Abstract: A robotic surgical system according to an embodiment may include: a surgical instrument including a pair of jaw members configured to be opened and closed by an elongate element; a robotic arm which includes a motor configured to drive the elongate element and to which the surgical instrument is attached; a first storage that stores in advance a first value corresponding to a rotation angle of the motor for a predetermined current value; and a controller configured to acquire a second value corresponding to the rotation angle of the motor when the predetermined current value is reached, and perform calibration to change, based on the acquired second value and the first value stored in the first storage, a command angle for a tightening operation of the jaw members.

Abstract: An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, and a pressure reducer that is disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor fan that blows the air to the outdoor heat exchanger; an indoor fan that blows the air to the indoor heat exchanger; and a control device that sets an upper limit value of a rotational frequency of the outdoor fan in accordance with a rotational frequency of the indoor fan.

Abstract: An air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducer that is disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger, and a flow channel switching unit that switches a flow direction of a refrigerant discharged from the compressor; an outdoor fan that blows the air to the outdoor heat exchanger; and a control device that sets an instructed rotational frequency which is a rotational frequency for driving the outdoor fan. The control device performs processing of stopping the outdoor fan while gradually reducing the instructed rotational frequency in a case where it is determined that a predetermined defrosting start condition is satisfied during a heating operation.

Abstract: Computer-readable storage media are disclosed storing instructions, which when executed, cause a processor to: distribute, toward a terminal device of a viewer via a communication line, a first video including an animation of a first avatar of a distributor generated on the basis of motion data or the motion data; distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, a second video related to a game generated on the basis of operation data by using a received web page; receive, from the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, token data indicative of providing a token to the distributor from the viewer viewing the second video; and distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, the second video including a game object set on the basis of the token data.

Abstract: An adsorbent of the invention, which is an adsorbent for removing carbonyl sulfide in a stream containing an olefin, contains copper oxide and an aluminum compound, in which a content of the aluminum compound ranges from 10 mass % to 50 mass % in terms of Al, and an NH3 desorption in a temperature region ranging from 100 degrees C. to 200 degrees C. as measured by NH3-TPD measurement is more than 0.001 mmol/g and 1 mmol/g or less.

Abstract: A patient-side apparatus according an embodiment may include a robot arm; an adaptor that is attached to the robot arm; and a surgical instrument that is attached to the adaptor by sliding the surgical instrument to the adaptor. The adaptor includes: an adaptor base including an arm attachment surface and a surgical instrument attachment surface; a drive transmission member provided being movable in a direction perpendicular to the surgical instrument attachment surface and configured to transmit a driving force from the robot arm to the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a surgical instrument base including an adaptor attachment surface. The surgical instrument base includes an inclined surface configured, upon slide attachment of the surgical instrument to the adaptor, to come in contact with the drive transmission member to move the drive transmission member toward the robot arm side in a direction perpendicular to the surgical instrument attachment surface.

Abstract: Computer-readable storage media are disclosed storing instructions, which when executed, cause a processor to: distribute, toward a terminal device of a viewer via a communication line, a first video including an animation of a first avatar of a distributor generated on the basis of motion data or the motion data; distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, a second video related to a game generated on the basis of operation data by using a received web page; receive, from the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, token data indicative of providing a token to the distributor from the viewer viewing the second video; and distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, the second video including a game object set on the basis of the token data.

Abstract: An endoscope adaptor according to an embodiment may include a base portion including a transmission mechanism configured to decelerate and transmit rotation of a driven member configured to be driven to rotate by a drive part of a robot arm to an endoscope holder. The transmission mechanism includes a drive transmission shaft that is configured to be rotated by the rotation of the driven member, a first linkage member that is configured to rotate integrally with the drive transmission shaft, and a second linkage member being rotatable with respect to the drive transmission shaft and configured to rotate with first linkage member in a linked manner. The base portion includes a stopper configured to come in contact with the second linkage member to stop rotation of the drive transmission shaft.

Abstract: An endoscope adaptor according to an embodiment may include: an endoscope holder configured to hold an endoscope to be rotatable; and a base portion including an attachment portion, a driven member, and a transmission mechanism. The base portion includes a cable holder configured to hold a cable connected to the endoscope.

Abstract: A surgical instrument according to one or more embodiments may include: a base to be attached to a robot arm; a shaft including one end connected to the base; and a pair of jaw members provided to the other end of the shaft and provided to be rotatable about a first rotation axis so as to be opened and closed to each other, wherein opposing surfaces of the pair of jaw members include groove-shaped recesses, respectively, to hold a clip, and the recess of each of the jaw members includes a first section provided on a side of a distal end of the jaw member and having a first depth and a second section provided on a side of a first rotation axis of the jaw member with respect to the first section and having a second depth greater than the first depth.

