US 5,876,325 AGranted

Surgical manipulation system

AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.

InventorsHitoshi Mizuno, Yuuichi Ikeda, Akihiro Horii, Shuichi Takayama, Akio Nakada, Naoki Uchiyama, Yasuhiro Ueda, Koichi Umeyama, Sakae Takehana

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Abstract

A surgical manipulator system comprising at least one surgical manipulator, at least one guide, a detector, and a drive controller. The surgical manipulator has a surgical device for performing a desired operation. The guide guides the surgical device. The detector detects a position and/or orientation relationship between the surgical device and the guide, and/or a position and/or orientation relationship between the surgical device and another surgical device. The drive controller controls the surgical manipulator such that the surgical device is guided by the guide.

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Dependent claims

A surgical manipulator system comprising:

at least one surgical manipulator which holds a surgical device for performing a desired operation;
at least one operating means for controlling said surgical manipulator;
detecting means for detecting one of the following:
(a) a geometrical relationship between said at least one surgical manipulator and said at least one operating means, and
(b) a geometrical relationship between said at least one surgical manipulator and another surgical manipulator;
and
drive control means for controlling said at least one surgical manipulator in response to said operating means and said detecting means such that said surgical device performs a desired operation.

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