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Granted Patent B2
US 8,631,684 · App. 13/618,297 · Granted Jan 21, 2014

Water leakage checking apparatus

Inventors: Aiko Kosugi (Sagamihara, JP); Akihisa Ogawa (Hachioji, JP); Masahiko Tomita (Hachioji, JP); Yoshitomo Yaguchi (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,631,684
App. No.
13/618,297
Granted
Jan 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A water leakage checking apparatus includes: a plurality of attachment portions for attaching an endoscope; a water leakage sensing portion that communicates with the plurality of attachment portions and simultaneously carries out a plurality of items of a water leakage check menu; and an endoscope information reading portion that reads endoscope information from the endoscope. Also, the water leakage checking apparatus includes: a control portion that determines an item of the water leakage check menu based on the read endoscope information, assigns the determined item of the water leakage check menu to one of the plurality of attachment portions, and outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying the assigned one of the attachment portions; and a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion.

Claims (21)

1. A water leakage checking apparatus comprising:

a plurality of attachment portions for attaching an endoscope;

a water leakage sensing portion that communicates with the plurality of attachment portions and simultaneously carries out a plurality of items of a water leakage check menu, the plurality of items being different from each other for the plurality of attachment portions;

an endoscope information reading portion that reads endoscope information from the endoscope;

a control portion that, in a state where the endoscope is not attached, determines an item of the water leakage check menu based on the endoscope information which corresponds to the endoscope from which the endoscope information is read, assigns a determined item of the water leakage check menu to one of the plurality of attachment portions, and outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying an assigned attachment portion; and

a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion to an outside of the water leakage checking apparatus in the state where the endoscope is not attached.

2. The water leakage checking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the notifying portion is a display, and

the display displays a name or a position of the assigned attachment portion.

3. The water leakage checking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the notifying portion is a lighting portion installed in each of the plurality of attachment portions, and

only the lighting portion installed in the assigned attachment portion illuminates or blinks.

4. The water leakage checking apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a connection sensing portion for sensing that the endoscope is connected to at least one of the plurality of attachment portions, wherein

the control portion determines, based on a sensing result from the connection sensing portion, whether or not the endoscope is connected to the assigned attachment portion, and

the notifying portion notifies an error if the control portion determines that the endoscope is connected to any of the plurality of attachment portions to which the item of the menu is not assigned.

5. The water leakage checking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of attachment portions includes an opening/closing portion that opens or closes a notch portion used for connection of the endoscope, and

the control portion opens only an opening/closing portion included in the assigned attachment portion.

6. The water leakage checking apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing portion in which each of the plurality of attachment portions is housed, and

the control portion controls to push out only the assigned attachment portion from the housing portion.

7. The water leakage checking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control portion pressurizes one of a plurality of conduits connected to the plurality of attachment portions to a first predetermined pressure and pressurizes another conduit to a second predetermined pressure which is higher than the first predetermined pressure.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036276/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2012
From: KOSUGI, AIKO; OGAWA, AKIHISA; TOMITA, MASAHIKO; YAGUCHI, YOSHITOMO
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 028992/0163 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2012056983 · Mar 19, 2012
Related Publication 20130008233A1 · Jan 10, 2013