ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM

• US 20090124855A1
• Filed: 01/15/2009
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Urakawa, Tsutomu
• Application Number:
  US12/354,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20090124855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/109
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0004 for electronic operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00059 provided with identification means for the endoscope
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00066 Proximal part of endoscope body, e.g. handles A61B1/0052 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00105 characterised by modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/04 combined with photographic or television appliances
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 23/2484 Arrangements in relation to a camera or imaging device processing or control of video signals generated by an endoscope H04N23/60, H04N23/70

Abstract

An endoscopic system of the present invention includes an endoscope having an input portion, a monitor which displays an image taken with the endoscope, and an observation apparatus which is detachably attached to the endoscope, and which, when connected to the endoscope, automatically displays on the monitor a setting view on which a setting can be made through the input portion.

Claims

1. An endoscopic system comprising:

an endoscope having an input portion;

a monitor which displays an image taken with the endoscope;

an observation apparatus to which the endoscope is detachably attached, and which, when connected to the endoscope, automatically displays on the monitor a setting view on which a setting can be made through the input portion.

2. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, wherein command buttons for inputting various sorts of information are displayed on the operation view from the input portion.

3. The endoscopic system according to claim 2, wherein the observation apparatus displays a software keyboard on the operation view through which characters can be input on a screen by the input portion according to a selection from the command buttons.

4. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, wherein the endoscope includes:

an operation portion; and

an insertion portion which is detachably attached to the operation portion, and in which identification information is recorded, and

wherein when the operation portion and the insertion portion are connected to each other, the identification information is outputted to the observation apparatus to be automatically displayed in the setting view.

5. The endoscopic system according to claim 2, wherein the endoscope includes:

an operation portion; and

an insertion portion which is detachably attached to the operation portion, and in which identification information is recorded, and

wherein when the operation portion and the insertion portion are connected to each other, the identification information is outputted to the observation apparatus to be automatically displayed in the setting view.

6. The endoscopic system according to claim 3, wherein the endoscope includes:

an operation portion; and

an insertion portion which is detachably attached to the operation portion, and in which identification information is recorded, and

wherein when the operation portion and the insertion portion are connected to each other, the identification information is outputted to the observation apparatus to be automatically displayed in the setting view.

7. The endoscopic system according to claim 3, wherein the observation apparatus has a recording device, and

the recording device can record character information inputted through the software keyboard along with the image taken with the endoscope.

8. The endoscopic system according to claim 7, wherein the recording device records the identification information along with the endoscopic image taken with the endoscope.

9. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, wherein the input portion is a pointing device.

10. The endoscopic system according to claim 2, wherein the input portion is a pointing device.

11. The endoscopic system according to claim 3, wherein the input portion is a pointing device.

12. The endoscopic system according to claim 4, wherein the input portion is a pointing device.

13. The endoscopic system according to claim 7, wherein the input portion is a pointing device.

14. The endoscopic system according to claim 8, wherein the input portion is a pointing device.

15. The endoscopic system according to claim 3, wherein the software keyboard is a touch panel which can be set on the screen in addition to the input portion.

16. The endoscopic system according to claim 4, wherein the software keyboard is a touch panel which can be set on the screen in addition to the input portion.

17. The endoscopic system according to claim 7, wherein the software keyboard is a touch panel which can be set on the screen in addition to the input portion.

18. The endoscopic system according to claim 8, wherein the software keyboard is a touch panel which can be set on the screen in addition to the input portion.

19. The endoscopic system according to claim 9, wherein the software keyboard is a touch panel which can be set on the screen in addition to the input portion.