Surgical tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10271913-B2
Application number	US-201615086707-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2016
Priority date	Nov 29, 2013
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

A surgical tool includes: a treatment section that treats an object to be treated; a power source that generates a power to operate the treatment section; a traction section connected to the treatment section and the power source; a switching section that switches a transmission state of the power from the power source to the traction section between a state in which the power can be transmitted and a state in which the power cannot be transmitted; and a tension-applying section that has a pulley and applies a predetermined initial tension to the traction section by applying a power to the pulley in the state in which the power cannot be transmitted, wherein the traction section is hung on the pulley via the power source from the treatment section and is connected to the treatment section via the power source.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A surgical tool comprising:
a treatment section that treats an object to be treated;
a power source that generates a power to operate the treatment section;
a traction section connected to the treatment section and the power source;
a switching section that switches a transmission state of the power from the power source to the traction section between a state in which the power can be transmitted and a state in which the power cannot be transmitted; and
a tension-applying section that has a pulley and applies a predetermined initial tension to the traction section by applying a power to the pulley in the state in which the power cannot be transmitted,
wherein the traction section is hung on the pulley via the power source from the treatment section and is connected to the treatment section via the power source.

2. The surgical tool according to claim 1 , wherein the traction section is slidably hung on the pulley.

3. The surgical tool according to claim 1 , wherein the switching section includes:
a driver connected to the power source; and
a movable body that is connected to the traction section, is attachable to and detachable from the driver, and is engaged with the driver and thereby moved by the driver.

4. The surgical tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the driver is a pinion connected to the power source, and
the movable body is an internal gear having an outer peripheral surface frictionally engageable with the traction section and an inner peripheral surface having gear teeth meshing with the pinion and is attachable to and detachable from the pinion.

5. The surgical tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the driver is a pinion connected to the power source,
the movable body is a rack coupled to the traction section, and
the switching section further includes a movable part that moves the pinion with respect to the rack in order to attach and detach the pinion to and from the rack.

6. A surgical tool comprising:
an end effector configured to be moved by a driving force to perform a treatment;
an actuator configured to generate the driving force to move the end effector to perform the treatment;
a wire configured to transmit the driving force generated by the actuator to the end effector;
one or more movable bodies configured to switch between a transmission state in which the one or more movable bodies engage the actuator to transmit the driving force to the wire and a non-transmission state in which the one or more movable bodies disengage from the actuator so that the driving force generated by the actuator is not transmitted to the wire; and
a biasing member configured to apply a predetermined initial tension to the wire by applying a biasing force to a pulley in the non-transmission state.

7. The surgical tool according to claim 6 , wherein the wire is slidably hung on the pulley.

8. The surgical tool according to claim 6 , further comprising a pinion coupled to the actuator,
wherein the one or more movable bodies are attachable to and detachable from the pinion.

9. The surgical tool according to claim 8 ,
wherein the one or more movable bodies comprise an internal gear comprising:
an outer peripheral surface frictionally engageable with the wire; and
an inner peripheral surface comprising gear teeth meshing with the pinion.

10. The surgical tool according to claim 8 ,
wherein the one or more movable bodies comprise a rack coupled to the wire, and the one or more movable bodies are configured to move the pinion with respect to the rack.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Yoshii Toshihiro
• Jogasaki Shuya

Classifications

• A61B34/30

  Surgical robots · CPC title

• A61B17/29

  Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery · CPC title

• F16H19/005

  for conveying oscillating or limited rotary motion · CPC title

• F16H19/0672

  characterised by means for tensioning the flexible member · CPC title

• A61B2034/715

  Cable tensioning mechanisms for removing slack · CPC title