Patent ID: 7837618

Claim:
An endoscope system comprising: a captured image management device for collectively managing captured images transmitted thereto via a network on an electronic mail communication system; a data manager for managing an electric mail address of the captured images, the data manager storing the electric mail address; an endoscope device which has an elongated insertion unit, the insertion unit being freely bendable, the endoscope device reading the electric mail address from the data manager, the endoscope device including an image-capturing unit for capturing an image of an inspection region, and the image-capturing unit provided at a tip of the insertion unit; and a long-distance control unit which is connected to the network for controlling the endoscope device, the long-distance control unit receiving an input of a title of the captured image captured by the image-capturing unit and transmitting the title to the endoscope device; the endoscope device further including: a mail creation unit which creates an electronic mail destined for the captured image management device with the captured image captured by the image-capturing unit attached thereto, the electronic mail creation unit writing the title of the captured image in at least one of a title and a text of the electronic mail: and a transmitter for transmitting the created electronic mail via the electronic mail communication system to the captured image management device.