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Title:
MEDICAL SUPPORTING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009273714
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a medical supporting apparatus capable of horizontally extending a medical instrument without being affected by surrounding environment.

This medical supporting apparatus 10 is provided with: an arm 14, which has a support portion 16 to support a medical instrument 8 at one end, an intermediate portion of which is supported by a base portion 12 via a support column 20, and moves the support portion 16 horizontally and vertically; a rotary connecting member 46, which is provided at the other end of the arm 14 and moves to a position corresponding to a position to which the support portion 16 has been moved; and a counterweight 58, which is connected to the support column 20 to be immovable in the horizontal directions and movable in the vertical directions, and generates vertically downward force. The rotary connecting member 46 is connected to the counterweight 58 so as to be movable in the horizontal directions relative to the counterweight 58 and movable in the vertical directions together with the counterweight 58. When the support portion 16 moves, the rotary connecting member 46 keeps the medical instrument 8 disposed to the support portion 16 balanced with the counterweight 58.


Inventors:
YASUNAGA KOJI
HARANO KENJI
KANAZAWA KENSHO
Application Number:
JP2008128680A
Publication Date:
November 26, 2009
Filing Date:
May 15, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP
International Classes:
A61B19/00; A61B1/00; A61G13/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005230442A2005-09-02
JP2004105726A2004-04-08
JP2005312529A2005-11-10
JP2004267774A2004-09-30
JPH08266555A1996-10-15
JP2002207174A2002-07-26
JP2005230442A2005-09-02
JP2004105726A2004-04-08
JP2005312529A2005-11-10
JP2004267774A2004-09-30
JPH08266555A1996-10-15
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Kurata Masatoshi
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Takashi Mine
Toshio Shirane
Sadao Muramatsu
Nobuhisa Nogawa
Kocho Chojiro
Naoki Kono
Katsu Sunagawa
Katsumura Hiro
Ryo Hashimoto
Tetsuya Kazama
Shoji Kawai
Tatsushi Sato
Takashi Okada
Mihoko Horiuchi
Takenori Masanori
Takuzo Ichihara
Yamashita Gen