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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Haraguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical manipulator including an insertion portion, where the insertion section including a bending portion and an end effector disposed on a distal end side of the insertion portion. The medical manipulator further including a motor configured to generate a first drive force for moving the bending portion; a lever configured to generate a second drive force for moving the bending portion, the lever being used to move the bending portion instead of the motor; a wire configured to transmit the first drive force or the second drive force to the bending portion; and a transmission blocking device configured to switch from the first drive force to the second drive force.