Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a manipulation unit, a grip detecting unit, a driving unit, and a control unit. When the control unit determines that the end effector is applying the acting force to the target based on the information acquired by the grip detecting unit, the control unit sets an acting force increasing zone of a predetermined range in a first movable range in the first direction of the manipulation unit, sets a neutral zone in a remaining area of the first movable range, controls the driving unit so that the acting force increases with a constant gradient with respect to an amount of manipulation of the manipulation unit in the acting force increasing zone, and controls the driving unit so that the acting force is kept constant regardless of the amount of manipulation of the manipulation unit in the neutral zone.
Abstract:
An endoscope system includes: an endoscope having an image-acquisition optical system at a distal end of an elongated insertion portion; a trocar attached to a body surface so as to penetrate the body surface and having a through-hole though which the portion is made to pass; a rotation sensor provided on the trocar and detecting an amount of rotation of the portion about a longitudinal axis, the portion being located in the through-hole in a passing-through state; a sign disposed at a position where it can be imaged by the image-acquisition optical system when the portion is inserted into the trocar and with which the position in a circumferential direction of the through-hole can be identified; and an detecting unit detecting a relative angle between the portion and the through-hole at the time of insertion on the basis of the sign in an image acquired by the image-acquisition optical system.
Abstract:
An endoscope system computes a distal end position of the endoscope or a position of the desired imaging target. An image taken of the desired imaging target is recorded. A position of the desired imaging target is computed and recorded. A current image taken by the imaging unit is compared with the image of the desired imaging target already recorded. A first driving amount for driving the field-of-view adjustment mechanism is computed such that the desired imaging target is positioned on an axis of sighting of the imaging unit. A second driving amount for driving the field-of-view adjustment mechanism is computed in such a way as to include a center of the image of the desired imaging target. The field-of-view adjustment mechanism is driven from either one of the first driving amount or the second driving amount.
Abstract:
A medical manipulator includes: an insertion section having a main movable section and a distal end rigid section; a manipulator at which a treatment section is provided; an auxiliary movable section configured to move the treatment section; an imaging section configured to acquire an image in a field-of-vision range; a manipulation unit configured to output an instruction that specifies a position to which the treatment section is moved; a display configured to display the image; a determination unit configured to determine whether a condition is a partial movement condition or an entire movement condition when the determination unit receives the instruction; and a driving unit configured to drive the auxiliary movable section, the main movable section, and the imaging section based on determination of the determination unit.
Abstract:
An operation support device includes a manipulation input unit and an operating section to which a surgical instrument is attached and which operates the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a treatment section, a flexible insertion section, and a manipulation section which is fixed to the flexible insertion section. The manipulation input unit further includes a detection body which is attached to the manipulation section, and a detecting device which detects the detection body. The detecting device calculates information which is capable of specifying a position and/or an orientation of the detection body. On the basis of the information which is calculated by the detecting device, a control device controls an operation of the surgical instrument by outputting to the operating section an order of moving the surgical instrument as a manipulation order.
Abstract:
A stent delivery system includes: a stent delivery device configured to carry a stent to a stenosis and indwell the stent; an observation device configured to observe the stenosis; and one or more processors, each comprising hardware, the one or more processors being configured to: acquire an observation image from the observation device; and determine a target placement position for placing the stent in the stenosis based on the observation image.
Abstract:
A medical system includes: a distal end having an imager and a plurality of joints; a drive part configured to generate power for operating the joints; and a controller configured to control the drive part, and the controller includes: a characteristic point setting part configured to extract characteristic points of an object and recognizes the object based on the characteristic points; a distance measurement part configured to measure the distance between the imager and the object; a correction amount calculation part configured to calculate the amount of operation of the joints such that the imager is directed to the object and adjust the distance between the imager and the object to a predetermined distance; and a drive signal generation part configured to generate a drive signal for operating the drive part based on the amount of operation and output the drive signal to the drive part.
Abstract:
A trocar sensor unit including a base that is configured to be attached to and detached from a trocar and that has a through-hole through which an insertion section to be inserted into the trocar is inserted; a moving member that has a pressing surface forming at least a portion of an inner surface of the through-hole of the base and that is configured to be moved in a radial direction of the through-hole; and a sensor that is disposed in at least one of the moving member and a portion of the inner surface of the through-hole opposite the pressing surface and that detects the amount of movement of a surface of the insertion section in the through-hole.
Abstract:
A manipulator including an elongated shaft, at least one joint disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a manipulating part via which a movement instruction for the joint is input, and a driving unit that drives the joint according to the movement instruction input via the manipulating part. The manipulating part includes a handle fixed to the shaft and gripped in one hand of an operator, a displaceable member that is disposed at a position along which at least one finger of the hand gripping the handle can be extended and that can be displaced by a movement of the finger extending therealong, and a sensor that detects displacement of the displaceable member and outputs it as the movement instruction.
Abstract:
The endoscope system includes an endoscope including an imaging unit that is capable of taking an image of a subject of interest, a display unit for displaying an image taken by the imaging unit, an endoscopic position sensor for detecting a position of the endoscope in the body cavity, a distance measurement unit for measuring a distance from a distal end of the endoscope to the subject of interest, a position calculation unit for computing the positions of the distal end of the endoscope and the subject of interest on the basis of information from the endoscopic position sensor and the distance measurement unit, a position storage unit for storing a position of the subject of interest computed by the position calculation unit, and a direction indication unit for indicating a direction in which the subject of interest is present on the display unit.