MEDICAL MASTER-SLAVE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD

Title:

MEDICAL MASTER-SLAVE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/012022

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

To provide a master-slave system for which system operability when used with a slave device being folded over is improved, this medical master-slave system control method for controlling a medical master-slave system comprising a bendable master device which is operated by an operator and a bendable slave device which is inserted into a body comprises: a regular operating mode (step S101) which operates a slave device on the basis of a bend state of a master device such that the slave device operates in parallel with a manipulation of the master device; a reverse operation mode (step S105) which operates the slave device on the basis of the bend state of the master device such that the slave device operates in reverse with respect to the manipulation of the master device; and transition modes (steps S103, 104, 107, 108) for transitioning between the regular operation mode and the reverse operation mode.

Inventors:

HATTA IZUMI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2014/066012

Publication Date:

January 29, 2015

Filing Date:

June 17, 2014

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Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORP (JP)

International Classes:

A61B19/00; B25J3/00

Foreign References:

JPH05154782A	1993-06-22
JP2013066617A	2013-04-18
JP2007175502A	2007-07-12
JP4608601B2	2011-01-12

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