Olympus Patents

Olympus Corporation manufactures camera and audio equipment, including digital cameras, lenses, binoculars and digital audio recorders. Olympus also offers solutions for the medical and life sciences industries with their endoscopes, microscopes, fiberscopes, rigidscopes and flaw detectors.

Olympus Patents by Type
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  • Patent number: 11843891
    Abstract: An AD conversion device includes a comparison circuit, an upper-level DA conversion circuit, a level shift circuit, a lower-level DA conversion circuit, and a correction device. The comparison circuit includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The comparison circuit is configured to compare a first voltage level of a signal input to the first terminal with a second voltage level of a signal input to the second terminal. The upper-level DA conversion circuit includes a plurality of capacitance elements electrically connected to the second terminal. Capacitive values of the plurality of capacitance elements are weighted by binary numbers. The level shift circuit includes one or more capacitance elements electrically connected to the second terminal. The lower-level DA conversion circuit includes a plurality of capacitance elements electrically connected to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshio Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20230394800
    Abstract: An inference learning device, comprising an input device for inputting data from a data acquisition device, a learning device for obtaining an inference model by learning using training data that has been obtained by performing annotation of the data, and a data processing device that, for data that has been obtained continuously in time series from the data acquisition device, makes provisional training data by performing the annotation on a plurality of items of data that have been obtained from data that was obtained at a given first time to a second time that has been traced back to a predetermined time, and makes data, among the provisional training data that has a high correlation of causal relationship with the data of the first time, into adopted training data, which is training data used in the learning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Akira TANI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Kensei ITO, Tomoko GOCHO, Osamu NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20230392996
    Abstract: Provided is a temperature measurement method for measuring an ambient temperature of a long-length medical device, using first and second optical fibers attached to the medical device, the first and second optical fibers extending in parallel with each other along a longitudinal direction of the medical device, and the first optical fiber having a distal end serving as a measurement unit extending beyond a distal end of the second optical fiber along a longitudinal direction of the first and second optical fibers. The method includes: measuring an optical path length difference between a first optical path including the first optical fiber and a second optical path including the second optical fiber; and calculating a temperature of the measurement unit based on the optical path length difference. When temperatures of the first and second optical fibers are uniform, optical path lengths of the first and second optical paths are equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru NAMIKI, Ikutoshi FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230389776
    Abstract: A conduit switching device includes a body, an endoscope connection port, a fluid supply port, a fluid suction port, a first conduit in the body and the fluid supply port, a second conduit in the body and the fluid suction port, a common conduit in the body and the endoscope connection port, and a switching mechanism configured to be switched between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the first conduit communicates with the common conduit, and the second conduit does not communicate with the common conduit. In the second state, the first conduit does not communicate with the common conduit, and the second conduit communicates with the common conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Takumi KAWAKAMI, Hiroshi TSURUTA, Naoyuki FUJITA, Eijiro SATO
  • Patent number: 11832796
    Abstract: An imaging module includes an imager having an optical member on a light receiving surface, an electronic component having a front surface facing the same direction as the one to which an incidence surface of the optical member faces, a resin portion that has a first surface flush with the incidence surface of the optical member and the front surface of the electronic component, and a second surface that is a surface on a side opposite to the first surface while having the imager and the electronic component being embedded therein such that the incidence surface and the front surface are exposed to the first surface, an external connection terminal provided on the second surface, and a through wiring that extends through the resin portion to connect at least one of the imager and the electronic component with the external connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuro Suyama
  • Patent number: 11832795
    Abstract: A fluid control device for endoscope includes a gas feeding conduit, an operation button and a deforming portion. The deforming portion is disposed on a downstream side with respect to the operation button, and has a closing portion which is brought into contact with an inner wall of the gas feeding conduit in a state where the operation button is not pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norimasa Arai
  • Publication number: 20230380663
    Abstract: A ventilation pipe sleeve system comprises a ventilation pipe sleeve, a first filter, and a cap attached to the ventilation pipe sleeve. The ventilation pipe sleeve includes a tubular body including an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the tubular body defines a conduit extending from a first end to a second end of the ventilation pipe sleeve. The first filter is liquid impermeable and is gas permeable, the first filter is fixed to the tubular body to form a watertight structure at a first end region of the tubular body. The cap covers the first filter and at least a portion of the outer surface of the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Taihei ONISHI, Hidenosuke HASE, Yumiko AWAU
