Patent ID: 7901347
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A balloon controller for an endoscope apparatus, which expands or shrinks a first balloon attached to an insertion portion of an endoscope by supplying fluid to the first balloon or drawing fluid from the first balloon, and which expands or shrinks a second balloon attached to an insertion assist implement for guiding the insertion portion when the insertion portion is inserted, by supplying fluid to the second balloon or drawing fluid from the second balloon, the balloon controller comprising: a display device which indicates the states of expansion and shrinkage of the first balloon and the second balloon, a first tube path communicating with the first balloon, a second tube path communicating with the second balloon, wherein, when a balloon tube coming off occurs in one of the first tube path and the second tube path, the first tube path or the second tube path in which the balloon tube coming off occurred is displayed on the display device by using an image which schematically expresses the occurred balloon tube coming off.