory device. The control apparatus reads first data of the respective data tags, compares second data respectively registered about the endoscope and the accessory device and the first data, and performs warning when the first data and the second data do not coincide.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: compare a first index with a first reference value that has been determined for the first index, the first index indicating a receiving performance of a wireless signal that has been received by a receiving antenna from a medical device; perform switching to a first mode or a second mode based on a result of the comparing; and when the switching has been performed to the second mode, set a radiation direction of the receiving antenna toward a section in which a second index satisfies a condition relative to a second reference value that has been determined for the second index, from among a plurality of sections from which the receiving antenna receives the wireless signal, the second index indicating the receiving performance of the wireless signal that has been received.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope that is capable of bending; an actuator that outputs a driving force for bending the endoscope; and a processor that is capable of communicating with the actuator, wherein the processor controls the actuator by switching at least two modes related to curvature control, generates a first identifier, which is information for identifying a case in which the endoscope is used, generates usage status information, which is information related to a usage status of a mode, and associates and outputs the first identifier and the usage status information.

Abstract: A medical system includes an endoscope configured to include an insertion portion inserted into a body cavity, a drive device configured to be detachably connected to the endoscope and electrically drive the endoscope, and a controller configured to be communicably connected to the drive device and to which an operation for electrically driving the endoscope is input, in which the insertion portion includes a first joint and a second joint configured to be independently driven and controlled by the drive device based on the operation input to the controller.

Abstract: A medical manipulator includes a multi-lumen tube including a flexible portion and a bending portion at a distal end of the flexible portion, a distal-end portion at a distal end of the bending portion, a proximal-end portion at a proximal end of the flexible portion, wires causing the bending portion to be bent, a reinforcement coil one end thereof being secured to the distal-end portion and the other end thereof being secured to the proximal-end portion, a flexible-portion cover member, and a bending-portion cover member formed more flexible than the flexible-portion cover member. The flexible and bending portions include a first lumen passing through the tube and into which the coil is inserted, and second lumens passing through the tube at positions farther outside than the first lumen is and into which the wires are inserted. The coil is disposed along an inner surface of the first lumen.

Abstract: A signal processing device includes: a processor including at least one or more pieces of hardware, the processor being configured to: switch to one of a first state in which an input of a clock signal for operating an imager to the imager is permitted and a second state in which the input of the clock signal to the imager is prohibited, and temporarily switch from the first state to the second state when a first synchronization signal output from a first synchronization signal generation circuit and a second synchronization signal output from a second synchronization signal generation circuit are not synchronized.

Abstract: An endoscope as an insertion device includes an insertion portion main body extended in a direction of a longitudinal axis and having flexibility, a motor provided in an operation portion disposed on a proximal end side of the insertion portion main body, a transmission member inserted into the insertion portion main body, extended outward the insertion portion main body along the longitudinal axis, rotated around an axis by driving force of the motor, and transmitting the rotation to a distal end side of the insertion portion main body, and a detection device detecting a position along the longitudinal axis of the insertion portion main body at a predetermined site of the transmission member.

Abstract: A medical system comprises: an endoscope comprising a joint; and a drive device that generates a driving force that bends the joint. The endoscope comprises a first tube comprising the joint, a second tube, a connecting portion that rotatably connects the first tube and the second tube about a rotation axis extending in longitudinal direction of the endoscope, and an attachment or detachment portion that connects the second tube and the drive device so that the driving force can be transmitted. The drive device bends the joint by transmitting the driving force to the joint via the second tube, the connecting portion, and the first tube.

Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a drive circuit configured to transmit a drive signal to an ultrasound transducer, a receiving circuit configured to receive an echo signal from the ultrasound transducer, and a processor. The processor obtains, based on the echo signal or a user input, target information containing at least one of a distance from the ultrasound transducer to a target region containing liquid or a size of the target region, and sets, based on the target information, a drive condition under which an acoustic streaming generating ultrasound transmitted by the ultrasound transducer generates acoustic streaming in the liquid in the target region.

Abstract: An endoscope includes, in a distal end frame constituting a distal end portion, an objective optical unit including a voice coil motor that moves a moving lens frame forward and backward in a direction of an optical axis by using a plurality of magnets arranged on a periphery of the moving lens frame, and a plurality of internal components made of magnetic material and arranged around the objective optical unit. At least one of the internal components is arranged at a position where at least a part thereof intersects one of straight lines each connecting an extreme point of one of valleys of a specific isomagnetic line of magnetic fields formed by the magnets and one of two inflection points of the specific isomagnetic line, the two inflection points being located, with the one of the valleys positioned between the two inflection points.

