Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a drape unit that is disposed between a medical robot holding a surgical instrument and the surgical instrument to isolate the surgical instrument and the medical robot from each other. The drape unit transmits power in a forward/backward direction from a power transmission part of the medical robot to a movable part provided in the surgical instrument. The drape unit comprises: a movable intervening part that receives the power from the power transmission part; and a fixed intervening part that is detachably attached to the medical robot. The fixed intervening part has a through-hole through which a part of the movable intervening part is inserted. The fixed intervening part has a housing portion that covers a part of the movable intervening part as viewed in a penetrating direction of the through-hole when the movable intervening part moves to an end portion in the forward/backward direction.

Abstract: A drape for covering a medical robot includes an attachment detachably attached to the medical robot, a flexible sheet covering the medical robot, the flexible sheet being fixed to the attachment, and a flexible body that prevents the sheet from being pinched between the attachment and the medical robot.

Abstract: A drape unit disposed between a medical robot that holds a surgical instrument and the surgical instrument to isolate the surgical instrument and the medical robot from each other, the drape unit including a drape unit and a locking cover. The draft unit comprising a slider having a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion, and a separator main body having a through-hole, and the locking cover, configured to be detached and reattached to the drape unit, comprising: a main body portion configured to cover an entirety of the through-hole, a holding portion that detachably holds a relative position of the main body portion to the separator main body, and a slider holding portion provided so as to hold a relative position between the main body portion and the slider, the slider holding portion being configured to engage with the second engagement portion.

Abstract: A pneumatic drive for a medical robot includes a manifold having cylinders extending in a first direction, and respective rods corresponding to the cylinders, the rods extending on one side of the cylinders in the first direction. The manifold includes air supply ports that feed the cylinders with air for moving the respective rods forward and backward. The air supply ports are provided on another side of the manifold in the first direction.

Abstract: A bearing structure includes a fixing member attached with respect to an arm of a surgical robot in a state in which a holder that is provided at a distal end of the arm is inserted inside the fixing member, a first drape that covers the arm being attachable to the fixing member, and a rotating member attached with respect to the fixing member in a slidably rotatable manner in a state in which the holder is inserted inside the rotating member, a second drape that covers the holder being attachable to the rotating member. The rotating member is rotatable together with the holder.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a drape unit that is disposed between a medical robot holding a surgical instrument and the surgical instrument to isolate the surgical instrument and the medical robot from each other. The drape unit transmits power in a forward/backward direction from a power transmission part of the medical robot to a movable part provided in the surgical instrument. The drape unit comprises: a movable intervening part that receives the power from the power transmission part; and a fixed intervening part that is detachably attached to the medical robot. The fixed intervening part has a through-hole through which a part of the movable intervening part is inserted. The fixed intervening part has a housing portion that covers a part of the movable intervening part as viewed in a penetrating direction of the through-hole when the movable intervening part moves to an end portion in the forward/backward direction.

Abstract: A medical robot includes an arm, a controller that controls driving of the arm, a holding body that is connected to the arm at a connection portion and holds a held body, and a selector switch provided on the holding body for selectively switching between a control state in which the driving of the arm is controlled by the controller and a manual state in which control by the controller is released. The controller performs control of switching between the control state and the manual state based on an operation signal from the selector switch.

Abstract: A rotation position detector includes a motor having a drive shaft extending along a first axis, a drive-side pulley that is connected to the drive shaft, a holder that holds a treatment tool to be inserted into a patient during surgery, the holder rotating in association with the drive-side pulley, a driven-side pulley that rotates around the first axis, a diameter of the drive-side pulley being smaller than a diameter of the driven-side pulley, a transmission belt that transmits a rotational drive of the drive-side pulley to the driven-side pulley, a rotary encoder that is provided on the first axis and detects a rotation angle of the driven-side pulley, and a controller that calculates a rotation position of the holder based on the rotation angle and based a pulley ratio of the drive-side pulley to the driven-side pulley, and controls the motor based on the rotation position.

Abstract: A floating drive for a medical robot includes an actuator that drives a rod forward and backward in a first direction, a manipulation member that operates with driving force of the actuator, and a transmission member that is located between the actuator and the manipulation member and that is engaged with the rod to transmit an operation of the rod to the manipulation member. The transmission member is restricted in its displacement having a component in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the transmission member is separated from the rod in the second direction and transmitting force in the first direction from the rod to the manipulation member.

Abstract: A pneumatic drive for a medical robot includes a manifold having cylinders extending in a first direction, and respective rods corresponding to the cylinders, the rods extending on one side of the cylinders in the first direction. The manifold includes air supply ports that feed the cylinders with air for moving the respective rods forward and backward. The air supply ports are provided on another side of the manifold in the first direction.