  • Publication number: 20230380695
    Abstract: The system includes a memory that stores first and second trained models, and a processor. The processor acquires a captured image in which at least one energy device and at least one biological tissue are imaged. The processor detects a bounding box from the captured image by processing based on the first trained model and estimates the image recognition information from the captured image in the bounding box by processing based on the second trained model. The processor outputs an energy output adjustment instruction based on the estimated image recognition information to the generator. The generator controls the energy supply amount to the energy device based on the energy output adjustment instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi ARAI, Hideyuki KASAHARA, Masatoshi IIDA, Shinji YASUNAGA, Yoshitaka HONDA, Kazue TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11832020
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a lens, an image pickup device, and a processor. The processor acquires a plurality of pieces of first image data and second image data with an exposure time period longer than an exposure time period of the first image data from the image pickup device, detects a motion region by using the first image data and the second image data, and acquires motion detection information by using the plurality of pieces of first image data. The processor changes a synthesis method in accordance with whether the motion region is detected and generates one piece of synthesized image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Onomura
  • Publication number: 20230371817
    Abstract: An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: an illumination light source that emits illumination light for illuminating an object; a therapeutic light source that emits therapeutic light for causing a photoreactive reagent accumulated in a treatment target site to react; a guide light source that emits guide light having a wavelength shorter than a wavelength band of the therapeutic light source; an imager that captures an optical image, the imager including an optical filter that cuts light in the wavelength band of the therapeutic light and transmits a part of white light, the guide light, and fluorescence emitted by the reagent; a controller that controls emission timings of the illumination light source, the therapeutic light source, and the guide light source; and an image processor that generates an image on the basis of an optical image obtained by light emitted from the illumination light source, the therapeutic light source, and the guide light source, in which the controller cau
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru MIZUNAKA, Yasunobu IGA, Takeshi SUGA, Chikashi OTA
  • Publication number: 20230372727
    Abstract: An endoscope cap includes: a light-transmissive portion having a tubular shape made of a light-transmissive material, the light-transmissive portion including a coating layer on a periphery of the tubular shape; and a tubular portion configured to connect the light-transmissive portion to a distal end of an insertion portion of an endoscope, the coating layer being configured to reflect light in a wavelength band for light treatment of a body portion and transmit light in a wavelength band for white light image capturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru MIZUNAKA
  • Publication number: 20230373840
    Abstract: Provided is a method of molding an optical element. The method includes: inserting a neck portion provided in each of an upper mold and a lower mold into a hole portion provided in a side surface mold; replacing an atmosphere in the hole portion of the side surface mold with an inert gas through a groove communicating between either an upper end surface or a lower end surface of the side surface mold and the hole portion of the side surface mold; heating a molding material disposed in the hole portion of the side surface mold; and bringing the upper mold and the side surface mold, and the lower mold relatively close to each other to press molding the molding material to obtain an optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 11819206
    Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread includes: a first step of connecting a first edge portion and a second edge portion with the suture thread; and a second step of connecting a third edge portion and a fourth edge portion with the suture thread. The first step includes passing the suture thread through a first position on a mucosal surface of at least one of the first edge portion and the second edge portion. The second step includes passing the suture thread through a third position on the mucosal surface of at least one of the third edge portion and the fourth edge portion. A shortest distance between the wound and the third position is larger than a shortest distance between the wound and the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Morishita, Kunihide Kaji, Keita Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11822068
    Abstract: An endoscope has a configuration in which a wire guide tube is configured as a tube consecutively formed of polyetheretherketone from one end side to another end side, an opening penetrating is provided in a radial direction at part of a wall portion of a second coupling member into which an end part of the wire guide tube is inserted, a concave portion corresponding to the opening is provided at an outer peripheral surface of the end part of the wire guide tube, and a bonding agent integrally fills the opening and the concave portion to connect the wire guide tube and a coupling portion (the second coupling member).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiji Sakai
  • Patent number: 11819264
