Tip drive apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsYuka IMAOKA, Yasuo SASAKI, Kiyohiko TATEYAMA
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Abstract
A tip, drive apparatus is capable to moving a tip unit toward an object, while holding the tip unit at a prescribed angle. The tip unit is formed on a support unit having flexibility and directed to the object at the prescribed angle. The tip drive apparatus includes a needle having a shaft to which the support unit on which the tip unit is formed, and an adaptor configured to hold the needle, enabling the needle to be replaced by another. The adaptor is configured to be able to change a positional relation with respect to the main unit of the tip drive apparatus, while the needle is being attached.
Claims8
A tip drive apparatus capable to moving a tip unit toward an object, while holding the tip unit at a prescribed angle, the tip unit being formed on a support unit having flexibility and directed to the object at the prescribed angle, the apparatus comprising:
- a needle having a shaft to which the support unit on which the tip unit is formed;
- and
- an adaptor configured to hold the needle, enabling the needle to be replaced by another,
- wherein the adaptor is configured to be able to change a positional relation with respect to the main unit of the tip drive apparatus, while the needle is being attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.