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.
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Publication number: 20260165568Abstract: An endoscope auxiliary information generation device includes an image acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire a plurality of images of an inside of a living body obtained by an imaging unit of an endoscope that images an inside of a lumen of a subject, a region-of-attention detection unit configured to detect a region of attention having a specific feature in the image, a relative position change detection unit configured to detect a change in a relative position between the imaging unit and a target object imaged by the imaging unit on the basis of the image, and an auxiliary information generation unit configured to generate auxiliary information for guiding the endoscope to be manipulated in accordance with consecutive changes in the relative position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2026Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Shunsuke OKUMURA, Akihiro KUBOTA, Tatsuya YUBA, Kazuo WATANABE, Osamu NONAKA
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Publication number: 20260165774Abstract: An insulation insert, an electrode carrier and an electrosurgical handheld instrument which can be used particularly efficiently and which is producible particularly cost-effectively. This is achieved by virtue of the insulation insert having a tube-like embodiment and being detachably couplable by way of a proximal end region to a distal end of a tube-like shaft of the handheld device and a central passage serving to accommodate an inner shaft of the handheld device. Two drilled holes for accommodating a respective electrode carrier tube of an electrode carrier are arranged opposite one another in a wall of the insulation insert and parallel to the central passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2026Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventors: Christoph KNOPF, Christian BROCKMANN, Jiri LAVICKA, Petr KOMINEK
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Publication number: 20260165570Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes a first tube connectable to a first ferrule of an endoscope, a second tube connectable to a second ferrule, a fluid supply assembly, a sensor, and a processor. The fluid supply assembly supplies fluid to the endoscope's internal conduit via the first and second tubes. The internal conduit includes a first conduit communicating with the first ferrule, a second conduit communicating with the second ferrule, and a third conduit, all merging at a merging point. The processor performs a first cleaning process to supply, when the first tube is disconnected from the first ferrule, fluid to the first and third conduits via the second conduit and the second tube connected to the second ferrule, determine an end timing of the first cleaning process based on a detection signal from the sensor, and perform a second cleaning process to supply fluid to the first and second tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2026Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Shio NOGAWA
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Publication number: 20260165571Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes a first tube connectable to a first ferrule of an endoscope, a second tube connectable to a second ferrule of the endoscope, a fluid supply assembly, and a controller. The controller is configured to drive the fluid supply assembly to supply fluid to a conduit of the endoscope via the first and second tubes, and control a pressure of liquid supplied to a second conduit to be equal to or less than a pressure of liquid supplied to a first conduit. The conduit includes the first conduit in communication with the first ferrule, and the second conduit in communication with the second ferrule, the first and second conduits converging into a third conduit leading to an opening at a distal end of an insertion portion of the endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2026Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Kohei SEKINO
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Publication number: 20260165572Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes a first tube connectable to a first ferrule of an endoscope, a second tube connectable to a second ferrule of the endoscope, a fluid supply assembly configured to supply fluid to a conduit of the endoscope via the first tube and the second tube, and a controller. The conduit includes a first conduit communicating with the first ferrule, and a second conduit communicating with the second ferrule, the first and second conduits converging into a third conduit having an opening at a distal end of an insertion portion of the endoscope. The controller is configured to control the fluid supply assembly to feed liquid to the first and second conduits at a first pressure, and then feed liquid to the first and second conduits at a second pressure higher than the first pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2026Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Ryo SATO
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Publication number: 20260165773Abstract: An insulation insert, an electrode carrier and an electrosurgical handheld instrument which can be used particularly efficiently and which is producible particularly cost-effectively. This is achieved by virtue of the insulation insert having a tube-like embodiment and being detachably couplable by way of a proximal end region to a distal end of a tube-like shaft of the handheld device and a central passage serving to accommodate an inner shaft of the handheld device. Two drilled holes for accommodating a respective electrode carrier tube of an electrode carrier are arranged opposite one another in a wall of the insulation insert and parallel to the central passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2026Publication date: June 18, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventors: Christoph KNOPF, Christian BROCKMANN, Jiri LAVICKA, Petr KOMINEK
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Patent number: 12653373Abstract: 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 pluraType: GrantFiled: September 13, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Ryosuke Sakurai
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Patent number: 12653502Abstract: An ultrasound transducer includes: an acoustic matching layer; plural piezoelectric elements arrayed on the acoustic matching layer; and plural blocks arranged adjacent to at least one of ends of the piezoelectric elements in an elevation direction of the piezoelectric elements, each of the plural blocks including an abrasive.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Sunao Sato
