Abstract: A method for calibrating an endoscope, the endoscope including a curved portion that can be driven to bend and a flexible portion through which a bending wire that bends the curved portion is inserted, includes: arranging the curved portion and the flexible portion of the endoscope so that they have a predetermined shape; bending the curved portion; measuring first shape information, which is information about a shape of the curved portion; and updating a control parameter for the endoscope to drive the curved portion based on the measured first shape information.

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: 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 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: A medical system according to the present invention comprises: a medical device comprising an insertion part comprising an angulating part, and angulation wires attached to the angulating part; and an actuator, detachably connected to the medical device, that electrically actuates the angulation wires to angulate the angulating part. The angulation wires comprise a first angulation wire and a second angulation wire. When the medical device is not attached to the actuator, the first angulation wire and the second angulation wire are in a mechanically connected looped state. When the medical device is connected to the actuator, the first angulation wire and the second angulation wire are in a second state in which the two are independently electrically actuated.

Abstract: A package is composed of a resin molded body packaging a manipulator of a manipulator system including a base member having a target portion on an upper surface, and the manipulator having a connecting portion detachably connected to the target portion. The package includes a cover portion having a size capable of covering at least a portion of the upper surface of the base member, and a forming portion having easy-cut lines provided in a portion of the cover portion. The forming portion is configured such that by cutting the forming portion along the lines, it is possible to form, at a position corresponding to the target portion when the covering portion is disposed at a position covering the upper surface, an opening portion penetrating a predetermined region including the target portion in the plate thickness direction and wall portions rising upward from an edge of the opening portion.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes a plurality of imaging devices configured to capture images of an object; a circuit substrate configured to generate image data based on the images captured by the imaging devices; a chassis that holds the imaging devices; and a heat transfer member including a contacting portion configured to contact an installed member in a case where the imaging unit is installed on the installed member. The heat transfer member contacts the chassis or the circuit substrate, and heat conductivity of the heat transfer member is greater than the heat conductivity of the chassis.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes a plurality of imaging devices configured to capture images of an object; a circuit substrate configured to generate image data based on the images captured by the imaging devices; a chassis that holds the imaging devices; and a heat transfer member including a contacting portion configured to contact an installed member in a case where the imaging unit is installed on the installed member. The heat transfer member contacts the chassis or the circuit substrate, and heat conductivity of the heat transfer member is greater than the heat conductivity of the chassis.

Abstract: A camera body (1) of the present invention is provided with a concave portion (1A) in which an imaging unit (2) including a rectangular solid shaped case (2a) having an optical system and an imaging device is detachably disposed. When the case (2a) is viewed from a front side in a state where the case (2a) is disposed in the concave portion (1A), the camera body (1) includes a back face portion (1B) having a back face wall (4) located on the back of the case (2a) and facing a back face of the case (2a), a side face portion (1C) having a side face wall (6) facing a side face of the case (2a), and an upper face portion (1D) having an upper face wall (5) facing an upper face of the case (2a). The concave portion (1A) is defined by the back face wall (4), the side face wall (6), and the upper face wall (5), and is open on three sides where the remaining faces of the case (2a) are located at the time of attachment.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprising an imaging unit in which an optical system and an imaging device are provided, a camera body formed with a concave portion on/from which the imaging unit is mounted/removed, the imaging apparatus photographing the subject image by mounting the imaging unit on the camera body, wherein the concave portion includes three walls of a back wall portion, a side wall portion, and an upper wall portion, viewed from the subject side in a direction of an optical axis of the optical system, wherein the apparatus includes a locking member and a locking member to be locked, wherein an unlocking member for unlocking a lock of the camera body and the imaging unit by means of the locking member is disposed in an intersection portion of the side and upper wall portions, and wherein at least three wall portions which compose the concave portion, are opened.

Abstract: A camera body includes a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein. The image pickup unit includes a housing having an optical system, an image pickup device, a first connector section. The recess has three wall sections including a back wall section facing a rear of the housing of the image pickup unit and a side wall section facing a side surface of the housing when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess. The side wall section includes a second connector section to be connected to the first connector section to perform communication. The back wall section is provided with a controlling member. A rear of the image pickup unit has an insertion opening into which the controlling member is to be inserted and an abutting section to allow the controlling member to abut thereon.