    Abstract: An electrically insulating insert for detachable connection to the distal end region of a resectoscope shaft, characterized in that the insulating insert has a hollow portion with an elongate cavity for the passage of pass-through instruments, and that the insulating insert has fastening means for detachable connection to the resectoscope shaft. An electrode instrument is connected to this insulating insert and to a resectoscope including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Brockmann, Andreas Offt
  • Patent number: 11819230
    Abstract: A surgical tool including a housing having a proximal end and a distal end the housing including a guide rail. The tool also includes a yoke slidably coupled to the housing, a handle pivotally coupled to the housing, and a link coupling the handle to the housing, the link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the link rotatably coupled to the handle and the second end of the link rotatably coupled to the yoke and slidable within the guide rail. The tool further includes a yoke pivot pin pivotably coupling the second end of the link to the yoke and a handle pivot pin coupling the link to the handle, wherein the handle pivot pin is disposed proximal compared to the yoke pivot pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki, Hiroshi Minami, Hideo Sanai, Shunsuke Matsui, Yuki Amano
  • Publication number: 20230363619
    Abstract: An endoscope operation support apparatus (2000) acquires a shape data sequence (50) representing a temporal change of a shape category of an endoscope scope (40). The endoscope operation support apparatus (2000) uses the shape data sequence (50) to determine a target category suitable as a transition destination of the shape category of the endoscope scope (40) or a target position which is a position suitable as a position at which the endoscope scope (40) transitions. The endoscope operation support apparatus (2000) outputs target information (20) that is information regarding the target category or the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Masaru YOSHIOKA, Kenichi KAMIJO, Mieko MANO, Katsuhiko KOBAYASHI, Yuichi IKEDA, Hiromasa FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20230363624
    Abstract: An endoscope of the disclosure includes an insertion section including a distal end portion, a bending portion, and a flexible tube portion. The distal end portion includes: a first opening connected to an instrument channel, a second opening connected to a wire channel, a wire, a first detent surface, and a raising base rotatable about an axis between a lowered position and a raised position. The raising base includes an attachment housing and a distal end of the wire is attached to the raising base at the attachment housing. The wire is movable within the wire channel to rotate the raising base about the axis from the lowered position to the raised position, and in the raised position, a stop surface of the attachment housing contacts the first detent surface to limit an amount of rotation of the raising base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Satoru YAJIMA, Kazuki MINAMIMOTO, Shinnosuke OHIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20230363777
    Abstract: The medical system includes a basket treatment tool a processor. The processor determines, one or more of: a first determination, based on a transmissive image including the biliary duct, of whether a size of a gallstone allows the basket treatment tool to remove the gallstone from the papillary orifice, or a second determination, based on a resistance when the basket treatment tool is pulled, of whether the resistance allows the basket treatment tool to remove the gallstone from the papillary orifice; and controls the basket treatment tool to remove the gallstone from the papillary orifice when one or more of the first determination or the second determination determines that the gallstone is removable from the papillary orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Genri INAGAKI, Masayasu CHIDA, Yuji SAKAMOTO, Makoto ISHIKAKE, Seiichiro SAKAGUCHI, Shohei HEMMI
  • Publication number: 20230363729
    Abstract: A stent delivery system includes: a stent delivery device configured to carry a stent to a stenosis and indwell the stent; an observation device configured to observe the stenosis; and one or more processors, each comprising hardware, the one or more processors being configured to: acquire an observation image from the observation device; and determine a target placement position for placing the stent in the stenosis based on the observation image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji MURAKAMI, Kazuhiro GONO, Genri INAGAKI, Yuji SAKAMOTO, Nao INOUE, Shohei HEMMI, Hiroyuki MINO, Hirokazu HORIO, Atanaska GOSPODINOVA, Shintaro INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230370732
    Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light emitters, an optical system configured to combine light from the light emitters, a wavelength selective filter located on an optical path of the optical system, and an optical sensor configured to receive light from one light emitter among the light emitters through an optical filter. The optical filter has a wavelength selection characteristic corresponding to a wavelength selection characteristic of the wavelength selective filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAMEE, Takeshi ITO, Masahiro NISHIO, Satoshi TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11812931
    Abstract: An overtube system configured to introduce an endoscope into a body, includes a tubular main body formed to be insertable for the endoscope; a balloon attached to an cuter circumferential surface of the main body; a driver configured to inflate and deflate the balloon; and a controller configured to control the driver, wherein the controller is configured to: generate an operation signal for the driver, calculate a relative rotation state between the main body and the endoscope around a longitudinal axis of the endoscope, generate a correction operation signal by correcting the operation signal according to the relative rotation state, and transmit the correction operation signal to the driver to operate the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Kurihara, Kosuke Kishi
