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| 4C161 | ENDOSCOPES | |
| A61B1/00 -1/32 | ||
| A61B1/00-1/32 | AA | AA00 USE, REGION TO BE OBSERVED |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA05 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | |
| . Upper alimentary canal, e.g., stomach, duodenum | . . Esophagus | . . Small intestine | . Lower alimentary canal, e.g., large intestine | . . Rectum | . Biliary tract | . Bronchus | . Oral cavity | . . Dental mirrors | ||||
| AA11 | AA12 | AA13 | AA15 | AA16 | ||||||||
| . Ear | . Nose | . Pharynx | . Bladder, urethra | . Vagina, uterus | ||||||||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA28 | AA29 | AA30 | |||
| . Circulatory organs, e.g., heart | . . Blood vessel | . For brain surgery | . Abdominal cavity | . Joint | . Other regions | . Dilators | . Head mirrors | . For industrial use | . Others except for endoscopes | |||
| BB | BB00 OBTAINED IMAGES |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB10 | ||
| . Visible images | . . Direct-viewing images | . . Oblique-viewing images | . . Side-viewing images | . . Multiple images | . . . Stereoscopic viewing, stereoscope | . . Direction adjustable images | . Invisible images | . Recording of images, photographing | ||||
| CC | CC00 TRANSMISSION OF OBSERVATION IMAGES |
CC01 | CC02 | CC03 | CC04 | CC06 | CC07 | CC09 | CC10 | |||
| . Macroscopic direct observation | . Optical systems only | . . Using relay lenses, rod lenses, gradient index lenses | . . Using fiber optics | . Converting to video signals | . . Combined use with fiber optics | . Combined use of optical images and electronic images | . Others (photo taking only ) | |||||
| DD | DD00 INSERTION UNIT |
DD01 | DD02 | DD03 | DD04 | DD06 | DD07 | DD09 | DD10 | |||
| . Rigid endoscopes | . . With a bending function | . Flexible endoscopes, bendable endoscopes | . . Flexible endoscopes without a means of bending | . Semirigid endoscopes | . Capsule endoscopes | . Cover type endoscopes | . Others | |||||
| FF | FF00 FEATURE POINTS (ENDOSCOPE BODY) |
FF01 | FF02 | FF03 | FF04 | FF06 | FF07 | FF08 | ||||
| . Eyepiece unit | . . Connection to optical equipment | . . Eyepiece optical system | . . With a means of display | . Interconnector unit to a light source device | . . Connectors | . . . Connection to a fluid tube | ||||||
| FF11 | FF12 | FF14 | FF15 | FF16 | FF17 | |||||||
| . Gripper, operation unit | . . The shape of an operation unit or the layout of operation members | . capsule endoscope main body | . . With a means of movement, driving control | . . With a means of holding or ejecting medium | . . Exterior or form of the capsule | |||||||
| FF21 | FF22 | FF23 | FF24 | FF25 | FF26 | FF27 | FF28 | FF29 | FF30 | |||
| . Insertion part | . . Breaking stopper | . . Rigid sheaths | . . Flexible tube unit | . . . Flexible tube configuration | . . . . Flexible tube jacket | . . . . Braids (mesh tubes) | . . . . Flex (spiral tubes) | . . . Variable flexibility | . . Connection part | |||
| FF32 | FF33 | FF34 | FF35 | FF36 | FF37 | FF38 | FF39 | FF40 | ||||
| . . Bending tube unit | . . . Joint rings | . . . Bending tube jacket | . . Distal unit | . . . Balloons | . . . Hoods | . . . With means of cleaning or defogging observation windows | . . . Nozzles | . . . Objective optical system, lighting system | ||||
| FF41 | FF42 | FF43 | FF45 | FF46 | FF47 | FF50 | ||||||
| . Built-in elements | . . Air, water, gas pipes | . . Treating instrument insertion tubes, suction tubes, forceps channel devices | . . Signal wires (for video signals --> UU03) | . . Fiber optics | . . Other optical systems, e.g., lenses | . Others | ||||||
