Abstract: A manipulator for an instrument for minimally invasive surgery, having at a proximal end a handle for operating the instrument, and wherein the instrument is removably placed at a distal end, and wherein a parallelogram construction is provided between the proximal end and the distal end for guaranteeing an unambiguous positional relationship between the handle and the instrument, wherein the parallelogram construction is coupled with a system of bars for controlling the position of the parallelogram construction, the bars of the system of bars being connected to the parallelogram construction as well as to each other by means of cardan joints.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2009
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2015
Assignee:
Academisch Medisch Centrum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam
Abstract: An instrument for minimally invasive surgery suitable for use with a manipulator comprising a tube provided at its first end with a mouthpiece wherein control means for the mouthpiece pass through the tube, and wherein at a second end of the tube opposite to the first end comprising the mouthpiece control organs are provided that are coupled with the control means for the mouthpiece that are passing through the tube.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2011
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2015
Assignee:
Academisch Medisch Centrum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam
Abstract: A manipulator for an instrument for minimally invasive surgery, having at a proximal end a handle for operating the instrument, and wherein the instrument is removably placed at a distal end, and wherein a parallelogram construction is provided between the proximal end and the distal end for guaranteeing an unambiguous positional relationship between the handle and the instrument, wherein the parallelogram construction is coupled with a system of bars for controlling the position of the parallelogram construction, the bars of the system of bars being connected to the parallelogram construction as well as to each other by means of cardan joints.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 23, 2009
Publication date:
May 13, 2010
Applicant:
Academisch Medisch Centrum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam