Abstract: A detection unit has a function of detecting the end of an operation check mode for checking the operation of a medical device and detecting the start of a use mode for using the medical device. A record processing unit records information indicating that the medical device has been used once in a recording unit when the detection unit detects the end of the operation check mode and the start of the use mode.

Abstract: An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup device; a flat circuit board; a three-dimensional circuit board; plural electronic components; and plural cables, in which the three-dimensional circuit board includes: a first surface; a second surface; a third surface; a fourth surface; a fifth surface; and a sixth surface, in which on one of the first surface to the sixth surface, a recessed portion is formed and a connection terminal portion is formed in an inner surface of the recessed portion, one of the plural electronic components or the plural cables is mounted on or connected to the connection terminal portion, the recessed portion is formed, in a site where the first surface and the sixth surface cross each other, from the second surface toward the third surface, the recessed portion having a wall surface parallel to the second surface, and one of the electronic components is mounted.

Abstract: An endoscope device includes a processor configured to calculate light source control information based on first information regarding a scope and second information regarding a light source device, and to control a light source of the light source device based on the light source control information. The second information includes a ratio of an amount of light emitted from a distal end of a reference scope to an amount of light emitted from the light source device to the reference scope.

Abstract: A medical support system includes a processor. The processor acquires examination status information about a status of an endoscopy using an endoscope. The processor determines a need for a sedative based on the examination status information.

Abstract: An imaging system according to the present disclosure has a camera unit and a control unit that are connected via a transmission cable having a power signal line and a video signal line. The camera unit includes an imaging element and a selector circuit. The control unit includes a supply voltage control circuit, a feedback value measurement circuit, and an arithmetic circuit that calculates a resistance value R3 related to a resistance value R1 of the video signal line and a resistance value R2 of the power signal line from the supply voltage Vctrl, the feedback voltage Vfb and the feedback current Ifb, and calculates a drive voltage Vcis based on the resistance value R2, the supply current Ictrl, and the supply voltage Vctrl.

Abstract: An endoscope system is provided in which a scope and a control unit are communicably connected, wherein the control unit includes a reference clock generation circuit configured to generate a reference clock, and a superimposed signal generation circuit configured to generate a transmission signal in which data is multiplexed by changing a duty ratio of the reference clock, and the scope includes a high-speed clock generation circuit configured to generate a high-speed clock having a higher frequency from the transmission signal, a counter circuit configured to determine the duty ratio of the transmission signal in synchronization with the high-speed clock, and a data determination circuit configured to demodulate the data based on the duty ratio determined by the counter circuit.

Abstract: An insertion support system includes a processor. The processor acquires endoscopy status information including at least one of an endoscopic image, insertion section shape information, and operation recognition information. In the processor, at least one of input pain information and endoscopy status information is input, and pain situation information is acquired upon recognition of a pain situation. The processor acquires examination condition information including at least one of endoscope kind information, patient information, and past examination information, the endoscope kind information being information about a kind of endoscope insertion section used for endoscopy, the patient information being information about patient attributes, and the past examination information being information about past endoscopies. The processor generates insertion support information according to the pain situation information, the endoscopy status information, and the examination condition information.

Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires a simultaneously captured image group including a plurality of endoscopic images in which the same subject is imaged in a simultaneous imaging mode, and at least one of an imaging method or an image processing method is different from each other. A display image generator generates a display image and causes the display device to display the display image. The display image generator can change the number of endoscopic images to be displayed from the simultaneously captured image group.

Abstract: A control device includes a processor. The processor controls an image sensor to read out first imaging signals in a first readout period, the first imaging signals being signals from a first quantity of pixels, and read out second imaging signals in a second readout period, the second imaging signals being signals from a second quantity of pixels, the second quantity being smaller than the first quantity, the second readout period being shorter than the first readout period. The processor controls a light source to emit first illumination light in a first exposure period before the first readout period, and emit second illumination light in a second exposure period before the second readout period. The processor generates a display image from the first imaging signals. The processor generates a support image from the second imaging signals. The processor generates support information based on the support image.

Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires a medical image. An item recording unit records a plurality of items representing options for examination results. An item identifying unit identifies a display item group including one or more items from a plurality of items that can be included in an input screen. A display screen generation unit displays an input screen that is for a user to enter an examination result on the medical image and in which one or more items included in the display item group are arranged. An operation reception unit that receives a selection operation for a displayed item.

Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source including a first electrode to which a current is applied, a first light emitter configured to emit light by the current applied to the first electrode, and a first heat release region configured to release heat generated in the first light emitter; a second light source including a second electrode to which a current is applied, a second light emitter configured to emit light in a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first light emitter, by the current applied to the second electrode, and a second heat release region configured to release heat generated in the second light emitter; and a heat release portion electrically-connected with the first electrode, electrically-insulated from the second electrode, and thermally connected to the first heat release region and the second heat release region.

Abstract: An image generation device that generates an image of a subject includes a processor configured to generate an ultrasonic image based on a reflected ultrasound signal, generate a photoacoustic image based on a photoacoustic wave signal, and generate an estimated photoacoustic image based on the photoacoustic image and the ultrasonic image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to receive a picked-up image of a swallowing motion in a swallowing test in which a swallow object is provided to a subject to observe the swallowing motion, detect a color of the swallow object in the picked-up image, and perform processing for improving an image quality of the picked-up image according to a detection result of the color of the swallow object.

Abstract: An insertion instrument comprises an insertion section including a distal end portion, a bending portion, and a flexible tube portion. The distal end portion includes an opening, an objective lens, a first conduit, and a second conduit connected to the first conduit, the second conduit extending in a direction other than the longitudinal direction, the second conduit located distally relative to the first conduit. A space between a side surface of the objective lens and a side surface of the opening in the distal end surface defines a third conduit, the third conduit connected to the second conduit.

Abstract: A conduit connection device comprises a plurality of fluid circulation lines, each of the plurality of fluid circulation lines having a conduit, a plurality of relay fluid circulation lines, each of the plurality of relay fluid circulation lines having a relay fluid conduit, a plurality of conduit connectors, and interference components are attached to the conduit connectors such that, in a first connection combination, the conduit connectors on a first end of each of the plurality of fluid circulation lines cooperate with the conduit connectors on a first end of each of the plurality of relay fluid circulation lines to connect respective fluid circulation lines to respective relay fluid circulation lines, and wherein, in other than the first connection combination, the plurality of interference components prevent connecting at least one of the plurality of fluid circulation lines to at least one of the plurality relay fluid circulation lines.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope equipped with an insertion portion inserted into a subject; a heating element provided in the insertion portion and configured to generate heat; a temperature sensor configured to acquire heating element temperature data on temperature of the heating element; and a processor. The processor outputs initial surface temperature, which is data on insertion portion surface temperature at a first time point prior to a heating start time of the heating element, based on the heating element temperature data at the first time point and estimates changes in the insertion portion surface temperature over time after the first time point based on the heating element temperature data after the first time point using the initial surface temperature as an initial value of the insertion portion surface temperature.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes a first processor and a second processor. The first processor is configured to receive an information including a number of times an endoscope is used, and determine if the number of times the endoscope is used is equal to or larger than a predetermined number of times. The second processor is configured to overwrite a first image correction data with a second image correction data when the first processor determines the number of times the endoscope is used is equal to or larger than the predetermined number of times.

Abstract: An image display device includes: a plurality of circuits configured to process image signals received from an endoscope, and display an endoscope image on a display; a battery configured to supply electric power to the plurality of circuits; and a processor. The processor switches a control mode in which the electric power is supplied to the plurality of circuits, from a normal mode to any one of a plurality of standby modes in which power consumption is set to be lower than in the normal mode; and the processor switches the control mode, in a case where date and time are out of a preset scheduled use period, to a second standby mode in which the power consumption is set to be lower than in a first standby mode of a case where the date and time are within the scheduled use period.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a processor to control transmission/reception, a transmission/reception unit configured to transmit/receive wireless signals from a plurality of transmitting antennas using a plurality of receiving antennas that can transmit/receive the signals, a first sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire a first communication sensitivity of a first receiving antenna that receives main signals from the first transmitting antenna, and a second sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire second communication sensitivities of a plurality of antenna pairs each made up of any one of the plurality of transmitting antennas and any one of the plurality of receiving antennas for transmitting/receiving sub-signals, in which the plurality of receiving antennas are arranged at predetermined relative angles, and the second sensitivity acquisition unit calculates communication sensitivities of all the plurality of receiving antennas based on some of communication sensitivities of the plura