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

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an insertion section; a flow passage; a closed space forming member configured to form a closed space in at least a portion of an intestine; a pump configured to apply pressurization and depressurization to a liquid in the closed space a plurality of times through the flow passage in a state where the liquid is retained in the closed space; a flow passage allowing the liquid in the closed space to which the pressurization and the depressurization are applied the plurality of times through the flow passage to flow out to an outside of the intestine, and a liquid discharge opening.

Abstract: A medical procedure preparation guide apparatus includes one or more processors comprising hardware, wherein the one or more processors configured to: acquires an examination type which is a type of examination or treatment using medical equipment; searches a database for layout information about candidate equipment corresponding to the examination type, where the database stores layout information about spaces necessary for the examination or the treatment in relation to a plurality of sets of the medical equipment necessary for the examination or the treatment; and outputs the layout information about the candidate equipment including dynamic human body measurements information about a person concerned with the examination or the treatment using the medical equipment.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an insertion section including a distal end and a proximal end, the insertion section configured for insertion into a subject; an operation section main body connected to the proximal end of the insertion section and, the operation section main body configured to be grasped by a user. The operation section main body includes an operation knob and a switch button. The operation knob is rotatable about a center axis to move the distal end of the insertion section. The switch button is translatable in a translating direction. In a view in a longitudinal direction of the operation section main body, the center axis of the operation knob is configured to be tilted with respect to a direction that is perpendicular to each of the longitudinal direction of the operation section main body and the translating direction of the switch button.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hard coat film having excellent adhesion to a hard coat layer when a cycloolefin polymer film is used as a base material. The hard coat film of the present invention comprises a hard coat layer containing an ionizing radiation curable resin laminated on at least one surface of a cycloolefin polymer base film through a primer layer. This primer layer contains a modified polyolefin resin in which a polyolefin resin is graft-modified with an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a (meth)acrylic acid ester. In this modified polyolefin resin, the graft weight of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivative thereof is 0.4 to 7 wt. % when the amount of the modified polyolefin resin is taken as 100 wt. %.

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 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.

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.

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.

Abstract: A medical insertion equipment system comprises a capsule including an outer shell and an interior space, a disinfectant that is located in the interior space of the capsule, and a medical insertion instrument that includes an operation section, an insertion section configured for insertion into a subject, an insertion conduit located in the insertion section, and a fixture located in the operation section, the fixture including a body having a receiver space for holding at least a portion of the capsule, and wherein the insertion conduit extends along an insertion axis from a distal end side of the insertion section to a proximal end side of the insertion section, and wherein the fixture includes an opening in a surface of the receiver space, and wherein the opening is in fluid communication with the insertion conduit via a connecting conduit.

Abstract: An endoscope system, comprising: an endoscope including an insertion portion, an operation portion, and a connector configured to be connected to an external apparatus, wherein the insertion portion includes a bending portion and wherein the operation portion is connected to the insertion portion; a packaging material, wherein the packaging material contains at least the insertion portion or the operation portion in a sterile environment; and a dome-shaped portion formed in the packaging material, wherein the dome-shaped portion defines a space, and at least a distal section of the bending portion is located inside the space, where in a maximum bent position, the distal section of the bending portion does not contact an inner surface of the dome shaped portion, and wherein the connector is disposed outside of the packaging material.

Abstract: A sterile medical device package includes a packaging member having an interior space, and a disinfectant solution package located in a first section of the interior space. A second section of the interior space is configured to contain a sterile medical device. The disinfectant solution package is configured to contain a disinfectant solution. The packaging member is configured to form a first opening and the disinfectant solution package is configured to form a second opening. A part of the disinfectant solution package is fixed to the packaging member such that the second opening is formed in conjunction with forming the first opening.

Abstract: A hard coat film having excellent adhesion (particularly adhesion over time) to a hard coat layer when a cycloolefin polymer film is used as a base material. The hard coat film comprises a hard coat layer containing an ionizing radiation curable resin laminated on at least one surface of a cycloolefin polymer base film via a primer layer. The primer layer has an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) in the range of 0.5 nm to 15.0 nm, and a surface of the primer layer has a static friction coefficient in the range of 0.6 to 2.0.

Abstract: The vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, a motor generator having an output shaft, a clutch, a water pump, a coolant temperature sensor, and a controller. The clutch is located between the crankshaft and the output shaft. The water pump is configured to pump the coolant in conjunction with rotation of the crankshaft. The coolant temperature sensor is configured to detect a coolant temperature of the internal combustion engine. The clutch is switchable between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The controller includes processing circuitry. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the processing circuitry is capable of executing an engine stopping process of bringing the clutch into the disengaged state and stopping operation of the internal combustion engine. The predetermined condition includes that the coolant temperature detected by the coolant temperature sensor is equal to or lower than a first temperature.

Abstract: An endoscope comprising: an insertion portion; a raising base provided at a distal end of the insertion portion; a wire configured to move in a raising direction to raise the raising base; a biasing element attached to the wire and configured to apply to the wire a biasing force in the raising direction; and an operation portion coupled to a proximal end of the insertion portion, the operation portion including a switching mechanism having a first state and a second state. The switching mechanism is configured to switch between the first state and the second state. In the first state, the switching mechanism prevents the biasing force from moving the wire in the raising direction and, in the second state, the switching mechanism allows the biasing force to move the wire in the raising direction.

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.

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

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

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes a processor configured to carry out a reversal process on a side image of a subject picked up with an image pickup device, the reversal process reversing an order of a plurality of pixels located in the side image and arranged from a predetermined position in a radial direction, and cause a display apparatus to display a front image and the side image of the subject picked up with the image pickup device as a display image. The processor adjusts the timing at which the front image is displayed in such a way that the front image acquired simultaneously with the side image is displayed at a timing that accords with the timing at which the side image having undergone the reversal process is displayed on the display apparatus.