Abstract: The endoscope has an insertion portion, an imaging unit, and a member formed in a given dimension. The insertion portion has an apical portion, an actively curvable portion, and a treatment device channel. The actively curvable portion is located on the proximal side of the apical portion. The treatment device channel is positioned along the longitudinal axis of the insertion portion. The insertion portion is formed of resin. One or more radiopaque members, formed of knowns dimensions, are coated on a surface of the insertion portion or placed in, buried or covered laterally in the insertion portion. The X-ray transmittance of the radiopaque members is different from the X-ray transmittance of the resin forming the insertion portion.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an optical laminate and an image sensor. The optical laminate includes a first optical member that is a glass lens where an optical window is formed in a planar substrate, including a recessed portion or a protruding portion around the optical window, and a second optical member having a flat surface facing the substrate of the first optical member, and including a protrusion made of resin for being fitted with the recessed portion or the protruding portion. The flat surface of the second optical member is a surface of a glass substrate on the first optical member side. A resin lens of the second optical member is arranged on a surface on an opposite side of the flat surface. A flat portion excluding the optical window and the recessed portion or the protruding portion is in contact with the flat surface of the second optical member.

Abstract: A medical manipulator includes a flexible shaft, a distal-end portion, an operating unit with which the distal-end portion is operated, a wire transmitting a motive force of the unit to the distal-end portion, a coil formed from a material having a greater rigidity than the shaft and one end thereof being secured to the distal-end portion and the other end thereof being secured to the unit, and a tube having a greater bending rigidity than the coil. The unit includes a socket connected to the shaft, a ball relatively rotatable to the socket, and a handle with which the wire is pushed/pulled in the longitudinal direction, the coil is disposed at a position at which the coil covers an area surrounding the wire, and the tube is disposed at a position at which the tube covers an area surrounding the coil in spaces in the socket and the ball.

Abstract: A medical system includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate a presence probability of a lesion in a not-yet-observed region inside a hollow organ of a patient, the not-yet-observed region being specified on the basis of an image that has been captured by an imaging sensor of an endoscope inside the hollow organ, and spatial disposition information of a distal end of an insertion part of the endoscope.

Abstract: A control device includes: a power source configured to supply a predetermined power-supply voltage to an imaging element; a voltage detector configured to detect an output voltage value of the power-supply voltage supplied by the power source; and a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to supply an adjusted voltage value from the power source to the imaging element based on a voltage value of the power-supply voltage detected in the imaging element and on the output voltage value detected by the voltage detector, calculate a delay time from timing when the voltage value of the power-supply voltage is detected in the imaging element until timing when the power source supplies the adjusted voltage value to the imaging element, and control supply timing when the power source supplies the adjusted voltage value based on the delay time.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion having a joint and first and second wires fixed on both sides of the joint; a drive device that is connected to the endoscope and bends the joint by driving the first and second wires; and a processor that controls the drive device. The processor can perform position control that controls traction amount or delivery amount of one of the first and second wires based on target position for bending the joint, and tension control that controls traction amount or delivery amount so that tension of the other of the first and second wires matches a specified set value, and execute a drive mode in which one of the first and second wires is controlled by the position control and the other of the first and second wires is controlled by the tension control.

Abstract: A distal end portion includes: an imager that is held by a metal lens frame; a distal end frame that is made of an electric insulating material and includes a through hole; an electrically conductive exterior portion; a first electrical conductor pattern that has a first end and a second end, the first end being in contact with the lens frame, the second end being connected to a first terminal that is in contact with the exterior portion; and a second electrical conductor pattern that is formed independently of the first electrical conductor pattern, and has a first end and a second end, the first end of the second electrical conductor pattern being in contact with the lens frame, the second end of the second electrical conductor pattern being connected to a second terminal that is not in contact with the exterior portion.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an operating portion; an insertion tube that has a central axis; a bendable tube that is bendable in a curvature direction orthogonal to the central axis, the bendable tube including a plurality of bendable tube pieces that are arrayed along the central axis, adjacent bendable tube pieces being connected to each other by a pair of connection portions, the pair of connection portions being arranged line-symmetric with respect to the curvature direction; a distal end rigid portion that is provided on a distal end side of the bendable tube; and a wire having a first end connected to the operating portion, and a second end connected to either the bendable tube or the distal end rigid portion.

Abstract: A processing device includes a processor, the processor being configured to: acquire a captured image of an inside of a lumen; acquire lumen structure information indicating a structure of the lumen; determine whether the captured image can be analyzed or not and output analysis allowability/non-allowability information indicating whether the captured image is in an analysis allowable state or not based on the captured image and first determination criteria; associate the analysis allowability/non-allowability information with the structure of the lumen based on the analysis allowability/non-allowability information and the lumen structure information to identify an analyzable portion and an unanalyzable portion of the structure of the lumen; and determine that the identified unanalyzable portion is a missed portion based on position and orientation information of a distal end of an insertion section to be inserted in the lumen and second determination criteria.

Abstract: A signal processing device includes a processor including at least one or more pieces of hardware. The processor is configured to: when a first synchronization signal from a first synchronization signal generation circuit, the first synchronization signal generation circuit receiving a first clock signal and outputting the first synchronization signal, and a second synchronization signal output from a second synchronization signal generation circuit are not synchronized, reset the first synchronization signal generation circuit, and in a period in which the first synchronization signal generation circuit is reset, set a frequency of the first clock signal to be higher than a frequency in another period.

