MEDICAL APPARATUS AND MEDICAL SYSTEM

摘要

Provided is a medical apparatus including a treatment tool having a distal-end treatment section, a joint section, and a flexible elongated body section in this order from the distal end; a driver that is connected to the base end of the body section and that supplies a driving force to the joint section; an operation input unit that is a separate unit from the treatment tool and the driver and that has a main body holdable with one hand of an operator and an operable member disposed at a position where it is operable using a finger of the one hand holding the main body; and a controller that controls the driver in accordance with an operation command input to the operation input unit.

主权项

1. A medical apparatus comprising:
a treatment tool having an elongated body section that has flexibility, a distal-end treatment section that is located at a distal end of the body section, and a joint section that couples the body section and the distal-end treatment section to each other; a driver that is connected to a base end of the body section and that supplies a driving force to the joint section for actuating the joint section; an operation input unit having a main body and an operable member and being a separate unit from the treatment tool and the driver, the main body having a size and shape that can be held with one hand of an operator, the operable member being disposed at a position where the operable member is operable using a finger of the one hand holding the main body and receiving an operation command for manipulating the joint section; and a controller that controls the driver in accordance with the operation command input to the operation input unit.