Patent ID: 11857157
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A flexible tube insertion support apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to:
generate propriety information regarding a propriety of a twisting operation of a flexible tube in accordance with a force quantity of an external force applied to the flexible tube when the flexible tube is twisted in a counterclockwise direction or a clockwise direction around a central axis of the flexible tube, the external force being detected by at least one external force detector that is disposed on the flexible tube to be inserted into the subject and configured to detect the external force;
output the generated propriety information; and
compare the force quantities of the external force in the counterclockwise direction and the external force in the clockwise direction with a reference value to analyze relations with the reference value, the force quantities being calculated by the at least one external force detector that is configured to detect the external force applied to the flexible tube to calculate the force quantity of the detected external force;

wherein the propriety information is generated regarding the propriety of the twisting operation of the flexible tube in accordance with the comparison.