LEAK TESTER AND ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSOR

Title:

LEAK TESTER AND ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSOR

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/121171

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

At the time of supplying air to a space 32 in an endoscope 2 by connecting an air supply pipe line 51 to the space, and performing leak determination on the basis of a change of inner pressure of the endoscope 2 due to the air, a surface temperature T of the endoscope 2, said surface temperature being measured by means of a temperature measuring unit 6, is maintained at a temperature Tt by means of an energy supply control wherein far-infrared rays are applied to the surface of the endoscope 2 from a far-infrared ray irradiation unit 60, said temperature Tt being the temperature at which the leak determination is started.

Inventors:

TOMITA MASAHIKO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2015/079178

Publication Date:

August 04, 2016

Filing Date:

October 15, 2015

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORP (JP)

International Classes:

A61B1/00; A61B1/12; G02B23/24

Foreign References:

JPH07151637A	1995-06-16
JP2007273875A	2007-10-18
JP2000306876A	2000-11-02
JP2005091042A	2005-04-07
JP2014161737A	2014-09-08
JP2011191157A	2011-09-29

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