Patent ID: 8858426

Claim:
An ultrasound endoscope system, comprising: an ultrasound endoscope which is adapted to be inserted into a body cavity to acquire ultrasound data in the body cavity and optical image data in the body cavity; an ultrasound observation apparatus comprising a first control portion, for applying data processing to the ultrasound data to generate an ultrasound image; an endoscope processor comprising a second control portion, for applying data processing to the optical image data to generate an endoscope image; an information inputting device for inputting information to the ultrasound observation apparatus and the endoscope processor; an information reposition memory which allows repositing state information for one of the ultrasound observation apparatus and the endoscope processor inputted to the information inputting device, the state information including patient information, setting value information for the one of the ultrasound observation apparatus and the endoscope processor, and operation state information for the one of the ultrasound observation apparatus and the endoscope processor, which are shared by the other of the ultrasound observation apparatus and the endoscope processor; and an information reposition controller for controlling the repositing of the state information in the information reposition memory, setting information that indicates the repositing to a predetermined value when at least one of the patient information, the setting value information, and the operation state information of the state information is reposited in the information reposition memory, and controlling reading of the reposited state information based on the predetermined value of the information that indicates the repositing in the other of the ultrasound observation apparatus and the endoscope processor in order to cause the first control portion or the second control portion to acquire the reposited state information, wherein when the reposited state information in the information reposition memory includes no information which has not been read from the information reposition memory, the first control portion or the second control portion of the other requests the first control portion or the second control portion of the one to transmit the state information.