| GG | GG00 FEATURE POINTS (ACCESSORY DEVICES) |
GG01 | GG02 | GG04 | GG05 | GG06 | GG07 | GG08 | GG09 | GG10 | ||
| . External light source devices | . . Light source devices with built-in fluid supply or a means of suction | . Irrigation devices | . . Spraying irrigation water from a nozzle | . . . Rotating nozzles for cleaning | . . Immersing in irrigation water | . . With a means of irrigation into the inside of a built-in tube | . . Sterilization | . . Control of irrigation process | ||||
| GG11 | GG12 | GG13 | GG14 | GG15 | GG16 | GG17 | ||||||
| . Other accessories | . . Warmers | . . Instruments for housing, storing, or holding | . . Covers, protective cylinders | . . Treating instruments for endoscopes | . . Water-supply containers | . . Photographing equipment | ||||||
| GG22 | GG23 | GG24 | GG25 | GG26 | GG27 | GG28 | ||||||
| . . Insertion assistive equipment, guiding equipment | . . . Mouth pieces | . . . Guide tubes (GG25 takes precedence) | . . . Auxiliary instruments with balloons | . . . Dilators, bougies | . . . Trocars | . . . Accessories for capsule endoscopes | ||||||
| HH | HH00 FEATURE POINTS (OPERATION, FUNCTION) |
HH01 | HH02 | HH03 | HH04 | HH05 | HH08 | HH09 | ||||
| . Fluid operations | . . Air supply | . . Gas supply (inert gases) | . . Water supply, liquid supply | . . Suction | . . Perfusion to ensure the field of vision | . . Adjustment of the pressure of body cavity | ||||||
| HH12 | HH13 | HH14 | HH15 | |||||||||
| . . Fluid-switching operations | . . . Electrical | . . . Mechanical, or with movable members | . . . . Two-stage | |||||||||
| HH21 | HH22 | HH23 | HH24 | HH25 | HH26 | HH27 | HH28 | |||||
| . Treating instrument operations | . . Treating instrument introduction port | . . . Forceps plugs | . . Elevators for treating instruments | . . Operation unit for elevators | . . Operation wires, guide tubes | . . Automatic insertion-extraction of treating instruments | . Photographic operation | |||||
| HH31 | HH32 | HH33 | HH34 | HH35 | HH36 | HH37 | HH38 | HH39 | ||||
| . Bending operation | . . Bending by means of wires | . . . Operation levers, dials, pulleys | . . . . Locking mechanisms | . . . Operation wires | . . . Wire connection, operation unit side | . . . . Distal end side | . . . Prevention of wire from slacking | . . . Wire guide and mounting thereof | ||||
| HH42 | HH47 | |||||||||||
| . . Bending without wires | . . With a means of bending drive | |||||||||||
| HH51 | HH52 | HH53 | HH54 | HH55 | HH56 | HH57 | HH60 | |||||
| . Means of measurement, detection, diagnosis | . . Length, distance | . . Height, roughness | . . Light, color detection | . . Detection of insertion unit form or insertion position | . Means of treatment | . . Diathermy knife, electrosurgical knife | . Others | |||||
| JJ | JJ00 FEATURE POINTS (COMMON SUBJECT MATTER) |
JJ01 | JJ02 | JJ03 | JJ06 | JJ08 | JJ09 | JJ10 | ||||
| . Materials | . . Shape-memory alloys, superalloys | . . Synthetic resins | . Manufacturing method, assembling method | . Training tools, simulators | . A combination of other diagnostic devices (except for ultrasonic endoscope itself) | . . Virtual endoscope (virtual endoscope) | ||||||
| JJ11 | JJ12 | JJ13 | JJ14 | JJ15 | JJ16 | JJ17 | JJ18 | JJ19 | JJ20 | |||
| . Safety, maintenance of performance, protection | . . Insulation | . . Sealing, waterproofing | . . . Water proof caps | . . Measures against noise troubles | . . Radiation shielding | . Alarm, display, detection, sign | . Model identification, use of model data | . Information and communications (image information --> viewpoint UU) | . Others | |||
| LL | LL00 TYPE OR LOCATION OF PHOTOGRAPHING UNIT |
LL01 | LL02 | LL03 | LL05 | LL08 | LL10 | |||||
