IP Library Granted Patent US 9,851,782
Granted Patent B2
US 9,851,782 · App. 14/168,496 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Operation support device and attachment and detachment method thereof

Inventor: Kosuke Kishi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
G06F3/01A61B17/29A61B17/32002A61B18/1402A61B34/30A61B46/10B25J13/02A61B17/068A61B46/23A61B2017/00119A61B2017/00477A61B2017/00482A61B2090/0813Y10S901/08Y10S901/09Y10S901/30Y10T29/49826Y10T74/18056
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Patent No.
US 9,851,782
App. No.
14/168,496
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operation support device includes a connecting body in which a first support body and a second support body are detachably connected to each other; a first shaft engaging section; a shaft connecting member having a connection engaging section engaged with the first shaft engaging section; and a shaft fixing member. The shaft fixing member is movably installed with respect to a first shaft section or a second shaft section and is configured to selectively form a shaft engagement fixing state in which the connection engaging section is held down to retain an engagement state such that the connection engaging section is engaged with the first shaft engaging section and a second state in which holding down to the connection engaging section is released in accordance with a moved position with a moved position of the shaft fixing member.

Claims (31)

1. An operation support device comprising:

an intermediate member having:

a connecting section installed at a proximal end of the intermediate member;

a first cylindrical portion connecting to the connecting section and extended toward a distal side; and

a first insertion hole extending through the connecting section and the first cylindrical portion in a longitudinal axial direction;

a surgical instrument unit having:

a surgical instrument unit support body installed at a proximal end of the surgical instrument unit;

a second cylindrical portion having an operation unit installed at a distal end of the second cylindrical portion to connect the surgical instrument unit support body at a proximal end of the second cylindrical portion;

a surgical instrument drive unit having:

a surgical instrument drive unit support body; and

a second insertion hole extending through the surgical instrument drive unit support body in the longitudinal axial direction,

wherein the first cylindrical portion is inserted into the second insertion hole to connect the surgical instrument drive unit to the intermediate member,

the second cylindrical portion is inserted into the first insertion hole to connect the surgical instrument unit to the intermediate member,

the intermediate member has a first shaft section which advances and retracts in the longitudinal axial direction to transmit driving forces;

the surgical instrument unit has a second shaft section which advances and retracts in the longitudinal axial direction to transmit driving forces to the operation unit;

the surgical instrument drive unit has a third shaft section which advances and retracts in the longitudinal axial direction to transmit driving forces generated by a motor; and

the surgical instrument drive unit is connected with the intermediate member to connect the third shaft section with the first shaft section, and the intermediate member is connected with the surgical instrument unit to connect the first shaft section with the second shaft section, thereby the driving force generated by the motor transmits to the operation unit.

2. The operation support device according to claim 1 , further comprising first and second members for affixing a drape, the first and second members being configured relative to the surgical instrument drive unit to isolate the surgical instrument drive unit inside the drape while exposing the surgical instrument unit and the intermediate member outside the drape.

3. The operation support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a length of the first insertion hole is shorter than a length of the second cylindrical portion in the longitudinal axial direction, and

a length of the second insertion hole is shorted than a length of the first cylindrical portion in the longitudinal axial direction.

4. The operation support device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second shaft section has a first shaft engaging section,

the first shaft section has a shaft connecting member engaging with the first shaft engaging section, and

the first shaft section and the second shaft section are connected so as to transmit the driving force by engaging the shaft connecting member with the first shaft engaging section in accordance with a connection between the intermediate member and the surgical instrument unit.

5. The operation support device according to claim 4 , further comprising a shaft fixing member,

wherein when the shaft connecting member is engaged with the first shaft engaging member, the shaft fixing member is configured to maintain an engagement of the shaft connecting member and the first shaft engaging member.

6. The operation support device according to claim 4 , further comprising a support body fixing member,

wherein the intermediate member has a support body engaging section,

the surgical instrument unit has a support body connecting member engaging with the support body engaging section, and

wherein when the support body connecting member is engaged with the support body engaging section, the support body fixing member is configured to maintain an engagement of the support body connecting member and support body engaging section.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 3, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043075/0639 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2014
From: KISHI, KOSUKE
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032095/0066 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-023443 · Feb 6, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTJP2012070415 · Aug 3, 2012
Provisional Application 61515203 · Aug 4, 2011
Related Publication 20140144258A1 · May 29, 2014