Title:
Insertion device
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6205535
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An insertion device includes a long and thin insertion section, a rotating housing that is provided to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a drive shaft that is connected to a motor rotating the rotating housing, and that transmits a rotation of the motor, a rotor that is provided at a distal-end side of the drive shaft and that is provided to be movable in relation to the rotating housing in axial direction of the insertion section, and that transmits the rotation to the rotating housing via a coating of the insertion section, a sensor that detects that the rotor moves a predetermined amount in either forward or backward direction relative to the axial direction of the insertion section, and a control unit that controls, according to the detection by the sensor, a state of the motor including a positive rotation, a negative rotation, and rotation halt.
Inventors:
Takashi Yamashita
Natori Yasuaki
Takashi Suzuki
Yoshitaka Umemoto
Keijiro Omoto
Fumiyuki Onoda
Natori Yasuaki
Takashi Suzuki
Yoshitaka Umemoto
Keijiro Omoto
Fumiyuki Onoda
Application Number:
JP2017538449A
Publication Date:
September 27, 2017
Filing Date:
October 12, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Olympus Endo Technology America Inc.
International Classes:
A61B1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2005328999A | ||||
| JP5211993A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kurata Masatoshi
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Naoki Kono
Tadashi Inoue
Ukai Ken
Shigeru Iino
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Naoki Kono
Tadashi Inoue
Ukai Ken
Shigeru Iino