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Patent number: 12653380Abstract: An information processing system, including a processor comprising hardware. The processor being configured to: acquire an endoscope image from an endoscope, the endoscope image showing a papillary portion, determine route information of a lumen based on the endoscope image, the lumen being at least one of a biliary duct or a pancreatic duct, generate a display image based on a result of the determination of the route information of the lumen, the display image having a route guide image to provide guidance of a route of the lumen leading to the papillary portion superimposed on the endoscope image, and display the display image on a display.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Gono, Shotaro Takemoto, Shintaro Inoue, Hiroyuki Mino, Mark Lavender
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Patent number: 12653988Abstract: An Albarran deflector can be cleaned or reconditioned particularly thoroughly. This is achieved in that at least one flushing port is arranged on a drive body of the Albarran deflector. During cleaning or reconditioning, a flushing line can be connected to this flushing port. This defined access to the interior of the drive body or gear space allows targeted introduction of the flushing fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventors: Kevin Schulz, Irina Schmuck, Bastian Schroeder, Andreas Ruehs
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Patent number: 12653497Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2025Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 12653544Abstract: A multi-arm clip comprising: a central arm; a pair of outer arms configured to rotatably connect to the central arm; a slide pin configured to move along a longitudinal axis direction of the central arm to open or close the pair of outer arms using an outer arm slot defined by the pair of outer arms; a retention feature provided on either the central arm or each one of the pair of the outer arms, the retention feature configured to maintain a gripping force between the central arm and the pair of outer arms in an adjustable manner; and a force transmitter configured to move the slide pin along the longitudinal axis direction; wherein the pair of outer arms includes an outer arm slot, the outer arm slot configured to make the slide pin movable.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Shogo Shindo, Motoi Satake, Masaru Yuasa
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Patent number: 12653641Abstract: A surgical tool, which can be identified in a simple and at the same time unambiguous manner. This is achieved in that a surgical tool has an electrical conductor element having a tool-specific electronic signature. An unambiguous identification of the tool is possible via this tool-specific electronic signature. Each surgical tool of the claimed type thus has a signature, using which it can be unambiguously identified.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventor: Andreas Mückner
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Patent number: 12653519Abstract: A suture anchor including a base, a deformable portion, and a first passage and a second passage each formed in the base to allow a suture to pass therethrough, wherein the deformable portion is a cantilever state having a fixed end, which is disposed at a side of one end of the base, and a free end, which is disposed at a side of the other end of the base relative to the fixed end and which is separated by a space from the base, and the deformable portion is deformable in a direction in which the free end approaches the base, the first passage communicates the upper side and the lower side of the base, the second passage communicates the space and a side of the one end of the fixed end, and the deformable portion is deformed due to a tensile force applied to the suture.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Noriaki Yamanaka, Masahiro Fujii
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Publication number: 20260158292Abstract: A scanning optical fiber includes: an optical fiber; and a protruding member that is provided in a distal end region of the optical fiber, and that has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the optical fiber. The protruding member receives a flow of a fluid in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber toward a distal end of the optical fiber, and generates a force in a radial direction of the optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Takumi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20260157607Abstract: A medical control device includes: a memory configured to store an association between scene information regarding an observation scene using a medical observation device, user information regarding a user who uses the medical observation device, and an operation screen; and a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to perform selective switching between a first display mode and a second display mode, when a first display mode is selected, acquire the scene information and the user information, generate an operation image based on first association information, the scene information, and the user information, and output the operation image to a display, and when the second display mode is selected, output a preset operation image to the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Masahide YAMAKI
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Publication number: 20260158586Abstract: Provided is a waveform control device for a laser lithotripsy apparatus including: a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: pulse a laser beam; change an output of the pulsed laser beam; continuously emit the laser beam until a bubble generated from a laser emission end by an irradiation of the laser beam reaches a crushing target; and after the bubble generated from the laser emission end reaches the crushing target, reduce the output of the laser beam or turn off the irradiation of the laser beam during a period in which there is the bubble between the laser emission end and the crushing target, and the bubble does not couple the laser emission end and the crushing target.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Takumi HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20260160342Abstract: A plug for a stopcock as well as a stopcock and a method for manufacturing a plug, by means of which the aforementioned problems are solved. This is achieved by the fact that the plug, consisting of a cone part and a handle part, is formed in one piece. This plug can be rotatably mounted in an interior of a stopcock housing and has the cone part, which has a conical surface, and the handle part, which has a handle, lying one behind the other in the direction of an axis of rotation. The conical part also has a bore perpendicular to the axis of rotation, which can be designed as a fluid channel, whereby the conical surface can be brought into a sealing connection with an inner surface of the interior of the housing. The cone part is manufactured together with the handle part from a single workpiece by means of a turning and milling process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventors: Hannes MIERSCH, Volker BLANKE
