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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Hyodo, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Kishi, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For bending a manipulator without excessive increase in a tensile force acting on a driving power transmitting member, a manipulator is provided with: an end effector; a driving unit; a guide member to which the end effector is attached at one end thereof and the driving unit is attached at the other end thereof; and a driving power transmitting members that transmit the driving power from the driving unit to the end effector, wherein the guide member includes a guide tube that has lumens, and an outer sheath that has a greater rigidity than the guide tube and that covers an outer circumference of the guide tube, and one end of the outer sheath is movable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the end effector or the driving unit.