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REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND REMOTE SURGICAL SYSTEM

Publication EP3628261A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

Medicaroid Corporation

Inventors

NAKANISHI, Tetsuya, ISHIHARA, Kazuki

Abstract

The remote control apparatus includes: an operating handle (52) used to input a movement type instruction to be executed by a surgical manipulator; a support mechanism (31, 231) configured to support the operating handle and be able to transform between a first posture suitable for an operator in a standing position to operate the remote control apparatus and a second posture suitable for an operator in a seated position to operate the remote control apparatus; a storage section (67) configured to store information on the support mechanism for the first posture and information on the support mechanism for the second posture; and a control section (66) configured to read the information on the support mechanism for the first posture from the storage section and control an actuator (45, 245) to change the vertical position of the operating handle to correspond to the first posture when the control section receives an instruction to transform the support mechanism to the first posture, and read the information on the support mechanism for the second posture from the storage section and control the actuator to change the vertical position of the operating handle to correspond to the second posture when the control section receives an instruction to transform the support mechanism to the second posture.

IPC Classifications

A61B 34/00 20160101AFI20200220BHEP A61B 34/37 20160101ALI20200220BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR