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EP0025958A2
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Endoscope apparatus having a duplex transmission function
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1980-09-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2000-09-12
Abstract
Abstract Data transmission/reception devices (6d, 6e, 6f) are provided in endoscope (2), photographic attachment (1) and light source unit (3). The data transmission/reception devices are connected with one another by two-way data transmission lines (9d, 9e, 9f).
Inventors
- 👤 Shinichiro Hattori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-10-23 12:12
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B1/00; A61B1/00002; A61B1/00059; A61B1/00004; A61B1/00006; A61B1/00011; A61B1/00025; A61B1/00036; A61B1/00039; A61B1/00042; A61B1/04; A61B1/045; A61B1/06; A61B1/0655; A61B1/00043; A61B1/00055; A61B1/12; A61B1/128
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
(1). A data transmission system for an endoscope apparatus characterized by comprising: data transmission/reception devices (6a, 6b, 6c; 6d, 6e, 6f) provided severally in at least two of an endoscope (2), a photographic attachment (1), and a light source unit (3); and two-way data transmission lines (9a, 9b, 9c; 9d, 9e, 9f) provided between said data transmission/ reception devices.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
(2). A data transmission system for an endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said data transmission/reception device (6d) provided in said photographic attachment (1) includes an input port connected to release switch (10a), a film type detector (11) for detecting a film type code, an exposure calculator for calculatig an exposure amount of a film, a counter (17) for counting frames of the film, and a shutter-full-open detector for detecting a full-open of the shutter, and an output port connected to an auto- exposure display (21) and a display (101) for displaying the number of trames of the film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
107 words
(3). A data transmission system for an endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said data transmission/reception device (6e) provided in said endoscope (2) includes an input port connected to an air-feed switch (24), a water-feed switch (25), a suction switch (26), an feed-gas changing switch (27), and a filter insertion switch (28), an input port connected to a temperature measuring circuit (33), a pH measuring circuit (34), air-pressure measuring circuit (35), and a body-pressure measuring circuit (36); and an input port connected to an observation light quantity adjusting signal generator (40), an air-feed quantity adjusting signal generator (41) and a feed-water pressure adjusting signal generator (42).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
(4). A data transmission system for an endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said data transmission/reception device (6e) of said endoscope (2) includes an output port connected to an air-feed control valve action indicating means (47), a suction valve action indicating means (49), and a display (51) for displaying at least measured valves.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
(5). A data transmission system for an endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said data transmission/reception device (6f) of said light source unit (3) includes an input port connected to an air valve action detector (52), a suction valve action detector, a charging-over detector (58), an automatic exposure detector (59), and an optical path switching-over detector (60).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
(6). A data transmission system for an endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 or 5 wherein said data transmission/reception device (6f) of said light source unit (3) includes an output port connected to an electronic flash (74), a filter driving circuit (71), an air-feed valve device (64), a water-feed valve device
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
(68), a suction valve device, an observation light source circuit (92, 93) and a display (76).
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