摘要 |
A balloon control apparatus which controls operations for expanding and contracting a balloon attached to an insertion portion of an endoscope, or operations for expanding and contracting a balloon attached to an insertion assist implement fitted around the insertion portion to assist insertion of the insertion portion, the apparatus comprising: a storage device which stores an operating procedure by which the operations for expanding and contracting the balloon are performed; and an execution direction device which directs execution of the expanding and contracting operations, wherein a direction is given by the execution direction device to execute the operations for expanding and contracting the balloon in accordance with the operating procedure stored by the storage device. |