Abstract: A medical system includes: an endoscope having an insertion portion; a display; and a processor, wherein the processor generates a three-dimensional model showing a curved shape of the insertion portion, and displays the generated three-dimensional model on the display, acquires first information regarding an insertion direction of the insertion portion, acquires second information regarding a line-of-sight direction of an operator, and determines a line-of-sight direction of the three-dimensional model displayed on the display based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: An endoscope comprising: an objective optical system; an imager having a light receiving plane that faces an emitting plane of the objective optical system; a semiconductor device provided so as to face a plane, of the imager, opposite to the light receiving plane; and a conductive member that covers the objective optical system, the imager, and the semiconductor device, the conductive member having an external dimension that is identical between a side of the objective optical system and a side of the imager. A distance from an end portion of the semiconductor device in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the objective optical system to an inner wall of the conductive member is shorter than a distance from an end portion of the imager in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the objective optical system to the inner wall of the conductive member.

Abstract: A connection joint includes: a first sleeve that is formed such that an end portion of a first tube arranged in an endoscope is externally fitted to the first sleeve; a first pusher configured to apply bias to the first sleeve from an outer peripheral side of the first sleeve; and a first bias releasing portion configured to press the first pusher in an outer peripheral direction of the first sleeve to release the bias.

Abstract: An optical unit includes a fixed barrel configured to accommodate a moving barrel configured to hold an optical element configured to form an object image and formed of a nonmagnetic body to be able to advance and retract between a first position and a second position in a direction along an optical axis, a first magnet provided at the fixed barrel and configured to attract the moving barrel in a first direction along the optical axis to hold the moving barrel at the first position, a coil configured to attract the moving barrel in a second direction opposite to the first direction along the optical axis to hold the moving barrel at the second position by a magnetic field generated by being energized, and a second magnet provided at the moving barrel and configured to be attracted by the first magnet and the magnetic field of the coil.

Abstract: A surgical support system includes a processor that establishes communication connection with a terminal. The processor performs processing of displaying a display screen on a terminal to present the display screen to a member other than a surgeon among operation team members via the terminal.

Abstract: A medical catheter includes a multi-lumen tube including a first lumen and a second lumen; an extension tube fixed to an end surface in a longitudinal direction of the multi-lumen tube, extending from the end surface along the longitudinal direction, and including a third lumen communicating with the first lumen; and an outer wall portion extending from the multi-lumen tube along the extension tube and configured to cover a part of an outer surface of the extension tube, the outer wall portion including a pipeline formed to communicate with the second lumen and having a part of the outer surface in an inner surface of the pipeline.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an insertion body inserted into a lumen; an objective optical system that is provided in the insertion body and acquires light from a subject as subject light; an image sensor that performs imaging based on the subject light to acquire a captured image within a field of view; a turning mechanism that causes a distal end of the insertion body to rotate around a reference axis that is an axis of the insertion body; an advancing/retreating mechanism that moves the insertion body in a direction corresponding to the reference axis; and a processor that includes hardware and is configured to control the turning mechanism and the advancing/retreating mechanism to control the field of view of the image sensor. The processor controls the turning mechanism and the advancing/retreating mechanism to perform scan of an inner wall of the lumen based on the field of view.

Abstract: A training data generation device includes a computer, and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer is configured to: receive an input of an annotation for second image data obtained by imaging an observation target; reflect a result of the annotation in first image data that is related to the same observation target as the observation target of the second image data, the first image data having a different at least one of imaging mode and display mode from the second image data; and generate training data for creating an inference model by using the first image data and the result of the annotation reflected in the first image data, the first image data including image data of a plurality of images, and the second image data being image data of an image obtained by combining the plurality of images included in the first image data.

Abstract: A surgical support system includes a processor configured to establish communication connection with a first terminal and a second terminal. The processor performs processing of displaying a first check list on the first terminal to present the first check list to a first member. When accepting input to the first check list from the first member via the first terminal, the processor performs processing of displaying on the first terminal the first check list the check status of which is changed in accordance with the accepted input. The processor does not accept change of check status of the first check list from the second member.

Abstract: A waste bin management unit manages identification information of a waste bin and identification information and a disposal date of the medical device that has been disposed of in the waste bin in association with each other. The waste bin management unit sets a scheduled date for collecting the waste bin based on at least either one of the number of medical devices that have been disposed of in the waste bin and the disposal date.

Abstract: An endoscope contamination detection device includes: a light source that irradiates an endoscope with light having a specific wavelength; an image sensor that receives fluorescence emitted by a deposit adhering to a surface of the endoscope; and a control device having a processor, wherein the processor acquires a signal from the image sensor, generates an image from the signal, detects luminance values of a plurality of pixels of the image, and determines a contamination degree of the endoscope, based on the luminance values.

Abstract: A cartridge system includes a clip unit including a clip having a plurality of arms; a case including an accommodation region in which the clip unit is accommodated; and a spacer that is accommodated in the accommodation region, wherein the spacer is configured to be separated from the clip unit when the clip unit is pulled to a proximal-end side of the cartridge system.