Manipulator having at least one joint actuated by displacement of a displaceable member
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorShintaro Inoue
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Abstract
A manipulator including an elongated shaft, at least one joint disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a manipulating part via which a movement instruction for the joint is input, and a driving unit that drives the joint according to the movement instruction input via the manipulating part. The manipulating part includes a handle fixed to the shaft and gripped in one hand of an operator, a displaceable member that is disposed at a position along which at least one finger of the hand gripping the handle can be extended and that can be displaced by a movement of the finger extending therealong, and a sensor that detects displacement of the displaceable member and outputs it as the movement instruction.
Claims10
A manipulator comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft extending from the proximal end toward the distal end in a longitudinal direction thereof;
- a treatment instrument that includes at least one joint disposed at the distal end of the shaft, the treatment instrument being configured to treat an object;
- a manipulating part via which a movement instruction for the at least one joint is input;
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- a driving unit that drives the at least one joint according to the movement instruction input via the manipulating part,
- wherein the manipulating part includes:
- a handle fixed to the proximal end of the shaft and gripped in one hand of an operator;
- a displaceable member, so that at least one finger of the hand gripping the handle can be extended therealong, the displaceable member being fixed to the handle and extends along the shaft in the longitudinal direction of the shaft without contacting the shaft, the displaceable member being attached to the handle so as to be pivotable in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the handle;
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- a sensor that detects a displacement of the displaceable member and outputs the displacement as the movement instruction,
- wherein the treatment instrument is manipulated by the at least one joint being actuated by the displacement of the displaceable member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.