Surgery – Endoscope – Having flexible tube structure
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-25
2005-01-25
Leubecker, John P (Department: 3739)
Surgery
Endoscope
Having flexible tube structure
C600S117000, C600S424000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06846286
ABSTRACT:
An endoscope system is provided, including an endoscope having a flexible inserting tube to be inserted into a human body and a plurality of bending sensors distributed over the flexible inserting tube along the longitudinal direction thereof. Each of the bending sensors detects the local bending state of the flexible inserting tube at the location the bending sensor are provided. A computer adapted to receive data on the local bending state from each of the plurality of bending sensors is also provided. The computer generates a graphical image representing the geometrical configuration of the flexible inserting tube from the data on the local bending states. A monitor connected to the computer to display the graphical image generated by the computer.
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Enomoto Takayuki
Hashiyama Toshiyuki
Kawamura Motoko
Koizumi Naoshi
Matsushita Minoru
Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
Leubecker John P
PENTAX Corporation
The Jikei University School of Medicine
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