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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical manipulator includes: an elongated support member; an end effector that is supported at a distal end of the support member so as to be movable in a longitudinal axial direction; a first pulling pulley that is supported so as to be rotatable about a first shaft that is secured to the end effector and that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; and a first wire that is wound around the first pulling pulley so as to cause, when a proximal end thereof is pulled, tensile forces in substantially the same directions to act on the first pulling pulley on either side of the first pulling pulley flanking the first shaft.