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Publication number: 20260160992Abstract: A scanning optical fiber includes: a fiber core having a proximal region and a distal region; and a cover member formed of a single seamless member and covering at least a portion of the core. The cover member includes a tubular main section that covers at least a portion of the distal region excluding an end portion of the core, a protrusion protruding from a distal end of the main section at only one side of the core in a radial direction and arranged alongside the end portion in the radial direction, and a large diameter section provided at a proximal side relative to the distal end of the main section and folded in a longitudinal direction of the main section into a shape that protrudes radially outward.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2025Publication date: June 11, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Takumi HAYASHI
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Patent number: 12648765Abstract: An endoscope puncture needle including a tubular portion that includes first and second needle tip portions at a distal end thereof. The first needle tip portion includes a first needle tip at a distal end, and first and second blade surfaces extending towards the first needle tip. The second needle tip portion includes a second needle tip at a distal end, and third and fourth blade surfaces extending towards the second needle tip. The first blade surface and the third blade surface face in directions approaching each other, and the second blade surface and the fourth blade surface face in directions approaching each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Miho Tsubota, Hirofumi Eto, Shuntaro Hattori, Hiroyuki Morishita
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Publication number: 20260151104Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes: a plurality of ultrasonic transducers that are arranged along an arrangement direction from a first side toward a second side; a first flexible printed circuit including a first wiring group that extends from the plurality of ultrasonic transducers toward the first side and electrically connects the plurality of ultrasonic transducers and a plurality of signal lines configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals to and from the plurality of ultrasonic transducers; and a second wiring group that extends from the plurality of signal lines toward the second side; a second flexible printed circuit including a third wiring group that extends from the plurality of ultrasonic transducers toward the second side; and a connection portion that electrically connects the second wiring group and the third wiring group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2026Publication date: June 4, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Satoshi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20260151114Abstract: Systems and methods for an endoscope system are described. The endoscope system can include a processing apparatus including a processor including hardware. The processor can acquire structure data of an organ, acquire an endoscope image from an imager of an endoscope, and acquire an ultrasonic image from a probe of the endoscope. The processor can automatically control a probe position of the endoscope based on the structure data and the distal end position information of the endoscope in a first control mode, and automatically controls the probe position based on the ultrasonic image in a second control mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2026Publication date: June 4, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei OGAWA, Hidetoshi NISHIMURA, Mariko OTAGIRI, Yuji SAKAMOTO, Nao INOUE, Shohei HEMMI
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Publication number: 20260151017Abstract: An endoscopic diagnosis assistance method includes: detecting an acquisition position that is a position within a lumen whose image is acquired by an imaging portion provided at a distal end portion of an endoscope; detecting a speed at which the distal end portion of the endoscope is advanced into or retracted from the lumen; and determining, based on an inference model, whether or not the speed of the distal end portion of the endoscope passing through an attention region capable of being determined under a predetermined condition is within a predetermined speed range for the attention region relative to the detected acquisition position, wherein the inference model was obtained by machine learning using: previously captured image frames captured in multiple cases; and a result of determining the attention region for the previously captured image frames to annotate an examination speed appropriate for examining the attention region, as training data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2026Publication date: June 4, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Akihiro KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20260155244Abstract: An endoscopic examination assistance method includes calculating a remaining time until an examination of an internal organ using an endoscope ends based on a preset examination time for the examination and an elapsed time having elapsed after the examination has started, acquiring current position information indicating a current examination position in the internal organ, and generating and outputting an examination time table including a scheduled examination time for each of a plurality of sections in the internal organ using the remaining time and the current position information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2026Publication date: June 4, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Taketo TSUKIOKA, Osamu NONAKA, Shunsuke OKUMURA, Kai TANAKA
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Patent number: 12647700Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Yusuke Yabe