| . Using solid-state image sensors | . . Insertion unit, e.g., located at distal end | . . Located at operation unit | . Using image pick-up tubes | . Multiple imaging unit | . Others | |||||||
| MM | MM00 IMAGING SYSTEMS |
MM01 | MM02 | MM03 | MM04 | MM05 | MM06 | MM07 | MM09 | MM10 | ||
| . Monochromatic system | . Color system | . . Switching between frame and color sequential methods | . . Optical path color division, simultaneous method | . . Color pixels, e.g., mosaics, stripes | . . . Two colors | . . Multiple systems, selection or dealing thereof | . Featuring imaging scanning system | . . Mechanical | ||||
| NN | NN00 TARGET OF THE ART |
NN01 | NN03 | NN05 | NN07 | NN09 | NN10 | |||||
| . Imaging unit, lighting unit (viewpoints PP-SS) | . Transmission unit (viewpoint UU) | . Display unit, image receiving unit (viewpoints SS-XX: excluding UU) | . Recording unit, memory unit (viewpoint YY) | . Multiple scopes, dealing thereof | . Others | |||||||
| PP | PP00 FEATURE POINTS (IMAGING UNIT) |
PP01 | PP02 | PP03 | PP04 | PP06 | PP07 | PP08 | PP09 | PP10 | ||
| . Image sensor itself | . . Other than two-dimensional elements, e.g., line sensors | . . Pixel itself | . . With lighting unit | . Installation, support, or housing of image sensors | . . Pixel surface parallel to the direction of insertion | . . Pixel surface perpendicular or oblique to the direction of insertion | . . Movable (including rotation and vibration) | . . Shields | ||||
| PP11 | PP12 | PP13 | PP15 | PP19 | PP20 | |||||||
| . Imaging optical system, image-formation optical system | . . Control, adjustment (color, quantity of light, range) (viewpoint RR) | . . . Focus adjustment | . Means of cooling, insulating | . Detachable components | . Others | |||||||
| QQ00 FEATURE POINTS (LIGHTING UNIT) |
QQ01 | QQ02 | QQ03 | QQ04 | QQ06 | QQ07 | QQ08 | QQ09 | QQ10 | |||
| . Types of light | . . White light | . . Infrared ray | . . Ultraviolet ray, exciting light | . Light source inside insertion unit | . Multiple light sources | . Light source for passing through the body wall | . Control, adjustment, switching (viewpoint RR) | . Others | ||||
| RR | RR00 CONTROL, ADJUSTMENT OF LIGHT RECEIVING IMAGE OR ILLUMINATING LIGHT |
RR01 | RR02 | RR03 | RR04 | RR05 | RR06 | |||||
| . Objects to be controlled or adjusted (i.e., what) | . . Quantity of light, light intensity | . . Light-shielding period, light-emission period, timing | . . Colors, frequency bands, wavelength range | . . . Switching timing | . . Imaging range | |||||||
| RR11 | RR12 | RR13 | RR14 | RR15 | RR17 | RR18 | RR19 | RR20 | ||||
| . Control members, optical media (i.e., by what) | . . Liquid crystals | . . Polarization filters | . . Color filters, color mirrors | . . Light-shielding members, masks, diaphragms | . . Movable | . . . Rotation drives | . . . Vibration | . . . Able to shunt, bypassing optical media | ||||
| RR21 | RR22 | RR23 | RR24 | RR25 | RR26 | RR30 | ||||||
| . Control signals (based on what) | . . Video signals | . . Photometry signals | . . Output signals from other sensors | . . Model data, model characteristics | . . Synchronizing signals, setting signals | . Others | ||||||
| SS | SS00 FEATURE POINTS (IMAGING CIRCUITS, IMAGE OR SIGNAL PROCESSING CONTENT) |
SS01 | SS03 | SS04 | SS05 | SS06 | SS07 | SS08 | SS09 | SS10 | ||
| . Disposition or configuration of circuit boards | . Imaging circuits, image sensor driving circuits | . . Charge transfer, accumulation control. E.g., line transfer | . . . Driving pulse control, memory reading control | . . Electronic shutter, element shutter | . Adjustment of amplitude, gain, or sensitivity | . . Based on video signals, AGC | . . Individual color control, individual wavelength control | . . Individual pixel control, individual pixel-block control | ||||