Abstract: An apparatus which includes one or more control modules, comprising: a state managing unit configured to manage a current state of the apparatus to control the control modules based on the current state, wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from one to another among a plurality of states with the passing of time; a storage unit configured to store state data for defining processes for controlling the respective control modules in response to a change of the state; and an data editing unit configured to edit the state data stored in the storage unit so as to change a process to be performed in a state among a plurality of states; wherein the state data includes respective state datum corresponding to each state in the plurality of states, and the state managing unit controls the control modules according to the state datum corresponding to the current state.

Abstract: A decryption circuit includes a decryption circuitry configured to decrypt encrypted data in each encrypted unit block to acquire a decryption result, and an authentication circuitry configured to authenticate the encrypted data, using the decryption results, in parallel with decrypting the encrypted data in each encrypted unit block by the decryption circuitry until the decryption results amount to a first size of the encrypted data. The encrypted data has a first area and a second area, the first area and the second area are added to calculate the first size of the encrypted data. The first area of the encrypted data is definitely included in a field of the encrypted data to be used for authentication, and the second area of the encrypted data possibly includes data of the field of the encrypted data to be used for authentication.

Abstract: A device holding control target data inside, includes a state management unit configured to manage the present life cycle state of the device; a user authentication unit configured to authenticate a user and output a group of the user; and an access control unit configured to acquire a present life cycle state when an access request to access the control target data is received, acquire the group of the authenticated user, acquire access possibility information based on the present life cycle state and the group of the user, and control access to the control target data based on the access possibility information. The state management unit manages a fixed life cycle state, and a variable life cycle state that can be added, changed, or deleted, and the access control unit implements control on the fixed life cycle state before the variable life cycle state.

Abstract: A device holding control target data includes a management unit configured to manage the present life cycle state of the device; an authentication unit configured to authenticate a user and indicate a role of the user; a control unit configured to acquire a present life cycle state when a request to access the control target data is received, authenticate the user and acquire the role, acquire access possibility information based on the present life cycle state and the role, and control the access based on the access possibility information; and a prohibiting unit configured to compare a position/time allowed in operation plan information with a present position/time, and prohibit the access when these information items do not match, based on the operation plan information in which life cycle states are associated with positions and times that are allowed for state transitions of the life cycle states.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that executes an instruction stored in a fixed address area in a storage part; the storage part that stores a first startup program and a second startup program, contents of the second startup program being different at least partially from those of the first startup program; and an address conversion part that, when the processor carries out a predetermined startup different from an ordinary startup that is carried out at a time of starting power supply to the information processing apparatus, converts an address included in a read instruction issued by the processor indicating a storage area that stores the first startup program into an address indicating an other storage area that stores the second startup program, and sends the converted address to the storage part.

Abstract: An apparatus which includes one or more control modules, comprising: a state managing unit configured to manage a current state of the apparatus to control the control modules based on the current state, wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from one to another among a plurality of states with the passing of time; a storage unit configured to store state data for defining processes for controlling the respective control modules in response to a change of the state; and an data editing unit configured to edit the state data stored in the storage unit so as to change a process to be performed in a state among a plurality of states; wherein the state data includes respective state datum corresponding to each state in the plurality of states, and the state managing unit controls the control modules according to the state datum corresponding to the current state.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus recognizes input data as character information formed by character strings each being in a predetermined unit based on information relating to a character string as a recognition target, and performs processing based on the recognized character information.

Abstract: A disclosed data encoding apparatus includes: an arbitrary number of storage units; a data transfer control unit dividing input data into data blocks in accordance with the arbitrary number of storage units and transferring the data blocks to each storage unit; and encoding units having the same number as the storage units, the encoding units encoding the data blocks using a different cryptographic key for each storage unit while the data blocks are transferred by the data transfer control unit, wherein each storage unit stores the data blocks encoded by the encoding units.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor that executes an instruction stored in a fixed address area in a storage part; the storage part that stores a first startup program and a second startup program, contents of the second startup program being different at least partially from those of the first startup program; and an address conversion part that, when the processor carries out a predetermined startup different from an ordinary startup that is carried out at a time of starting power supply to the information processing apparatus, converts an address included in a read instruction issued by the processor indicating a storage area that stores the first startup program into an address indicating an other storage area that stores the second startup program, and sends the converted address to the storage part.

Abstract: A control apparatus may include a processor configured to execute one or more programs in order to control a control target, and an accepting unit configured to accept a user input. The processor may start a first program to cause the accepting unit to function at a time of starting the control apparatus, and thereafter start a second program for executing a function selected by the user input accepted by the accepting unit, amongst a plurality of functions executable by the control target, with preference over programs for executing other functions.