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Patent number: 12642426Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Shu Kambe, Ryota Yanagawa, Kosuke Kishi, Tatsuya Higuchi
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Patent number: 12642505Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Yuya Kumata
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Publication number: 20260144550Abstract: A treatment device includes an indwelling device including a treatment portion, and a tubular member including a proximal-end opening and in which a proximal-end portion of the treatment portion is disposed. The treatment device further includes an actuator including a connector releasably connected to a proximal-end portion of the treatment portion, and a power transmission member connected to the connector for moving the connector. The treatment portion can be fixed with respect to the tubular member when the power transmission member is retracted such that connector pulls the proximal-end portion of the treatment portion in a proximal direction to a predetermined position. The treatment device also includes a regulation portion for regulating a displacement of the connector in a direction separating from a longitudinal axis of the tubular member in the state in which the connector pulls the proximal-end portion towards the predetermined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2026Publication date: May 28, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshinori TAMURA, Toshihiro YOSHII, Motoi SATAKE
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Publication number: 20260144563Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2025Publication date: May 28, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuaki HASEGAWA
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Publication number: 20260144436Abstract: A method for cleaning a surgical instrument, the method including pre-cleaning the surgical instrument in a transport trolley with a pre-cleaning fluid while the surgical instrument is being transported to a processing device for cleaning the surgical instrument; and subsequent to the pre-cleaning, cleaning the surgical instrument using the processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2026Publication date: May 28, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbHInventor: Sascha ESCHBORN
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Publication number: 20260144549Abstract: A tissue closure method comprises grasping a first portion of a tissue between a first arm and a central arm, restricting a sliding of a first slider while grasping the first portion, the first slider configured to open and close the first arm relative to the central arm, grasping a second portion of the tissue between a second arm and the central arm while restricting the sliding of the first slider, indwelling the first arm, the second arm, and the central arm in a body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2026Publication date: May 28, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Masaru YUASA, Motoi SATAKE, Toshinori TAMURA, Shogo SHINDO
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Patent number: 12639837Abstract: A display processing unit causes a display device to display an endoscopic image of a living tissue in a somatic cavity captured by an endoscope. An operation reception unit receives a user operation that is performed so as to set an area of interest in the endoscopic image. An area-of-interest setting unit sets the area of interest in the endoscopic image based on the user operation. A three-dimensional information acquisition unit acquires three-dimensional shape information of the living tissue captured by the endoscope. A virtual surface derivation unit derives three-dimensional shape information of a virtual surface in the area of interest from three-dimensional shape information of an area different from the area of interest. A size information identification unit identifies information concerning a size of the virtual surface from the three-dimensional shape information of the virtual surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignees: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, NATIONAL CANCER CENTERInventors: Tatsuya Nakamura, Daichi Watanabe, Kazunari Hanano, Keigo Matsuo, Taku Sakamoto, Ichiro Oda
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Patent number: 12635887Abstract: The system includes a memory that stores a trained model, and a processor. The processor acquires at least one treatment image including an image in which at least one energy device and at least one biological tissue are captured. The processor acquires information regarding an amount of energy supply, the information regarding an energy output setting of the energy device. The processor estimates, based on the treatment image, the information regarding the amount of energy supply, and the trained model, estimated remaining heat information regarding an amount of heat or a temperature of the energy device. The processor causes a notification section to make a notification based on the estimated remaining heat information.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takeo Uchida, Hideyuki Kasahara, Yoshitaka Honda, Kazue Tanaka, Takeshi Arai
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Patent number: 12636016Abstract: An endoscope clip can include an arm portion that can move into the following configurations: a closed configuration, a first open configuration in which the pair of arms are separated at a first distance, and a second open configuration in which the pair of arms are separated at a second distance larger than the first distance. The endoscope clip can also include an operation wire and a restriction portion configured to restrict movement of the operation wire to fix the arm portion in one of the possible configurations.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Kensuke Uesaka, Megumi Minosawa, Yuya Hidaka, Naoki Fujikawa
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Patent number: 12636121Abstract: A system for supporting a surgical instrument relative to a body of a user can comprise a body-mountable portion for supporting an arm of the user, the body-mountable portion comprising a forearm support, an instrument support connected to the body-mountable portion to hold a handle of the surgical instrument proximate the forearm support, and a positioning device configured to hold a position of the instrument support relative to the body-mountable portion. A method for supporting a medical instrument against the body of a user can comprise placing an arm of the user in a support structure, attaching the support structure to the body, positioning the medical instrument in an instrument support connected to the support structure, and adjusting a positioning device to fix a position of the medical instrument relative to the body. In examples, the support structure can comprise an exoskeleton sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Nikhil M. Murdeshwar, Kester Julian Batchelor
