# US 10,869,799 B2 · Operating table operation device and operating table > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,869,799 B2 - Document ID: US10869799B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/907,329 - Filed: 2018-02-28 - Published: 2018-08-30 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-28 - Assignees: Medicaroid Corporation; Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha; Sysmex Corporation - Applicants: Medicaroid Corporation; Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha; Sysmex Corporation - Inventors: Yutaro Yano; Yoshiyuki Tamura; Mitsuichi Hiratsuka; Hiroaki Kitatsuji; Toru Mizumoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10869799B2 ## CPC - A61G 13/04: tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis - A61B 5/704: {Tables} - A61B 6/0407: {Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body} - A61B 6/0487: {Motor-assisted positioning} - A61G 13/06: raising or lowering of the whole table surface (A61G13/04 takes precedence) - A61B 6/4441: {the rigid structure being a C-arm or U-arm} - A61G 7/057: Arrangements for preventing bed-sores or for supporting patients with burns, e.g. mattresses specially adapted therefor {(ventilation openings in mattresses A47C21/042; pneumatic or hydraulic mattresses A47C27/08)} - A61G 2203/14: Joysticks - A61G 2203/16: Touchpads - A61G 2203/20: Displays or monitors - A61G 2203/42: for inclination - A61G 2210/50: for radiography - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract An operation device according to one or more embodiments may include: a display; a move operation receiving unit that receives, from a user, a move operation to move a table on which a patient can be placed of an operating table; and an operation controller. In a condition in which the table is put in a tilted posture in accordance with the move operation, the operation controller may cause the display to display an elapsed time in the tilted posture. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operation device for operating movement of a patient placement table of an operating table, the patient placement table being on which a patient can be placed, the operating table comprising a motor to move the patient placement table and an electromagnetic brake to prevent move of the patient placement table, the operation device comprising: a display; a move operation receiving unit that receives, a user move operation to move the patient placement table; and an operation controller, wherein, in a condition in which the patient placement table is put in a tilted posture in accordance with the move operation, the operation controller, in response to actuation of the motor being stopped and the electromagnetic brake being actuated, starts counting an elapsed time in the tilted posture and causes the display to display the elapsed time in the tilted posture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operation device according to claim 1, wherein the operation controller causes the display to display posture information of the patient placement table. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The operation device according to claim 2, wherein the posture information of the patient placement table comprises a diagram representing a posture of the patient placement table. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The operation device according to claim 2, wherein the posture information of the patient placement table comprises a tilt angle of the patient placement table with respect to a horizontal plane. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The operation device according to claim 2, wherein the posture information of the patient placement table comprises an arrow indicating a direction of rotation of the patient placement table with respect to a horizontal plane, and a tilt angle of the patient placement table with respect to the horizontal plane. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The operation device according to claim 1, further comprising a mode setting unit that sets an operation mode in which a posture of the patient placement table is changed, wherein the operation mode comprises: a roll mode in which the patient placement table is rotated about a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of the patient placement table, and a pitch mode in which the patient placement table is rotated about a rotation axis parallel to a transverse direction of the patient placement table. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The operation device according to claim 6, wherein, in the pitch mode, the rotation axis is selectable from a plurality of axes located along the longitudinal direction of the patient placement table. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The operation device according to claim 1, further comprising a mode setting unit that sets an operation mode in which a posture of the patient placement table is changed, wherein the operation mode comprises a vertical movement mode in which the patient placement table is vertically moved, and in a condition in which the vertical movement mode is set, the posture information of the patient placement table displayed on the display comprises an arrow indicating a direction of vertical movement of the patient placement table, and a height of the patient placement table from a floor surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The operation device according to claim 1, further comprising a mode setting unit that sets an operation mode in which a posture of the patient placement table is changed, wherein the operation mode comprises a yaw mode in which the patient placement table is rotated in a horizontal plane about a rotation axis extending in a vertical direction, and in a condition in which the yaw mode is set, the posture information of the patient placement table displayed on the display comprises an arrow indicating a direction of rotation of the patient placement table with respect to a reference position, and an angle of the patient placement table with respect to the reference position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The operation device according to claim 9, wherein, in the yaw mode, the rotation axis is selectable from a plurality of predetermined axes. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The operation device according to claim 1, further comprising a mode setting unit that sets an operation mode in which a posture of the patient placement table is changed, wherein the operation mode comprises a horizontal movement mode in which the patient placement table is linearly moved in a horizontal plane, and in a condition in which the horizontal movement mode is set, the posture information of the patient placement table displayed on the display comprises an arrow indicating a moving direction of the patient placement table. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The operation device according to claim 1, wherein the operating table comprises an articulated robotic arm comprising a plurality of joints, and including a first end supported on a base and a second end supporting the patient placement table. ### Claim 13 An operating table comprising: a patient placement table on which a patient can be placed; a movement mechanism that comprises a motor and an electromagnetic brake and moves the patient placement table; an operation device comprising a move operation receiving unit that receives a user move operation to move the patient placement table; a display; and a controller that controls the movement mechanism in accordance with the move operation received by the move operation receiving unit, wherein, in a condition in which the patient placement table is put in a tilted posture in accordance with the move operation, the controller, in response to actuation of the motor being stopped and the electromagnetic brake being actuated, starts counting an elapsed time in the tilted posture and causes the display to display the elapsed time in the tilted posture. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the controller causes the display to display posture information of the patient placement table. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the posture information of the patient placement table displayed on the display comprises at least one of: an arrow indicating a direction of rotation of the patient placement table with respect to a horizontal plane; and the tilt angle of the patient placement table with respect to the horizontal plane. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the operation device comprises an operation controller and an operation display, and in a condition in which the patient placement table is put in the tilted posture, the operation controller causes the operation display to display an elapsed time in the tilted posture. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the operation device further comprises a mode setting unit that sets an operation mode in which a posture of the patient placement table is changed, and the operation mode comprises: a roll mode in which the patient placement table is rotated about an axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of the patient placement table; and a pitch mode in which the patient placement table is rotated about an axis parallel to a transverse direction of the patient placement table. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the move operation receiving unit comprises move direction receivers provided respectively for directions in which the patient placement table is moved, and the controller causes the movement mechanism to move the patient placement table while at least one of the move direction receivers is operated. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the move operation receiving unit comprises a joystick, and the controller causes the movement mechanism to move the patient placement table while the joystick is operated. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the operation device comprises a trigger unit that enables operation of the move operation receiving unit, and the controller causes the movement mechanism to move the patient placement table while the trigger unit and the move operation receiving unit are operated together. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the operation device comprises a trigger unit, the movement mechanism comprises joints, each of the joints comprises the motor and the electromagnetic brake, and the controller, while the trigger unit is not operated, performs control that stops energization of the motor and actuates the electromagnetic brake, and the controller, while the trigger unit is operated, performs control that energizes the motor and does not actuate the electromagnetic brake. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The operating table according to claim 13, wherein the movement mechanism comprises an articulated robotic arm comprising a plurality of joints, and including a first end supported on a base and a second end supporting the patient placement table. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The operating table according to claim 22, wherein the first end of the robotic arm is supported on the base to be rotatable about an axis extending in a vertical direction, the second end of the robotic arm supports the patient placement table at a position adjacent to an end in a longitudinal direction of the patient placement table, and the robotic arm moves the patient placement table with at least six degrees of freedom. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The operating table according to claim 23, wherein the patient placement table includes a radiolucent part and a support unit supporting the radiolucent part, and the second end of the articulated robotic arm supports the support unit of the patient placement table.