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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuharu Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Kokubo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 1/00149 (2013.01); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2034/743 (2016.02); A61B 2034/744 (2016.02);
Abstract
There is provided a medical support arm device including a multi-joint arm having a distal end configured to host a medical device, said multi-joint arm configured to have a higher degree of freedom than a degree of freedom necessary for controlling a spatial position and pointing direction of the medical device. The multi-joint arm is configured to controllably displace at least one of a plurality of joints of the multi-joint arm while the spatial position and the pointing direction of the medical device are controlled.