Abstract: An adaptor according one or more embodiments may include a base body and an arm engagement part including an engagement portion to be engaged with the robot arm at an engagement position and a contact portion with which a release tool comes in contact. The arm engagement part may be configured such that the contact portion comes in contact with the release tool when the release tool is inserted through the tool insertion hole, a part of the arm engagement part is moved into an escape space in the base body when the contact portion is moved in a direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the release tool, and the engagement portion of the arm engagement part is moved, when the release tool is further inserted, from the engagement position to the disengagement position, which disengages the engagement portion of the arm engagement part from the robot arm.

Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a controller configured or programmed to change a length between a first axis and a second axis in a direction in which a shaft extends, the length serving as a control parameter, according to a rotation speed of the shaft with respect to an amount of operation to control operation of a surgical instrument.

Abstract: A surgical instrument according to an embodiment may include a conductive distal support member, a conductive proximal support member, a sealing mechanism being in contact with the proximal support member and including at least a part thereof having conductivity, and an electric wire. The electric wire includes an end effector-side end portion thereof being connected to the sealing mechanism to supply electrical energy to the end effector through the sealing mechanism, the proximal support body, and the distal support body.

Abstract: A medical cart according to an embodiment may include: a base holding a positioner configured to move a multiple degree-of-freedom manipulator arm including a tip end portion holding a medical device; a base mount holding the base; a plurality of wheels including a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels which move the base mount; and a plurality of stabilizers provided at the base mount and including respective ground contact portions which contact a ground surface when the stabilizers are extended by pneumatic pressure.

Abstract: An adaptor according to one or more embodiments may include a drive transmission member to transmit a driving force from a driving member of a drive part to a driven member of a surgical instrument. The drive transmission member may include: a first member to be fitted to the driven member of the surgical instrument; and a second member relatively movable with respect to the first member in directions toward the surgical instrument and toward the drive part and to be fitted to the driving member. The second member may include a movement restriction part that comes in contact with the driven member to restrict a movement of the second member toward the surgical instrument in a state where the driving member of the drive part is fitted to the second member and the driven member of the surgical instrument is fitted to the first member.

Abstract: A surgical tool according to one or more embodiment may include: an end effector; an elongate element that drives the end effector; a hollow shaft that includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion which is coupled to the end effector; a driving member which the elongate element led via the shaft is wound on; a guide pulley that is disposed between the proximal end portion of the shaft and the driving member and guides the elongate element; and a tension pulley that is disposed between the proximal end portion of the shaft and the guide pulley and biases the elongate element.

Abstract: A remote operation-type surgery system is disclosed, which includes: a multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a first operation interface configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second operation interface configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a third operation interface configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first and second operation interfaces; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not an in-operation signal is turned on; until the in-operation signal is turned on, control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multiple-degree freedom slave arm is operated by at least one of the second operation interface and the third operation interface; and while the in-operation signal is turned on, control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multi-degree-of-freedom slave arm is operated by the first operation

Abstract: A remote operation-type surgery system is disclosed, which includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a first operation interface configured to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm to make a movement of a medical instrument; a second operation interface configured to receive an operational instruction for the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first operation interface; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not in-operation signal is turned on; until the in-operation signal is turned on, control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multiple-degree freedom slave arm performs a movement based on the operational instruction via the second operation interface; and while the in-operation signal is turned on, control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm so that the multi-degree-of-freedom slave arm follows the movement of the first operation interface.

Abstract: A sterile drape according to an embodiment may include: a flexible film member including a first opening and a second opening and configured to cover the robot arm received through the second opening; and a resin molded member configured to close the first opening of the flexible film member. The resin molded member includes: an upper surface portion having a shape and a size fitted to an attachment surface of an attachment portion of the robot arm; a side surface portion extending downward from the upper surface portion; and a projection which projects outward from a lower edge of the side surface portion and to which the flexible film member is welded.

