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US 10,420,625 B2Granted
Vibration detection module, vibration detection method, and surgical system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiroyuki Suzuki, Kenichiro Nagasaka, Masaya Kinoshita, Tomoki Tamada
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Abstract
There is provided a medical apparatus, including medical vibration detection circuitry that is detachable from a medical instrument at an attachment position of the medical instrument in a longitudinal direction and that is configured to detect vibration generated in a distinct portion of the medical instrument, the distinct portion including at least a portion disposed toward a distal end of the medical instrument from the attachment position.
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A medical apparatus, comprising:
- medical vibration detection circuitry included in a housing that is detachable from a medical instrument at an attachment position of the medical instrument, that is attached in a longitudinal direction, and that is configured to detect vibration generated in a distinct portion of the medical instrument, the distinct portion including at least a portion disposed toward a distal end of the medical instrument from the attachment position,
- wherein the housing has two sides each side having an opening through which the medical instrument passes.
A medical apparatus vibration detection method, comprising:
- attaching vibration detection circuitry included in a housing that is detachable from a medical instrument at an attachment position of the medical instrument and that is attached in a longitudinal direction;
- and
- detecting, by the vibration detection circuitry, vibration generated in a distinct portion of the medical instrument, the distinct portion including at least a portion of the medical instrument disposed toward a distal end of the medical instrument from the attachment position,
- wherein the housing has two sides each side having an opening through which the medical instrument passes.
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A surgical system comprising:
- a medical instrument;
- a support arm device that supports the medical instrument;
- and
- medical vibration detection circuitry included in a housing that is detachable from the medical instrument at an attachment position of the medical instrument, that is attached in a longitudinal direction, and that is configured to detect vibration generated in a distinct portion of the medical instrument, the distinct portion including at least a portion of the medical instrument disposed toward a distal end of the medical instrument from the attachment position,
- wherein the housing has two opposite sides each side having an opening through which the medical instrument passes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.