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US 10,869,640 B2Granted
Operation table with robot arm
AssigneeMedicaroid Corporation
InventorsKazunori Suga, Tetsuya Nakanishi
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Abstract
One or more embodiments of an operation table may include a table on which a patient is to be placed; a base fixed on a floor; and a robot arm comprising joints, a first end supported by the base, and a second end supporting the table, wherein the robot arm takes a first posture in which the robot arm is stored in a storage space that is a space under the table when the table is positioned at a first position, and the robot arm moves the table to a second position which is away from the first position by taking a second posture in which at least part of the robot arm horizontally protrudes from the storage space.
Claims20
An operation table comprising:
- a table on which a patient is to be placed;
- a base fixed on a floor;
- and
- a robot arm comprising joints, a first end supported by the base, and a second end supporting the table, wherein
- the robot arm takes a first posture in which the robot arm is stored in a storage space that is a space under the table when the table is positioned at a first position,
- the robot arm moves the table to a second position which is away from the first position by taking a second posture in which at least part of the robot arm horizontally protrudes from the storage space,
- the joints include a first joint rotatable about a first vertical axis, a second joint rotatable about a second vertical axis, a third joint rotatable about a first horizontal axis and a fourth joint rotatable about a second horizontal axis,
- the robot arm comprises a wrist assembly that supports the table and includes the third joint,
- the fourth joint supports the wrist assembly rotatably about the second horizontal axis,
- the first position includes a descent position and an ascent position at which the table is lifted from the descent position, and
- the robot arm moves the table between the descent position and the ascent position by at least one joint of the third and fourth joints.
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An operation table comprising:
- a table on which a patient is to be placed;
- a base fixed on a floor;
- and
- a robot arm comprising joints, a first end supported by the base, and a second end supporting the table, wherein
- the robot arm takes a first posture in which the robot arm is stored in a storage space that is a space under the table when the table is positioned at a first position,
- the robot arm moves the table to a second position which is away from the first position by taking a second posture in which at least part of the robot arm horizontally protrudes from the storage space,
- the joints include a first joint rotatable about a first vertical axis, a second joint rotatable about a second vertical axis, a third joint rotatable about a first horizontal axis and a fourth joint rotatable about a second horizontal axis,
- the robot arm comprises a horizontal multi-articulated assembly that causes translation movement of the table,
- the horizontal multi-articulated assembly comprises the first joint rotatable about the first vertical axis and the second joint rotatable about the second vertical axis,
- the robot arm comprises a wrist assembly that supports the table, and includes the third joint rotatable about the first horizontal axis, and
- the horizontal multi-articulated assembly supports the wrist assembly via the fourth joint rotatable about the second horizontal axis.
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An operation table comprising:
- a table on which a patient is to be placed;
- a base fixed on a floor;
- and
- a robot arm comprising joints, a first end supported by the base, and a second end supporting the table, wherein
- the robot arm moves the table from a first position to a second position which is away from the first position,
- the joints include a first joint rotatable about a first vertical axis, a second joint rotatable about a second vertical axis, a third joint rotatable about a first horizontal axis and a fourth joint rotatable about a second horizontal axis,
- the robot arm comprises a wrist assembly that supports the table and includes the third joint,
- the fourth joint supports the wrist assembly rotatably about the second horizontal axis,
- the first position includes a descent position and an ascent position at which the table is lifted from the descent position, and
- the robot arm moves the table between the descent position and the ascent position by at least one joint of the third and fourth joints.
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An operation table comprising:
- a table on which a patient is to be placed;
- a base fixed on a floor;
- and
- a robot arm comprising joints, a first end supported by the base, and a second end supporting the table, wherein
- the joints include a first joint rotatable about a first vertical axis, a second joint rotatable about a second vertical axis, a third joint rotatable about a first horizontal axis and a fourth joint rotatable about a second horizontal axis,
- the robot arm comprises a horizontal multi-articulated assembly that causes translation movement of the table,
- the horizontal multi-articulated assembly comprises the first joint rotatable about the first vertical axis and the second joint rotatable about the second vertical axis,
- the robot arm comprises a wrist assembly that supports the table, and includes the third joint rotatable about the first horizontal axis, and
- the horizontal multi-articulated assembly supports the wrist assembly via the fourth joint rotatable about the second horizontal axis.
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