US 12,349,870 B2
Endoscope system, control apparatus, and gas feeding control method
Kunitoshi Hiraga, Tama (JP); and Goki Numata, Hachioji (JP)
Assigned to OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,469.
Application 17/500,469 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/016359, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031153 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/015 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00068 (2013.01); A61B 1/00119 (2013.01); A61B 17/3474 (2013.01); A61M 13/00 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); A61M 13/006 (2014.02); A61M 2202/0225 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope system comprising:
a gas supplying apparatus configured to supply carbon dioxide, the gas supplying apparatus comprising:
a gas state sensor configured to detect a state of the carbon dioxide;
an air supplying apparatus comprising a pump configured to supply air; and
a processor comprising hardware, the processor configured to control the air supplying apparatus to stop supplying the air when the processor determines that the state of the carbon dioxide detected by the gas state sensor reaches a predetermined threshold during a period in which the carbon dioxide and the air are supplied simultaneously.