Light source device for endoscope and endoscope system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10939811-B2
Application number	US-201815951238-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2018
Priority date	Oct 14, 2015
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

A light source device for endoscope includes a rotational body configured to rotate with a rotational axis as a center; a fluorescent body arranged in a predetermined area of the rotational body and configured to generate fluorescence by excitation light being radiated; an illuminating portion capable of selectively radiating excitation light of a first quantity and excitation light of a second quantity which is larger than the first quantity to a fluorescent body; and a control portion configured to switch between a first state of radiating the excitation light of the first quantity to the fluorescent body arranged in a first area and a second state of radiating the excitation light of the second quantity to the fluorescent body arranged in a second area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light source device for endoscope comprising:
a rotational body configured to rotate with a rotational axis as a center;
a fluorescent material arranged in an area on the rotational body, the area having a predetermined radius with the rotational axis as a center, the fluorescent material being configured to generate fluorescence by excitation light being radiated;
an illuminating light source configured to selectively radiate excitation light a quantity of which is a first quantity of light and excitation light a quantity of which is a second quantity of light which is a quantity of light larger than the first quantity of light to the fluorescent material; and
a controller configured to:
control a radiation position to which the excitation light is radiated so as to switch between a first state of radiating the excitation light the quantity of which is the first quantity of light to the fluorescent material arranged in an area having a first radius from the rotational axis and a second state of radiating the excitation light the quantity of which is the second quantity of light to the fluorescent material arranged in an area having a second radius from the rotational axis that is greater than the first radius; and
select the first state in a light quantity fluctuation suppression mode and select the second state in a light quantity priority mode, where the light quantity fluctuation suppression mode is configured for near-point observation and the light quantity priority mode is configured for far-point observation.

2. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the radiation position by causing the rotational body or the illumination light source to move.

3. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 2 , the controller is configured to move the rotational body in a radial direction with the rotational axis as the center to change the radiation position of the excitation light on the fluorescent material.

4. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to move the illuminating light source in the radial direction of the rotational body with the rotational axis as the center to change the radiation position of the excitation light on the fluorescent material.

5. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive an instruction signal for changing the radiation position of the excitation light on the fluorescent material in the radial direction of the rotational body with the rotational axis as the center; and
control the illuminating light source so that a quantity of excitation light corresponding to the instructed radiation position is emitted.

6. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a control signal for controlling a quantity of the excitation light the illuminating light source radiates; and
change the radiation position of the excitation light on the fluorescent material based on the control signal.

7. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
receive a detection result of a quantity of emitted fluorescence the fluorescent material generates or of the excitation light; and
change the radiation position of the excitation light on the fluorescent material based on the detection result.

8. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein, when, the controller switches from the second quantity of light to the first quantity of light, the controller changes the radiation position to an inner side in the radial direction with the rotational axis as the center, relative to the radiation position at the time of radiating the excitation light the quantity of which is the second quantity of light.

9. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein, when the controller switches from the first quantity of light to the second quantity of light, the controller changes the radiation position to an outer side in the radial direction with the rotational axis as the center, relative to the radiation position at the time of radiating the excitation light the quantity of which is the first quantity of light.

10. The light source device for endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein, when the controller switches to the first quantity of light, and, after changing the radiation position of the excitation light, switches to a quantity of light corresponding to the changed radiation position.

11. An endoscope system comprising:
the light source device according to claim 1 ; and
an endoscope operatively connected to the light source device.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Yabe Yusuke
• Tanaka Satoshi
• Takahashi Tomoya
• Watanabe Masaaki
• Hashimoto Susumu
• Komatsu Yasuo
• Yajima Manabu
• Mochida Akihiko
• Omori Koji

Classifications

• A61B1/0655 Primary

  Control therefor · CPC title

• A61B1/0653

  with wavelength conversion · CPC title

• A61B1/0669

  at proximal end of an endoscope · CPC title

• A61B1/07

  using light-conductive means, e.g. optical fibres · CPC title

• A61B1/05

  characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion · CPC title