Patent ID: 8568295
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope system comprising: an endoscope; an accessory; a placement unit on which the endoscope is adapted to be placed; a detecting unit configured to detect whether the endoscope is placed on the placement unit or not; an actuating unit for the accessory configured to be actuated; an operating unit programed to operate the actuating unit of the accessory; and a control unit configured to be switched between a normal mode wherein an actuation of the actuating unit is controlled according to an operation to the operating unit and a restricting mode wherein an actuation of the actuating unit is restricted regardless of an operation to the operating unit, on the basis of a result of detection by the detecting unit, wherein: the placement unit includes a movable type of endoscope stand configured to move and fix the endoscope to and in any position, the control unit is configured to be switched to the restricting mode when the endoscope is not placed on the placement unit, the accessory is an energy accessory configured to be supplied with non-mechanical energy to perform treatment to a living tissue, the actuating unit includes an energy output apparatus configured to output energy to the energy accessory, the operating unit includes an energy output instructing input apparatus configured to actuate and stop the energy output apparatus, and the control unit includes an energy output control apparatus configured to actuate and stop the energy output apparatus according to an operation to the energy output instructing input apparatus in the normal mode and stop an actuation of the energy output apparatus regardless of an operation to the energy output instructing input apparatus in the restricting mode.