| SS11 | SS12 | SS13 | SS14 | SS17 | SS18 | |||||||
| . A/D conversion, D/A conversion, sampling | . Waveform shaping | . Modulation | . Compression | . NTSC conversion | . Noise compensation processing | |||||||
| SS21 | SS22 | SS23 | SS30 | |||||||||
| . Operation processing (including image data) | . . Difference, differential | . . Addition, mean, smoothness | . Others | |||||||||
| TT | TT00 FEATURE POINTS (ADJUSTMENT OR CORRECTION OF PROJECTED IMAGES OR PICTURE IMAGES) |
TT01 | TT02 | TT03 | TT04 | TT05 | TT06 | TT07 | TT08 | TT09 | ||
| . Brightness, lightness | . Contrast, gradation | . Color, color tones, color balance | . . White balance | . Chroma | . Correction of shading | . Interpolation | . Prevention of moire or blooming | . Prevention of blurring | ||||
| TT12 | TT13 | TT15 | TT20 | |||||||||
| . Correction according to model types | . Correction according to colors | . Picture image processing for capsule endoscopes | . Others | |||||||||
| UU | UU00 FEATURE POINTS (VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION) |
UU01 | UU02 | UU03 | UU05 | UU06 | UU07 | UU08 | UU09 | UU10 | ||
| . Transmission media | . . Current, voltage | . . . Signal wires, e.g., length, layouts | . . Light | . . Radio waves | . Signal transmission for capsule endoscopes | . Remote transmission, transmission between units | . Improving transmission quality, compensation, noise reduction | . Others | ||||
| VV | VV00 FEATURE POINTS (CONFIGURATION OF DISPLAY UNIT) |
VV01 | VV02 | VV03 | VV04 | VV06 | VV10 | |||||
| . Configuration of display means, layouts | . . Placement on operation unit, viewfinders | . . Other than cathode-ray tubes, e.g., liquid crystals | . . A plurality of displays | . Video signal input unit, connectors, connections | . Others | |||||||
| WW | WW00 FEATURE POINTS (DISPLAY MODES, DISPLAY PROCESSING) |
WW01 | WW02 | WW03 | WW04 | WW05 | WW06 | WW07 | WW08 | WW09 | WW10 | |
| . Freezing, still images | . Extraction of interesting regions, specific areas | . . Enlargement, reduction | . Display concerning image synthesis, image addition | . . Display concerning image subtraction, image difference | . Image rotation or movement | . Contour enhancement | . Affected area enhancement, recognition, pseudo colors | . Restoration, e.g., color images + brightness images | . Simultaneous display of multiple images, screen separation | |||
| WW11 | WW12 | WW13 | WW14 | WW15 | WW16 | WW17 | WW18 | WW19 | WW20 | |||
| . Display contents | . . Scales | . . Indices, marks, cursors | . . Identification information | . . Biological information, e.g., body temperature | . . . Ultrasonic images | . . . Fluorescent images, excitation profile | . . Synthesis of characters | . . Display for capsule endoscopes | . Others | |||
| XX | XX00 FEATURE POINTS (CONTROL OF DISPLAY UNIT) |
XX01 | XX02 | XX10 | ||||||||
| . Control by images or sensors | . Switching between input and display images | . Others | ||||||||||
| YY | YY00 FEATURE POINTS (RECORDING, MEMORIZING) |
YY01 | YY02 | YY03 | YY04 | YY05 | YY07 | |||||
| . Memory media | . . Semiconductor memories | . . Magnetic | . . Printing , hard copies | . . Photosensitive films | . Server, filing system | |||||||
| YY11 | YY12 | YY13 | YY14 | YY15 | YY16 | YY18 | YY20 | |||||
| . Contents, use | . . Projected images or picture images | . . Image identification, search information | . . Models, characteristics, data for signal processing or control | . . Patient information | . . Findings (diagnosis report) | . Control of recording unit | . Others |