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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/46 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02);
Abstract
A force measurement apparatus includes a force detection unit that measures a force generated when a forceps is brought into contact with an inside of a body when an operator inserts a forceps or an endoscope into the body and measures a force generated when the forceps acts on a living body from outside the body, a reference information generating unit that generates reference information serving as information of a force acquired by the force detection unit when the forceps is located at a predetermined position, and an individual force calculation unit that individually calculates a force generated when the forceps acts on the living body in the body based on the reference information.