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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Kyushu University, National University Corporation, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Tamotsu Katayama, Otsu, JP;
Noriyuki Matsuoka, Kyoto, JP;
Munenori Uemura, Fukuoka, JP;
Makoto Hashizume, Fukuoka, JP;
Takahiro Jimbo, Ibaraki, JP;
Satoshi Obata, Fukuoka, JP;
Satoshi Ieiri, Kagoshima, JP;
Tomoaki Taguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
KYOTO KAGAKU CO., LTD., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A suture technique evaluation apparatus evaluates a suture technique performed on a simulated body simulating a part of the human body, and the suture technique evaluation apparatus includes a camera configured to image at least a suture region where suturing is performed on the simulated body, and a ligation force evaluation part adapted to evaluate the ligation force of the suturing on the basis of image data taken by the camera.