Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Dohguchi

Nobuyuki Dohguchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Surgical manipulator system
    Patent number: 6120433
    Abstract: A surgical manipulator system comprising an operation device, a slave manipulator, a medical device, and a controller. The operation device is located in a region to be operated by a surgeon. The slave manipulator can have access into a surgery region. The medical device is held by the slave manipulator and can be moved a body cavity. The controller can operate in a first mode to move the slave manipulator or the medical device, or both, such that the axis of the medical device passes a fulcrum fixed in a space even before the medical device is inserted into the body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mizuno, Toshimasa Kawai, Nobuyuki Dohguchi