Title:
MANIPULATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/119112
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the diameter of an insertion part including a manipulator and improve the operability of the manipulator. This manipulator system 1 is provided with: a flexible overtube 11 having a manipulator lumen 9B that passes therethrough in the longitudinal direction; a flexible shape sensor 13 that is removably inserted into the manipulator lumen 9B of the overtube 11 and capable of detecting the shape of the manipulator lumen 9B; a flexible manipulator 5 that can be inserted into the manipulator lumen 9B instead of the shape sensor 13; and a control unit 17 that controls the manipulator 5 on the basis of the shape of the manipulator lumen 9B detected by the shape sensor 13.
Inventors:
IIDA MASATOSHI (JP)
HATAKEYAMA NAOYA (JP)
HATAKEYAMA NAOYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/050436
Publication Date:
July 13, 2017
Filing Date:
January 08, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61B90/00; B25J18/06
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015119935A1 | 2015-08-13 |
Foreign References:
| JP2015505507A | 2015-02-23 | |||
| JP2015159926A | 2015-09-07 | |||
| JP2013519432A | 2013-05-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
UEDA, Kunio et al. (JP)
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