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US 2020/0390508 A1Published application
Medical manipulator
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsMasafumi HARAGUCHI, Shintaro INOUE
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AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsMasafumi HARAGUCHI, Shintaro INOUE
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A medical manipulator including an insertion portion, where the insertion section including a bending portion and an end effector disposed on a distal end side of the insertion portion. The medical manipulator further including an actuator configured to generate a first drive force for moving the bending portion; a lever configured to generate a second drive force for moving the bending portion, the lever being used to move the bending portion instead of the actuator; a wire configured to transmit the first drive force or the second drive force to the bending portion; and a transmission blocking device configured to switch from the first drive force to the second drive force.
A medical manipulator comprising:
An operation method of a medical manipulator, wherein the medical manipulator comprising an insertion portion comprising a bendable bending portion provided on a distal end side of the insertion portion, an end effector disposed at a distal end portion of the insertion portion, a first actuator configured at a proximal end portion of the insertion portion, a flexible power transmission member configured to connect the first actuator with the bending portion, and a second actuator disposed between the first actuator and the bending portion and connected to the power transmission member to transmit a drive force to the power transmission member, the operation method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.