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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A manipulator system is provided with: a manipulator including an elongated flexible portion, a movable portion provided at a distal end thereof, and a driving portion that is provided at a proximal end of the flexible portion and that drives the movable portion; an inserted portion that includes a channel through which the manipulator is made to pass and that possesses flexibility; a reciprocating portion that moves the driving portion forward and backward in a longitudinal direction of the flexible portion; a movable-portion-state identifying portion that identifies a state of the movable portion; a restricting portion that, when the movable portion is identified to be in a protruded state, restricts the driving portion from being moved backward any farther; and a restriction releasing portion that, when the movable portion is identified to be in a retractable state, releases the restriction.