Title:
MEDICAL APPARATUS HAVING DUAL MANIPULATION MEANS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2021137566
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a medical device capable of large degrees of maneuverability through small cavities to reach a target with minimal invasiveness, wherein the medical device is capable of manual and robotic manipulation.SOLUTION: A bendable body 3 is attached to an actuation unit 7 and forms a bendable medical device 11. The actuation unit 7 is configured to bend various bending sections of the bendable body 3 with a controller 2. The bendable medical device 11 is detachably attached to an insertion unit 9, thus allowing for the bendable medical device 11 to be stationary. The controller 2 can be configured to synchronize behavior of the actuation unit 7 with behavior of the insertion unit 9, and is configured to change those behaviors based on whether the bendable medical device 11 is attached to the insertion unit 9 or detached from the insertion unit 9.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
KATO TAKAHISA
ERIC W HALVORSON
MATTHEW MICHAEL KINCAID
BRIAN NINNI
GEORGE CHARLES HWANG
YOLONDA LORIG COLSON
TSUKADA HISATSUGU
ERIC W HALVORSON
MATTHEW MICHAEL KINCAID
BRIAN NINNI
GEORGE CHARLES HWANG
YOLONDA LORIG COLSON
TSUKADA HISATSUGU
Application Number:
JP2021025168A
Publication Date:
September 16, 2021
Filing Date:
February 19, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CANON USA INC
MASSACHUSETTS GEN HOSPITAL
BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC
MASSACHUSETTS GEN HOSPITAL
BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC
International Classes:
A61B1/00; A61B1/005
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2010279688A | 2010-12-16 | |||
| JP2009018116A | 2009-01-29 | |||
| JPH0337035A | 1991-02-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takayoshi Kokubun