  • Patent number: 11815739
    Abstract: An endoscope optical system includes, in order from an object side: a fixed negative first lens group; a movable positive second lens group; a fixed aperture stop; and a fixed positive third lens group, the endoscope optical system being capable of switching between a normal observation state and a magnified observation state by moving the second lens group along an optical axis, in which the third lens group includes, in order from the object side: a cemented lens consisted of three lenses; and a cemented lens consisted of two lenses. In the cemented lens consisted of three lenses, three lenses of a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens are cemented. In the cemented lens consisted of two lenses, two lenses of a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented. The following conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1.70<(nd3G1+nd3G2+nd3G3)/3<2.0 (1); and 1.72<(nd3G4+nd3G5)/2<2.0 (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Katakura
  • Patent number: 11812929
    Abstract: A plug connection between distal video and proximal cable units, including: a plug; and a connector inserted into the plug, the plug is a glass cast part arranged at a proximal end of the distal video unit; the connector is arranged at a distal end of the proximal cable unit; the plug is connected to a housing of the distal video unit, has electrical feedthroughs and is connected on a distal side to a first flexboard in the distal video unit and has a connector receptacle; the connector is enclosed in a housing formed to fit the connector receptacle; the connector has a plurality of electrical feedthroughs arranged in accordance with an arrangement of the electrical feedthroughs of the plug; and the electrical feedthroughs are connected proximally to a second flexboard having a planar solder pad structure having solder pads, to which signal and connecting cables are soldered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Alrun Thuemen, Sebastian Jungbauer
  • Patent number: 11817233
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes, between a first unit including an image pickup device and a second unit including a video processing circuit, a waveguide path through which a millimeter wave or a submillimeter wave is transmitted, the second unit includes a millimeter-wave carrier-wave generation circuit and a demodulator configured to regenerate, from a millimeter-wave modulated wave generated by the first unit and received through the waveguide path, a video signal generated by the image pickup device, and the first unit includes a processing-transmission circuit configured to receive a millimeter-wave carrier wave through the waveguide path, generate a millimeter-wave modulated wave by superimposing the video signal generated by the image pickup device on the millimeter-wave carrier wave, and transmit the millimeter-wave modulated wave toward the waveguide path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11812935
    Abstract: In an endoscope cleaning work support device, an operation reception unit received an input from a cleaner. A display control unit controls the display unit to display a procedure for manual cleaning of an endoscope on a display unit step by step. A measurement unit measures a first period of time from a start time of a procedure in a current step marked by reception of an input for displaying the procedure in the current step by the operation reception unit, to an end time of the procedure in the current step marked by reception of an input for displaying a procedure in a subsequent step by the operation reception unit. A comparison determination unit compares a reference period of time defined for each step for displaying the procedure with the first period of time. The display control unit displays information for alerting the cleaner when the first period of time is shorter than the reference period of time on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishi, Hikari Shimizu, Clarinda Kuan, Kaori Kitano, Yoshiko Ikeda, Takeshi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11812925
    Abstract: An movement assistance system includes a processor. The processor detects a position in picked-up images of an image of an image pickup target, causes a memory to store the position, estimates a change in the position of the image pickup target, estimates the position of the image pickup target and performs control for causing a display apparatus to display an estimation result of the position of the image pickup target, when detecting a disappearance state in which the image of the image pickup target is not detected, and performs control for causing the display apparatus not to display the estimation result of the position of the image pickup target when detecting, after the image pickup target is brought into the disappearance state, that a position indicated by the estimation result of the position of the image pickup target is a position inside an output determination region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Tojo
  • Publication number: 20230355291
    Abstract: This treatment portion of a medical energy device treats a biological tissue by transferring energy to the biological tissue, in a state where the treatment portion is in contact with the biological tissue. The treatment portion of the medical energy device includes a main body portion and a covering film. The main body portion transfers energy to the biological tissue. The covering film contains silicone as a main component, and covers the surface of the main body portion. The silicone includes at least a D unit and a T unit. In the silicone, the molar ratio of silicon atoms forming the D unit with respect to all the silicon atoms is 40-99%. In the silicone, the molar ratio of methyl functional groups bonded to the silicon atoms with respect to all functional groups bonded to the silicon atoms is at least 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OGAWA, Hiroaki KASAI, Takuya FUJIHARA, Yu MURANO, Issei MAEDA, Asuka TACHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230355077
