Patent ID: 7713191
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A balloon controller for an endoscope apparatus which is connected to a balloon attached to an insertion portion of an endoscope or to a balloon attached to an insertion assist implement for guiding the insertion portion when the insertion portion is inserted, and which controls expansion and shrinkage of the balloon by supplying a fluid to the balloon or drawing the fluid from the balloon, the balloon controller comprising: a pressure indicating portion on which the value of pressure in the balloon is displayed; and an abnormal pressure condition determining portion that determines an abnormal pressure condition to be present in the endoscope apparatus, wherein an error message indicating the abnormal pressure condition in the endoscope apparatus determined by the abnormal pressure condition determining portion is displayed on the pressure indicating portion, and wherein the display of the error message and the display of the value of pressure in the balloon are alternately displayed on the same display area of the pressure indicating portion by being switched in a certain period of time.