Patent ID: 6976954

Claim:
An endoscope system, comprising: a processor connectable to various endoscopes to process signals generated by the endoscope connected to said processor via a connector, said processor being housed in a casing, said processor including: a light source; an operation panel for controlling the endoscope; a database configured to register a plurality of pieces of endoscope data, each piece of endoscope data being related to a different one of the endoscopes connectable to said connector, each piece of the endoscope data including priority information indicating the priority of deleting the piece of endoscope data, a data selector configured to select one piece of the endoscope data based on the priority information, and a data register configured to register a new endoscope with said database by replacing the selected piece of endoscope data with the piece of endoscope data of the new endoscope wherein the priority information includes the date when said piece of endoscope data was registered with said database.