US 10,499,795 B2Granted

Endoscopic-treatment-instrument operation input device

AssigneeOlympus Corporation

InventorsRyohei Ogawa, Kosuke Kishi

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Abstract

Provided is an endoscopic-treatment-instrument operation input device that includes: a grip section that is shaped so as to be capable of being gripped by the palm and at least the little finger and the ring finger of one hand of an operator; an operation section that is arranged at a position so as to be operable by the thumb of the one hand in state where the grip section is being gripped and that allows an operation command for causing a joint of the treatment instrument to actuate to be input; and a frictional fixing section that presses, and fixes in place with friction, a position midway along elongated trunk section of the treatment instrument in the longitudinal direction through use of the index finger of the one hand.

Claims27

Dependent claims

An endoscopic-treatment-instrument operation input device for operating a treatment instrument having a joint at a distal end of an elongated trunk section to be introduced via a channel of an endoscope, the operation input device comprising:

a body, the body comprising:
a grip section shaped so as to be gripped by a hand of an operator, the grip section extending along a first longitudinal axis;
a joystick positioned on a planar surface of the body so as to be operable by a thumb of the hand in a state where the grip section is being gripped, the joystick being operated to generate an operation command for causing the joint to actuate;
and
a groove positioned on an external surface of the body, the groove extending along a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis being non-parallel to the first longitudinal axis, the groove being configured to receive a portion of the trunk section therein and an index finger of the hand is pressed against the portion of the trunk section to retain the trunk section within the groove in a state where the grip section is being gripped by the hand;
wherein the first longitudinal axis of the grip section intersects with the planar surface of the body and the second longitudinal axis of the groove;
and
the groove is positioned on a portion of the body other than the grip section and the joystick is positioned between the groove and the grip section.

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An endoscopic-treatment-instrument operation input device for operating a treatment instrument having a joint at a distal end of an elongated trunk section of the treatment instrument, the trunk section being introduced via a channel of an endoscope, the operation input device comprising:

a body, the body comprising:
a grip section shaped so as to be gripped by a hand of an operator, the grip section extending along a first longitudinal axis;
a joystick positioned on a planar surface of the body so as to be operable by a thumb of the hand in a state where the grip section is being gripped, the joystick being operated to generate an operation command for causing the joint of the treatment instrument to actuate;
and
a groove positioned on an external surface of the body, the groove extending along a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis being non-parallel to the first longitudinal axis, the groove being configured to receive a portion of the trunk section therein and an index finger of the hand is pressed against the portion of the trunk section to retain the trunk section within the groove in a state where the grip section is being gripped by the hand;
wherein the first longitudinal axis of the grip section intersects with the planar surface of the body and the second longitudinal axis of the groove;
and
the groove being positioned on a portion of the body other than the grip section.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/002,518Filed 21 Jan 2016 · continuation
Priority: JP 2013-15588726 Jul 2013
Published: US 2016/0128773 A112 May 2016
Granted: 10 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

A61B 1/00133
Accessories for endoscopes: drive units for endoscopic tools inserted through or with the endoscope
A61B 1/0004
Provided with input arrangements for the user: for electronic operation
A61B 1/00066
Constructional details of the endoscope body: proximal part of endoscope body, e.g. handles
A61B 1/0016
Holding or positioning arrangements: using motor drive units

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PCT/JP2014/069000Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Jul 2014
US 2016/0128773 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 May 2016
US 10,499,795 B2This patent

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