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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masaru Yanagihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Kishi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2059 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/067 (2016.02);
Abstract
Provided is a manipulator system including: a driver provided at a proximal end of a flexible elongated guide member to drive a distal end of the elongated guide member, a slider that is fixed to the proximal end of the elongated guide member and that is movable with respect to the driver in a longitudinal direction of the elongated guide member, and a controller that is configured to control the driver so as to change a moving amount of the slider in accordance with a bending state of the elongated guide member.