    Abstract: An endoscope according to an embodiment includes a grip unit, an insert unit, a light source, a light exit part provided in the insert unit, a first light guide, a second light guide, and an optical connector disposed in the grip unit. The first light guide has a first entrance end located on the side of the light source and a first exit end located on the side of the optical connector. The second light guide has a second entrance end located on the side of the optical connector and a second exit end located on the side of the light exit part. The light that goes out from the first exit end enters the second entrance end through the optical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi ASAOKA, Kazuaki TAMURA, Yoshinori TANAKA, Yuri NAKAUE, Satoshi OHARA
  • Publication number: 20230360298
    Abstract: An endoscope processor includes a processor. The processor discriminates, in first image information acquired by applying first illumination light, between first region image information constituted of an object of an interest subject and second region image information constituted of an object of a non-interest subject, generates third region image information of a region in second image information acquired by applying second illumination light, the region including at least a part of a region of the second region image information, the second illumination light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first illumination light and passing through the object of the non-interest subject, and combines the first region image information and the third region image information, to generate a partial transparent image in which the object of the non-interest subject of the first image information is made transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Akihiro KUBOTA, Yamato KANDA, Yasunori MORITA, Naohisa TAKABATAKE, Takashi KONO, Hiroki TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230355350
    Abstract: A reprocessor for medical equipment includes a sensor configured to detect that a liquid is within a detection range, and a tray in which a bottle containing the liquid is arranged. The sensor is arranged at a position where, in a state where the bottle having a first side surface, a second side surface, and a connection surface is set in the tray, one of the first side surface and the second side surface and the connection surface is inside of the detection range and another of the first side surface and the second side surface is outside of the detection range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Shoko SHINTANI
  • Patent number: 11805987
    Abstract: An endoscope includes: a distal-end rigid portion including an opening through which an instrument protrudes; a raising base disposed in the opening and configured to change a direction in which the instrument protrudes; a rotary shaft fixed to the raising base so as to rotate together with the raising base; an arm fixed to the rotary shaft so as to rotate the rotary shaft; a housing formed separately from the distal-end rigid portion, the housing including: a first bearing including a first shaft hole to rotatably support the rotary shaft; and a second bearing integrally formed with the first bearing and including a second shaft hole that is coaxially arranged with the first shaft hole so as to rotatably support the rotary shaft; and a seal member disposed between an outer circumference of the rotary shaft and an inner circumference of the first shaft hole to keep watertightness therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jin Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 11808935
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an objective optical system provided in a distal end portion of an insertion portion, and a light splitting element configured to split a light beam from an objective optical system into a plurality of light beams including a first light beam and a second light beam. The first light beam is reflected by a reflection mirror, and is formed into an image on a first image pickup device. The second light beam is formed into an image on a second image pickup device. The first image pickup device and the second image pickup device are disposed adjacent to the light splitting element at positions different from each other with respect to an optical axis of the light beam from the objective optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Suzuki, Isamu Nakajima, Shoichiro Mochimaru
  • Patent number: 11805977
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes a processor configured to generate a clock at predetermined timing, a light source apparatus configured to irradiate white light and excitation light in a time division manner in synchronization with the clock, and an endoscope configured to perform image pickup based on irradiation timing of the light source apparatus. The processor generates a first white light image at a first clock, generates a first fluorescent image at a second clock, generates a second white light image at a third clock, and generates a third white light image at a fourth clock and superimposes the second white light image and the first fluorescent image at the fourth clock and superimposes the third white light image and the first fluorescent image at a fifth clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Mizoguchi, Toshiaki Watanabe, Satoshi Takekoshi, Susumu Aono
  • Patent number: 11805986
    Abstract: A flexible tube insertion apparatus includes a flexible insertion section to be inserted into a subject and bent by a reaction force from the subject, a variable stiffness unit provided in the insertion section and configured to change a stiffness of the insertion section, and a shape detector configured to detect a bent shape of the insertion section. The apparatus further includes a force specifier configured to acquire a distribution of the reaction force on a distal side from a predetermined point in the bent shape and specify a maximum reaction force position, and a stiffness controller configured to control a stiffness of the variable stiffness unit so as to increase a stiffness of the variable stiffness unit between the predetermined point and the maximum reaction force position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Nakamura, Takeshi Takahashi, Yuichi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11805978
