Patent · US Expired

Surgical gripper

US7854749B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OLYMPUS CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Kazuo Banju · Tokyo, JP
Shuhei Iizuka · Hamamatsu, JP
Manabu Miyamoto · Tokyo, JP
Nobuaki Akui · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2006
Grant date	Dec 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/2946
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surgical gripper includes a gripping section opened/closed to grip an object to be gripped and an operation section which opens/closes the gripping section, wherein the gripping section is configured to be opened/closed by the operation section to take a gripping mode of gripping the object to be gripped so that treatment is performed by the object to be gripped, an adjusting mode of gripping the object to be gripped by a gripping force lower than that of the gripping mode so that an arrangement of the object to be gripped is adjusted while the object to be gripped is held, and a releasing mode of releasing the object to be gripped.

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