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Medical apparatus

US8355043B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2011
Grant dateJan 15, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical apparatus includes: a first image pickup section that is fixed to a body wall and picks up an image of an inside of a body cavity; a recording section that records in advance, in preparation for a case in which a predetermined image change occurs in a first image picked up by the first image pickup section, a predetermined image area in the first image or a coordinate for specifying the predetermined image area; and a display section that displays, when the predetermined image change occurs in the first image, the image area or the coordinate recorded in the recording section to be superimposed on the first image picked up by the first image pickup section.

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