Abstract: A robot main body driving mechanism; a robot main body including a hollow flexible shaft, a joint portion including a bending joint and a proximal end continuous with a distal end of the flexible shaft, the bending joint receiving driving force of the robot main body driving mechanism to perform a bending operation, an end effector provided at a distal end of the joint portion, and a driving force transmission mechanism connecting the bending joint and the robot main body driving mechanism and configured to transmit the driving force of the robot main body driving mechanism to the bending joint; and a rotation driving mechanism configured to rotate the robot main body around an axis of a proximal end of the flexible shaft.

Abstract: A surgical instrument according to an embodiment may include: a shaft; an end effector provided on a side of one end of the shaft; a housing provided on a side of the other end of the shaft and including a base including an attachment surface to be attached to a robot arm, a lid portion covering the base, and cleaning liquid supply holes to supply a cleaning liquid; and a cleaning tube to supply the cleaning liquid into the shaft. The cleaning liquid supply holes include: a first cleaning liquid supply hole to which the cleaning tube is attached; a second cleaning liquid supply hole communicating with an inside of the housing; and a third cleaning liquid supply hole opening in a direction substantially orthogonal to an opening direction of the second cleaning liquid supply hole and communicating with the inside of the housing.

Abstract: In a medical system including a medical imaging device and a robotic bed, the table may be movable between a first position where a maximum dimension of the robot arm not hidden under the table is less than one fourth of a longitudinal dimension of the table when the table is viewed from vertically above, and a second position where a maximum dimension of the robot arm not hidden under the table is one fourth of a longitudinal dimension of the table or more when the table is viewed from vertically above. The second position may be an imaging position or an imaging preparation position where an image is taken by the medical imaging device. The first position may be surgery position where a shortest distance between the robotic bed and a location of the medical imaging device is at least a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A surgical robot includes a first indicator configured to indicate a state of a system, and a plurality of second indicators configured to individually indicate states of a plurality of arms, and the state of the system includes a state of the surgical robot excluding the states of the plurality of arms and a state of a doctor-side operation device.

Abstract: A surgical robot includes an arm configured to allow a medical device to be attached thereto, and an operation unit supported by the arm. The operation unit includes a joystick configured to operate movement of the medical device by the arm.

Abstract: In a surgical robot, a pivot position teaching button is pressed with a tip end of a medical device moved to a position corresponding to an insertion position of a trocar inserted into a body surface of a patient such that a pivot position is stored in a storage.

Abstract: In a surgical robot, an operation unit includes an enable switch and an operation tool configured to control a moving direction of an arm, and the enable switch and the operation tool are arranged apart from each other within a range operable by fingers of one hand of an operator in the operation unit.

Abstract: An interface according to an embodiment may be arranged between a driver provided to a robotic arm and a manual surgical instrument. The interface includes: a driven unit to be connected to the driver and be driven by a driving force transmitted from the driver provided to the robotic arm; a manipulation portion to be driven by a driving force transmitted by the driven unit to manipulate an operation-target portion of the manual surgical instrument; and a surgical instrument holder configured to hold the manual surgical instrument in a state where the operation-target portion of the manual surgical instrument is positioned with respect to the manipulation portion.

Abstract: A sterile drape according to an embodiment may include: a flexible film member including a first opening and a second opening and configured to cover the robot arm received through the second opening; and a resin molded member configured to close the first opening of the flexible film member. The resin molded member includes: an upper surface portion having a shape and a size fitted to an attachment surface of an attachment portion of the robot arm; a side surface portion extending downward from the upper surface portion; and a projection which projects outward from a lower edge of the side surface portion and to which the flexible film member is welded.

Abstract: A remote control apparatus (a doctor-side control apparatus) according to an embodiment is provided at a position away from a medical manipulator including an arm to which a medical instrument is attached and is configured to remotely operate the medical manipulator. Each of a plurality of wheels that are provided at a bottom surface of the control apparatus is configured to move a control apparatus main body in a first direction parallel to a floor surface on which the control apparatus main body is placed and in a second direction parallel to the floor surface and orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: A surgical robot includes an arm base mover configured to move an arm base configured to support a plurality of arms, an imaging device provided on the arm base, the imaging device being configured to image a patient placed on a surgical table, and a display configured to display, in real time, the patient imaged by the imaging device.