MANIPULATOR AND MANIPULATOR SYSTEM

Title:

MANIPULATOR AND MANIPULATOR SYSTEM

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/012066

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is a manipulator (5) equipped with a tip end joint group (11) and a base end joint group (12), which are disposed adjacent to each other at the tip (10) of an inserted section in the long axis direction and are for bending the tip (10). The base end joint group (12) is provided with multiple base end bending joints (12a-12d) capable of bending the tip (10) 180° or more by each being bent around axis lines that are disposed parallel to each other. The tip end joint group (11) is provided with: first tip end bending joints (11a, 11b), which are disposed closer to the tip than the base end joint group (12) and which are bent around axis lines that intersect with a plane comprising the respective axis lines of the base end bending joints (12a-12d) and the longitudinal axis; and a second tip end bending joint (11c), which is disposed in the long axis direction with respect to the axis lines of the first tip end bending joints (11a, 11b) and which is bent around an axis line that is disposed parallel to the axis lines of the base end bending joints (12a-12d).

Inventors:

KISHI KOSUKE (JP)
NAKAYAMA SHINGO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2014/067498

Publication Date:

January 29, 2015

Filing Date:

July 01, 2014

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORP (JP)

International Classes:

A61B1/00; G02B23/24

Domestic Patent References:

WO2012014532A1

2012-02-02

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