(19)
(11) EP 2 080 486 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
30.09.2009 Bulletin 2009/40

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/31

(43) Date of publication:
22.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/30

(21) Application number: 08020016.5

(22) Date of filing: 17.11.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 19/00(2006.01)
 A61L 2/18(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 21.12.2007 JP 2007330793

(71) Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation
Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Onishi, Hideto
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Kobayashi, Kenichi
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Nozaki, Keisuke
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Suzuki, Shintaro
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Taya, Naoya
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Tomita, Masahiko
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Noguchi, Toshiaki
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Suzuki, Eiri
    Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(74) Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


(54) Endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus and leak detection method performed by the apparatus


(57) An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus (1) includes: a connecting portion (30) connected to a bending transmitting portion (55) of an endoscope (50) to transmit driving force; a distal end driving portion for transmitting the driving force to the bending transmitting portion (55) through the connecting portion (30); a fluid supplying unit for supplying gas into an inner space of the endoscope (50); and a control unit (102) for controlling a pressure detecting portion (105) for detecting pressure in the inner space and the distal end driving portion (104/21) to provide the bending portion (54) with bending motion, and for determining occurrence or nonoccurrence of water leak in the endoscope (50) by comparing the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion (105) and a preset threshold.