Medical manipulator system and adapter device

Abstract

Provided is a medical manipulator system that prevents a clean region and an unclean region from being mixed between a surgical instrument subjected to sterilization processing and a drive part not subjected to the sterilization processing. The medical manipulator system includes a surgical instrument unit including a surgical instrument at a front end, a drive unit that drives the surgical instrument, and an adapter that attaches the surgical instrument unit to the drive unit. The adapter includes: a translatory transmission part that transmits a driving force generated by the drive unit to the surgical instrument unit; and a drip-proof part that separates the surgical instrument unit side and the drive unit side in the translatory transmission part. The drip-proof part includes an air chamber between the surgical instrument unit side and the drive unit side in the translatory transmission part.

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