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Patent number: 12635852Abstract: An endoscope including: a shaft assembly; and a handle assembly. The shaft assembly includes: a fiber tube; an outer shaft tube arranged around the fiber tube; and a support proximally extending from the outer shaft tube. The handle assembly is arranged around the support, and an electrical connection is arranged on an outer surface of the support extending from a proximal end of the support in a distal direction such that the electrical connection is arranged at least in part between the support and the handle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbHInventor: Alrun Thuemen
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Patent number: 12635864Abstract: A bending tube of an insertion appliance includes a first region including a first plurality of slits, a second region provided proximally relative to the first region and including a second plurality of slits, and a guiding surface on an inner circumferential surface of the bending tube, the guiding surface extending in a circumferential direction, and including a channel configured to slidably house a wire. Each slit of the first plurality of slits is at different position in the circumferential direction, and at different positions in a longitudinal direction. Each slit of the second plurality of slits is provided at different position in the circumferential direction, and at different position in the longitudinal direction. The first plurality of slits is distributed over a first angle in the circumferential direction, and the second plurality of slits is distributed over a second angle smaller than the first angle in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.Inventors: Satoshi Horie, Eijiro Sato
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Patent number: 12636080Abstract: A laser scanning method that is a method for scanning a laser beam emitted from a distal end of an optical fiber in a liquid medium. The laser scanning method includes emission of a pulsed laser beam from the distal end in the medium, wherein the emission of the pulsed laser beam includes: generating a bubble that is to come into contact with the distal end and an operation member by means of the laser beam emitted from the distal end, the operation member being disposed only at one side of the distal end in a radial direction of the optical fiber; and contracting the bubble by stopping the emission of the laser beam from the distal end.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Yuhei Takata, Takumi Hayashi
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Patent number: 12639806Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Nao Inoue, Shuma Sasaki, Mitsunori Kubo
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Patent number: 12635862Abstract: An endoscope including: an optical filter arrangement having: a holder; and an optical filter having one of different filter properties in different directions or multiple optical filters with different filter properties, the optical filter being arranged in the holder to rotate about an axis of rotation in at least one beam path of the endoscope in a direction of light incidence in or behind an objective of the endoscope and in front of an image capturing unit or an eyepiece; wherein the optical filter arrangement is configured to change from a first filter property to a second filter property when the optical filter is rotated by 90° about the axis of rotation from a first target rotational position to a second target rotational position.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2024Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventor: Jianxin Zhao
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Patent number: 12635993Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for securing an elongated instrument within a control device used to extend the elongated instrument. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a control device configured to facilitate extension of an elongated instrument to a target location. A port within an end of the control device is configured to compressably engage sides of the elongated instrument to secure the elongated instrument to move with the control device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems CorporationInventors: David A. Herrin, Christopher R. Ralph
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Publication number: 20260137407Abstract: An endoscopic surgical device includes: a sheath; a forceps section protruding from a cover provided at a distal end of the sheath and including a pair of openable-closable forceps components; an operable member that is connected to a proximal end of the forceps section, that opens the forceps components when moved forward in a longitudinal direction, and that closes the forceps components when moved rearward; and a flow-path formation member having a through-hole through which the operable member extends and having a first liquid delivery hole constituted by a gap between the through-hole and the operable member and a second liquid delivery hole constituted by a gap between the flow-path formation member and an inner peripheral surface of the cover. The operable member is provided with a large-diameter section that abuts on the flow-path formation member when the operable member is moved forward to block the first liquid delivery hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2026Publication date: May 21, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki KURIKI
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Publication number: 20260137268Abstract: A bending tube includes a first tubular member including a first tubular opening and a second tubular member including a second tubular opening. The first tubular member includes a first end portion, a first hole, and a projection on a surface of the first end portion around a periphery of a first end of the first hole. The second tubular member includes a second end portion, a second hole, and a turning shaft projecting from a periphery of a first end of the second hole. The first end portion overlaps the second end portion and the turning shaft is seated in the first hole to connect the first tubular member to the second tubular member. The projection on the surface of the first end portion contacts a surface of the second end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2026Publication date: May 21, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventor: Norimitsu NAGAYAMA