    Abstract: An endoscope operation section of the present invention includes an operation section having a second longitudinal axis extending in a substantially same direction as a first longitudinal axis of an insertion section, the operation section being configured to be grasped by an operator, a bending operation member, including an axis crossing the second longitudinal axis at an acute angle during nonoperation, and configured to bend the insertion section, a first pedestal section to which a suction operation member is attached, a second pedestal section in which a surface projecting further in the forward direction by a predetermined height than the first pedestal section is formed, the predetermined height being set to a higher position in the forward direction than a position of a suction tube connecting member of the suction operation member, and a pressing operation member provided on the surface of the second pedestal section and pressed and operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Hatano, Tatsuhiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11805988
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an illumination portion including an emitter and being configured to radiate illumination light beam onto an imaging subject, the beam having intensity distribution in which light and dark portions are spatially repeated; a controller configured to cause widths of the dark portions to change; an imager configured to acquire a plurality of illumination images of the subject being illuminated with beams in which the widths of the dark portions are different from each other; and at least one processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: create first and second images from each of the illumination images, the first images containing a greater quantity of information about a deep layer of the subject than the second images do; and calculate information about depths of a feature portion in the subject on the basis of changes among the first images and changes among the second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Shinji
  • Patent number: 11805979
    Abstract: An endoscope conduit switching device includes: an attachment to be attached to an endoscope; a movable spring bearing that is movably held by the attachment and that has a rib that is cylindrical; a movable piston that has a rib receiver groove into which the rib is inserted and that is movable to be inserted into and removed from a conduit of the endoscope; and a shaft that is movably held by the movable spring bearing; a cap that is fixed to one end of the shaft; and a first coil spring configured to bias the movable spring bearing and the cap in directions away from each other, wherein a side surface of the rib of the movable spring bearing and a side surface of the rib receiver groove of the movable piston are at least partly joined with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Saiga
  • Patent number: 11805983
    Abstract: An optical path deflecting prism for endoscope which is used for observing an object in an oblique direction, includes a first prism and a second prism, and the first prism and the second prism are cemented. The first prism has a first polished surface and a second polished surface. The first reflecting surface is a mirror surface having a mirror coating applied to a polished surface of a flat plate, and is fixed by gluing to the fifth polished surface of the second prism upon adjusting an angle so as to correct an optical-axis shift which occurs due to a manufacturing error of the first prism and the second prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuo Morita
  • Publication number: 20230346342
    Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes: a transducer array in which a plurality of transducers configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves are arrayed with longitudinal directions of the transducers aligned; and a pair of housings each having a plate shape, the housings being configured to sandwich the transducers, the housings including a first conductive portion provided on a first face positioned on a side of each of the transducers, an insulating portion provided on an outer edge portion of a second face that is positioned on an opposite side of the first face, a second conductive portion provided on the second face, and a third conductive portion electrically connecting the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230346348
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer array includes: a transducer group including a plurality of ultrasound transducers aligned, the transducers being configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves; a signal line configured to electrically connect the transducer group and an external device and transmit a signal communicated by the transducer group and the external device; and a relay board that is a bendable relay board and that has a first end and a second end, the first end being branched, the first end being connected to each of the ultrasound transducers, the second end being connected to the signal line to relay transmission and reception of the signal between the ultrasound transducers and the signal line, branched portions of the first end of the relay board extending in a direction of alignment of the ultrasound transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuya KUMATA
  • Publication number: 20230346209
    Abstract: An insertion device includes: an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; an imaging unit that includes an imaging element and an optical element and that is arranged at a distal end of the insertion portion, the imaging unit being configured to capture an internal image of the subject to generate an image signal; a transmitter that is arranged adjacent to a proximal end side of the imaging unit in the insertion portion, the transmitter being configured to transmit the image signal using millimeter waves or submillimeter waves; and a waveguide that is arranged on a proximal end side of the transmitter in the insertion portion and at a position distant from the transmitter with a distal end surface of the waveguide facing the transmitter, the waveguide being configured to propagate the millimeter waves or submillimeter waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20230353141
