Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope device and navigation method for endoscope device
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜装置及内窥镜装置的导航方法
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Application No.: US10498155Application Date: 2003-07-31
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Publication No.: US07641609B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Junichi Ohnishi , Shunya Akimoto , Eiichi Kobayashi , Fumihiro Asano , Hiroshi Moriya
- Applicant: Junichi Ohnishi , Shunya Akimoto , Eiichi Kobayashi , Fumihiro Asano , Hiroshi Moriya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2002-223618 20020731
- International Application: PCT/JP03/09733 WO 20030731
- International Announcement: WO2004/010857 WO 20040205
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04
Abstract:
In an endoscope device 1 in accordance with the present invention, a navigation screen 51 is displayed. The navigation screen 51 includes: an endoscopic live image display area 52 in which a live image produced by a bronchoscope 2 is displayed; a VBS image display area 53 in which a VBS image is displayed; and a thumbnail VBS image area 54 in which images constructed by reducing VBS images that represent all branch points on a route are displayed as thumbnail VBS images representing branch points. Consequently, an endoscope can be reliably navigated to reach a target region using guide images that represent actual branch positions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050020878A1 Endoscope Public/Granted day:2005-01-27
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