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Publication number: 20260137475Abstract: A method for handling of a surgical instrument in a healthcare facility during a reprocessing cycle. The method including: reprocessing the surgical instrument in at least one reprocessing apparatus for cleaning the surgical instrument, transporting the cleaned surgical instrument from the at least one reprocessing apparatus to a storage cabinet with a transport container comprising at least one first wall having a first inner surface defining a first storage space for accommodating the surgical instrument, and storing the transported surgical instrument in a storage cabinet comprising at least one second wall having a second inner surface defining a second storage space for accommodating the surgical instrument. Wherein at least a portion of the first inner surface and second inner surface of the storage cabinet and the transport container is an antimicrobial surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2026Publication date: May 21, 2026Applicant: OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbHInventors: Dennis AEHLIG, Stefan SCHROEDER
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Patent number: 12629012Abstract: A method for operating a heating system of an endoscope. The endoscope including a heating element and a temperature sensor in a distal region of the endoscope and a supply unit outside of the endoscope, the supply unit being connected to the heating element and the temperature sensor, wherein the supply unit activates and deactivates a power supply for the heating element on a basis of a temperature measurement value ascertained by the temperature sensor using two-state control, and a monitoring unit including a monitoring circuit which is powered by the power supply for the heating element. The method including: monitoring, with the monitoring circuit, the temperature sensor for a malfunction; and interrupting the power supply to the heating element if the malfunction of the temperature sensor is determined.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IRE GMBHInventors: Thorsten Juergens, Sven Pabst, Sebastian Jungbauer
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Patent number: 12629168Abstract: An energy treatment device includes a sheath including a hollow portion, a fixed handle provided at a proximal end of the sheath, a probe provided in the hollow portion, a movable handle including a jaw having a recessed portion along a rotation axis of the movable handle extending in a direction orthogonal to the central axis, a metal member provided at a position including the rotation axis, and a preventing member which prevents the metal member from falling out from its position. The sheath extends along a central axis of the energy treatment device and includes an attaching portion by which the movable handle is attached to a position offset from the central axis, the metal member is provided around the rotation axis such that the jaw is rotatable with respect to the sheath, and the prevention member is fixed to the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2024Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Minoru Katsumata
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Patent number: 12629140Abstract: A main body for a manual surgical instrument and a manual surgical instrument, in which tools or access articles can be guided in a straightforward way through a channel, and by means of which at the same time a sufficiently large irrigation flow can be delivered through the channel. This is achieved in that two irrigation bores, which extend through a wall of a main body of a manual surgical instrument, are directed onto an upper region of a cross section of a channel running axially through the main body. In this case, the bores are arranged transversely with respect to the channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventors: Kevin Schulz, Irina Schmuck, Bastian Schroeder, Andreas Ruehs
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Patent number: 12629219Abstract: A processing system includes a processor including hardware. The processor acquires an endoscope image in which a duodenal papilla including an oral protrusion is imaged, estimates a depth map of a region including the duodenal papilla from the endoscope image, estimates a summit line of the oral protrusion from the estimated depth map, and performs display processing so as to superimpose a guide display based on the estimated summit line on the endoscope image.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Naohiro Takazawa, Hidetoshi Nishimura
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Patent number: 12629007Abstract: A bending operation mechanism includes a bending operation member configured to bend a bending portion, a wire pulling member configured to rotate along with rotation of the bending operation member, a lock operation member supported to a rotational axis, a cam member having a cam surface and integrally provided with the lock operation member, and a brake member having a cam follower surface capable of sliding relative to the cam surface. The cam member moves along with rotation of the lock operation member. The brake member moves in a direction in which a contact surface contacts a circumference of the wire pulling member as the cam follower surface slides on the cam surface in accordance with movement of the cam member.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Motohiko Suzuki, Takuto Yoshinaga, Tsukasa Ota, Wataru Matsuura, Keita Mitsuhashi
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Patent number: 12629003Abstract: An assembly can include a first component having at least one drainage channel and at least one fluid channel. The assembly can also include a second component having at least one drainage channel and at least one fluid channel. The assembly can also include a quick-connect coupling. The quick-connect coupling can be configured to couple the first component and the second component, fluidically connect the at least one drainage channel of the first component to the at least one drainage channel of the second component, and fluidically connect the at least one fluid channel of the first component to the at least one fluid channel of the second component.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPInventors: Joey Magno, Yasuaki Kasai