    Abstract: A voltage generation circuit includes a booster circuit, a control buffer circuit, and a driving buffer circuit. The booster circuit includes a capacitance element and a transistor. The booster circuit generates a higher first voltage than the power source voltage, and the control buffer circuit controls the transistor by using a third voltage that is lower than the first voltage and is higher than a ground voltage. Alternatively, the booster circuit generates a lower second voltage than the ground voltage, and the control buffer circuit controls the transistor by using a fourth voltage that is higher than the second voltage and is lower than or equal to the ground voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Yoshio Hagihara
  • Publication number: 20230353853
    Abstract: An image pickup unit includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which a first land is disposed around four first side surfaces, a second circuit board on which a second land is disposed around four second side surfaces, a movement detection sensor housed in a recess of the first circuit board, and a rectangular tube bonded to the first land and the second land and sealing the recess in an airtight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Kazuya MAEDA, Yukiharu MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20230346203
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion, an operation portion, a moving member, a detent, a rod, a wire and a bearing. The insertion portion is configured for insertion into a subject, the insertion portion including an actuating mechanism. The operation portion, the moving member, the rod and the wire are translatable in conjunction with each other. The detent located distally relative to the moving member, and the detent is configured to prevent a distally forward translation of the moving member past the detent. The bearing is located distally relative to the moving member, the bearing including an opening having a contact surface. The rod extends through the opening and is in slidable contact with the contact surface, and the contact surface is made of resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Koichi TSURUTA, Hidenosuke HASE
  • Publication number: 20230347183
    Abstract: A probe for an ultrasonic treatment tool is configured to transmit ultrasonic vibration to a biological tissue. The probe includes a substrate including a stainless steel, a structure of the stainless steel including one or both of troostite and sorbate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuichi SASE
  • Publication number: 20230347170
    Abstract: A phototherapy device includes: a treatment light emitter configured to emit treatment light for causing a reaction of a drug; a narrow band light emitter configured to emit narrow band light having part of wavelength band of a visible light range; an excitation light emitter configured to emit excitation light for causing excitation of the drug; a first imager configured to obtain a narrow band light image which is formed using the narrow band light applied onto an application position of the treatment light; a second imager configured to obtain a fluorescence image which is formed using the excitation light emitted onto the application position of the treatment light; and a display image generator configured to generate a superimposed image in which the narrow band light image and the fluorescence image are superimposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230352161
    Abstract: A first acquisition unit acquires first identification information for identifying a first medical device having a first constituent component and a second constituent component. A second acquisition unit acquires the status of the first constituent component incorporated in a second medical device or second identification information for identifying the constituent component incorporated in the second medical device based on the first identification information. A recording unit records the status of the first constituent component or the second identification information and third identification information for identifying the second medical device in association with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruna TADAKOSHI, Koki TOKUNAGA, Yuya ISHIDA, Takeo SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230347169
    Abstract: A phototherapy device includes: a treatment light emitter configured to emit treatment light for causing a reaction of a drug; a first imager configured to obtain a tissue structure image which is formed using narrow band light applied onto an application position of the treatment light; a second imager configured to obtain a fluorescence image which is formed using excitation light applied onto the application position of the treatment light; a boundary region calculator configured to refer to the tissue structure image to determine a boundary region in which a tissue structure has changed; a fluorescence intensity variation calculator configured to calculate magnitude of variation in fluorescence intensity of the boundary region; and a display image generator configured to generate a display image to be used for displaying the magnitude of variation of the fluorescence intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chikashi OTA
  • Publication number: 20230352160
    Abstract: An accommodating container accommodates a medical instrument. A sensor unit acquires environmental information obtained at the time transportation of the accommodating container. A recording unit records the environmental information acquired by the sensor unit. A control device controls the functions of a medical instrument. The control device restricts the functions of the medical instrument based on the environmental information recorded in the recording unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo SUZUKI, Haruna TADAKOSHI