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Medical manipulator, treatment system, and treatment method

US8834353B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2009
Grant dateSep 16, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2090/034
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical manipulator which includes: a plurality of arms formed in a cylindrical shape a distal end portion of which is made of a rigid member having a bending portion capable of bending; an insertion portion made of a rigid member having a plurality of channels in which base ends of the plurality of arms are connected to a distal end of the insertion portion so as to connect lumens of the arms to the plurality of channels; a photographic device provided at the distal end of the insertion portion; an operation portion that operates the bending portion; and a transmission member that connects the bending portion and the operation portion, in which the bending portion has: a first bending portion that is capable of bending in a predetermined direction by an operation of the operation portion, and a second bending portion provided in a base end than the first bending portion that is capable of fixing the plurality of arms in a bent state so as to mutually separate, and the transmission portion has: a first region which is flexible, and a second region which is rigid and connected to a base end portion of the first region.

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