Abstract: A camera body to which an image pickup unit including an optical system, an image pickup device, and an image-pickup-unit connector is detachably attached, includes a recess to which the image pickup unit is freely detachably attached and which includes a back wall, an upper wall, and a side wall to be opened on a lower side, a lateral side, and a front side of the camera body. The back wall faces a rear of the image pickup unit, the upper wall is located on an upper side of the camera body in a normal use state.

Abstract: A camera body includes a camera body connector and a recess to which an imaging unit including an optical system, an image pickup device, and an imaging unit connector is detachably attached to be placed therein. The recess includes a back wall, an upper wall, and a side wall to be opened to a lower side, a front side, and a lateral side of the camera body. The camera body has a guide mechanism to control a position of the camera body connector in relation to a position of the imaging unit connector. The imaging unit has a rear surface on which at least two guiding grooves provided to be extended between opposite edges of the imaging unit and an engagement plate section are formed. The imaging unit has a biasing member to bias the imaging unit toward the back wall.

Abstract: A camera body includes a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein. The image pickup unit includes a housing having an optical system, an image pickup device, a first connector section. The recess has three wall sections including a back wall section facing a rear of the housing of the image pickup unit and a side wall section facing a side surface of the housing when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess. The side wall section includes a second connector section to be connected to the first connector section to perform communication. The back wall section is provided with a controlling member. A rear of the image pickup unit has an insertion opening into which the controlling member is to be inserted and an abutting section to allow the controlling member to abut thereon.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprising an imaging unit in which an optical system and an imaging device are provided, a camera body formed with a concave portion on/from which the imaging unit is mounted/removed, the imaging apparatus photographing the subject image by mounting the imaging unit on the camera body, wherein the concave portion includes three walls of a back wall portion, a side wall portion, and an upper wall portion, viewed from the subject side in a direction of an optical axis of the optical system, wherein the apparatus includes a locking member and a locking member to be locked, wherein an unlocking member for unlocking a lock of the camera body and the imaging unit by means of the locking member is disposed in an intersection portion of the side and upper wall portions, and wherein at least three wall portions which compose the concave portion, are opened.

Abstract: A camera body (1) of the present invention is provided with a concave portion (1A) in which an imaging unit (2) including a rectangular solid shaped case (2a) having an optical system and an imaging device is detachably disposed. When the case (2a) is viewed from a front side in a state where the case (2a) is disposed in the concave portion (1A), the camera body (1) includes a back face portion (1B) having a back face wall (4) located on the back of the case (2a) and facing a back face of the case (2a), a side face portion (1C) having a side face wall (6) facing a side face of the case (2a), and an upper face portion (1D) having an upper face wall (5) facing an upper face of the case (2a). The concave portion (1A) is defined by the back face wall (4), the side face wall (6), and the upper face wall (5), and is open on three sides where the remaining faces of the case (2a) are located at the time of attachment.

Abstract: A camera body to which an image pickup unit including an optical system, an image pickup device, and an image-pickup-unit connector is detachably attached, includes a recess to which the image pickup unit is freely detachably attached and which includes a back wall, an upper wall, and a side wall to be opened on a lower side, a lateral side, and a front side of the camera body. The back wall faces a rear of the image pickup unit, the upper wall is located on an upper side of the camera body in a normal use state.

Abstract: A camera body includes a camera body connector and a recess to which an imaging unit including an optical system, an image pickup device, and an imaging unit connector is detachably attached to be placed therein. The recess includes a back wall, an upper wall, and a side wall to be opened to a lower side, a front side, and a lateral side of the camera body. The camera body has a guide mechanism to control a position of the camera body connector in relation to a position of the imaging unit connector. The imaging unit has a rear surface on which at least two guiding grooves provided to be extended between opposite edges of the imaging unit and an engagement plate section are formed. The imaging unit has a biasing member to bias the imaging unit toward the back wall.