Bending control device

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2007-03-27

2011-10-18

Smith, Philip (Department: 3779)

Surgery

Endoscope

Having flexible tube structure

C600S117000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08038605

ABSTRACT:
At a distal end side of an insertion portion of an endoscope, an image pickup portion for capturing an image and a bending portion capable of being bent are provided, and a bending instruction operation portion executes a bending instruction operation for the bending portion. According to the bending instruction operation by the bending instruction operation portion, the bending control portion executes the controlling bending of the bending portion. As a bending control mode for executing the operation of the bending control by the bending control portion, a first bending control mode for bending control corresponding to a first image captured by the image pickup portion and a second bending control mode for bending control displaying the distal end side of the insertion portion are provided.

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