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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9999477 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2016

Manipulator system

Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Keigo Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Masatoshi Iida, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Ryan Henderson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 18/06 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 1/0051 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 34/77 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2034/306 (2016.02); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/066 (2016.02); B25J 9/1045 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B25J 18/06 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
Abstract

A manipulator system including a manipulator that includes an insertion part having a main section and a bending section, a bending-section driving portion, and a linear member inserted through a sheath fixed to the main section at one end thereof, the linear member connecting the bending section and the bending-section driving portion through the main section and transmitting a driving force generated by the bending-section driving portion to the bending section; an operation input unit via which an operation instruction to the bending section is input; a sheath-tension detecting portion that detects the tension in the sheath; a compensation-value setting portion that sets a compensation value for a bending control signal on the basis of the tension in the sheath, and a control unit that generates the bending control signal and sends the bending control signal corrected with the compensation value to the bending-section driving portion.

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