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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Yuuki Sakaguchi, Fujinomiya, JP;
Shinji Ishida, Fujinomiya, JP;
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A medical manipulator includes: a manipulator body that has a handle; a drive unit that can be detachably attached to the handle; and an attachment limiting mechanism that is provided to the handle. When the number of times that the drive unit has been attached to and detached from the handle reaches a set number, the attachment limiting mechanism prevents the mounting of the drive unit to the handle. The attachment limiting mechanism has a counting mechanism and a stopper. The counting mechanism counts the number of times that the drive unit is attached and detached. When the count reaches a set number, the stopper is made to protrude into a mounting hole in the handle so as to prevent the insertion of the drive unit into the mounting hole.