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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Komuro, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/2203 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical operation support system includes: a surgical instrument provided with a usage count accumulation portion that includes a moving portion and a moving mechanism which is configured to move the moving portion; and a body which includes a driving portion that is configured to move the moving portion through the moving mechanism. The usage count accumulation portion is configured to accumulate a usage count of the surgical instrument by a movement of the moving portion.