Medical arm system, control device, and control method
US11696814B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 16, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/061
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Proposed is a mechanism capable of securing both convenience and safety in regard to surgery performed by inserting an endoscope into a human body. A medical arm system including a multi-joint arm which has a plurality of links connected by joints and a distal end to which an endoscope is connectable and a control unit which sets a virtual plane in a body cavity of a patient and controls the multi-joint arm so as to constrain a predetermined point of the endoscope in the body cavity on the virtual plane.
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