Surgery – Endoscope – With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Sweet, Thomas J (Department: 3779)
Surgery
Endoscope
With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore
C600S104000, C600S114000, C600S145000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07998058
ABSTRACT:
An endoscope system comprises an endoscope, medical instrument, operating unit, first and second drive units, and control unit. The endoscope comprises a flexible insertion tube being inserted into an object being examined. The medical instrument is partially inserted into the object through the insertion tube and the operating unit is used for commanding the medical instrument to operate. The first drive unit drives the medical instrument to enable an inserting and pulling-out operation of the medical instrument with the object through the insertion tube. The second drive unit drives the medical instrument to enable the medical instrument to perform a therapeutic operation in the object. The control unit controls drive of the first and second driving devices depending on both an operated state of the operating device and an interference state caused between the medical instrument and the insertion tube when the instrument is actually used.
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Komiya Takaaki
Kura Yasuhito
Murakami Kazushi
Nishiie Takehiro
Onuki Yoshio
Henderson Ryan
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation
Scully , Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
Sweet Thomas J
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