Abstract: An adaptor for detachably connecting a surgical instrument to a robot arm of a robotic surgical system according to an embodiment may include: a base body including a first surface to be attached to the robot arm and a second surface to which an attachment surface of the surgical instrument is mounted; and drive transmission members rotatably provided on the base body. The second surface of the base body includes first and second guide rails respectively corresponding to first and second guide grooves provided on the attachment surface of the surgical instrument. The first and second guide rails of the second surface are configured to be inserted respectively into the first and second guide grooves of the attachment surface, and guide the surgical instrument to be slid to a position where the drive transmission members respectively correspond to rotation members provided on the attachment surface of the surgical instrument.

Abstract: A robotic surgical system according to an embodiment may include: a surgical instrument including a pair of jaw members; an operation handle; and a surgical robot that includes a robot arm to which the surgical instrument is attached and which includes a drive part to drive a driven member, and a controller configured to drive the drive part based on a command jaw opening angle associated with an input to the input device for controlling an opening angle between the pair of jaw members. The controller is configured, when it is determined that a current value of the drive part excesses a predetermined threshold value during a closing operation of the pair of jaw members, to drive the drive part in a restriction mode in which a magnitude of the command jaw opening angle is restricted.

Abstract: A stopper according to one or more embodiments may include: a stopper body; and a rotation restriction portion provided at the stopper body and configured to restrict rotations of the drive transmission member. The stopper may be configured such that the rotation restriction portion restricts the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is attached to the adaptor main body and the rotation restriction portion releases the restriction of the rotations of the drive transmission member in a state where the stopper body is detached from the adaptor main body.

Abstract: A surgical system according to an embodiment may include a patient-side apparatus, an operator-side apparatus including an operation part to receive an operation for operating a surgical instrument attached to an arm of the patient-side apparatus, and a controller configured to control an operation of the surgical instrument based on the operation received by the operation part. The controller is configured to: control rotation amounts of first and second drive parts to drive first and second elongate elements for opening and closing first and second jaw members of the surgical instrument such that an opening angle between the first and second jaw members correspond to an operating angle received by the operation part; and correct, according to a rotation angle of a shaft of the surgical instrument about a rotation axis of the shaft, the rotation amounts of the first and second drive parts that correspond to the operating angle.

Abstract: A method of fixing a surgical instrument to a robot arm according to one or more embodiment may include: attaching the surgical instrument to a drive part of the robot arm via an adaptor in a state where a first engagement portion of a drive transmission member of the adaptor is set at a second initial orientation; and rotating the first engagement portion from the second initial orientation so as to engage the first engagement portion of the drive transmission member with an engagement portion of an driven member.

Abstract: A surgical system according to one or more embodiment may be configured such that, upon receiving a command to rotate first and second rotation members by predetermined rotation angles for closing first and second jaw members to each other, a controller is configured, when a path length of a first elongate element between the first jaw member and the first rotation member changes, to control a first actuator to rotate the first rotation member by a first rotation angle corrected according to change in the path length of the first elongate element, and when a path length of a second elongate element between the second jaw member and the second rotation member changes, to control a second actuator to rotate the second rotation member by a second rotation angle corrected according to change in the path length of the second elongate element.

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: An endoscope adaptor according to an embodiment may include a base portion including a transmission mechanism configured to decelerate and transmit rotation of a driven member configured to be driven to rotate by a drive part of a robot arm to an endoscope holder. The transmission mechanism includes a drive transmission shaft that is configured to be rotated by the rotation of the driven member, a first linkage member that is configured to rotate integrally with the drive transmission shaft, and a second linkage member being rotatable with respect to the drive transmission shaft and configured to rotate with first linkage member in a linked manner. The base portion includes a stopper configured to come in contact with the second linkage member to stop rotation of the drive transmission shaft.

Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument according to an aspect may include a housing and an electric connection part provided to the housing to be electrically connected to a power supply. The electric connection part includes: an electrode to be electrically connected to the power supply; a plurality of divided members configured to hold the electrode therebetween; and a coupling member that couples the plurality of divided members.

Abstract: An endoscope adaptor according to an embodiment may include: an endoscope holder configured to hold an endoscope to be rotatable; and a base portion including an attachment portion, a driven member, and a transmission mechanism. The base portion includes a cable holder configured to hold a cable connected to the endoscope.