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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Iwasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Dejima, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The endoscopic surgery device includes: an outer tube body that penetrates through a body wall to be inserted into a body cavity; an endoscope insertion path provided inside the outer tube body; a treatment tool insertion path provided inside the outer tube body; a position sensor that has a non-sensitive area where no change in a relative position of the treatment tool insertion part with respect to the endoscope insertion part is detected even if the treatment tool insertion part is moved back and forth, and a sensitive area that is an area other than the non-sensitive area, where change in a relative position of the treatment tool insertion part is detected, and that detects its movement amount with respect to the outer tube body; and a control unit that changes a range of an observation image acquired by the endoscope in accordance with the detected movement amount.