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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Hane, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); G01L 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/0011 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); G01L 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A force estimation system for calculating force information regarding forces applied to one or more positions of a flexible tubular portion having flexibility through an arithmetic operation, the force estimation system comprising: a processor configured to input the deformation state and the mechanical property at a plurality of longitudinal positions of the flexible tubular portion, and calculates the force information of the force applied to the individual positions of the flexible tubular portion based on the deformed state and the mechanical property.