ENDOSCOPE UNIT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope unit for rapidly executing an action for normally lighting a lamp by noting a cause of turning off the lamp or a decrease in a light amount to a user. SOLUTION: This endoscope unit comprises the lamp 22 for irradiating an illumination light for illuminat...

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Main Authors NIIDA KOICHI, IWASAKI TOMOKI, YAJIMA MANABU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.09.2002
Edition7
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
SURGERY
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope unit for rapidly executing an action for normally lighting a lamp by noting a cause of turning off the lamp or a decrease in a light amount to a user. SOLUTION: This endoscope unit comprises the lamp 22 for irradiating an illumination light for illuminating a subject, and a power supply means 24 for supplying a power for lighting the lamp. Further, the endoscope unit comprises a condition detecting means disposed at the lamp 22 or near the lamp 22 to detect predetermined conditions regarding the lamp, and a noting means for noting the state of the lamp to an operator based on the detected result of the detecting means. The detecting means is a temperature detecting means for detecting whether or not the temperature of the lamp 22 or near the lamp 22 is a predetermined temperature or higher, or a power detecting means 51 for detecting whether or not a current or a voltage to be supplied from the power supply means to the lamp is below a predetermined current value or below a predetermined voltage value.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20010139135