Patent ID: 6949068
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope shape detector for detecting an endoscope shape, the detector comprising: a device to be detected, the device being disposed in an endoscope inserted portion adapted to be inserted into a subject, or in other equipment; a detecting unit that detects the position of the device to be detected; a display device that displays the insertion shape of the endoscope inserted portion or the position of the other equipment, on the basis of position information detected by the detecting unit; a determining device that determines whether the device to be detected is in an effective detection range of the detecting unit, on the basis of the output of the detecting unit; and a display form selecting device that selects a display form by the display device, in the insertion shape display of the endoscope inserted portion, or a display form by the display means, in the position display of the other equipment, on the basis of the determination result of the determining device.