The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JP;
Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kawashima, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kanno, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoken Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Akahoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Ban, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental Uuniversity, Tokyo, JP;
TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A forceps system includes a forceps manipulator and a control unit. The forceps manipulator includes a forceps tip unit capable of bending with two degrees of freedom including a bending direction and a bending angle, a drive unit that generates a driving force for the forceps tip unit, an operation unit for instructing the bending direction and the bending angle, and a first detection unit that detects an angle in a rotation direction with respect to an axis of the drive transmitting unit. The control unit that controls the drive unit such that the forceps tip unit bends depending on a predetermined target bending direction and a predetermined target bending angle. The control unit sets a target bending direction on the basis of the bending direction instructed from the operation unit and the angle detected by the first detection unit.