Surgical microscope device and surgical microscope system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823944-B2
Application number	US-201615564050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2016
Priority date	May 14, 2015
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

By using a surgical microscope device, it becomes possible to continue surgery more reliably, even in the case in which the picture of the operating site is no longer displayed normally. Provided is a surgical microscope device including: a microscope unit (110) that images an observation target, and outputs a picture signal; a support unit (120) that supports the microscope unit, and is configured as a balance arm; and an auxiliary observation device (30) that is attachable to the microscope unit or the support unit. A manually operated manual brake mechanism (40) is provided with respect to at least one of a plurality of rotation axis units constituting the support unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A surgical microscope device, comprising:
a microscope that images an observation target and outputs a picture signal;
a support including a plurality of rotation axis points that supports the microscope and is configured as a balance arm, each of the plurality of rotation axis points including an associated first motor having a holding torque that automatically holds a position of the corresponding rotation axis point when power is lost;
an auxiliary device that is attachable to the microscope or the support, the auxiliary device to be rotated about a first rotation axis point of the plurality of rotation axis points; and
a manual brake that stops rotation of at least one of the plurality of rotation axis points other than the first rotation axis point included in the support, the manual brake having a second motor with a smaller holding torque than a first motor associated with the first rotation axis point, and
the manual brake stops the at least one of the plurality of rotational axis points other than the first rotation axis point to compensate for imbalance of the balance arm occurring due to attachment of the auxiliary device.

2. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein
the manual brake is provided with respect to a rotation axis point having a smaller braking force in a case in which the manual brake is not provided, from among the plurality of rotation axis points included in the support.

3. The surgical microscope device according to claim 2 , wherein
the manual brake is provided with respect to a rotation axis point in which a rotation moment that the rotation axis point should support when maintaining an attitude of the support is greater than the braking force in the rotation axis point in a case in which the manual brake is not provided.

4. The surgical microscope device according to claim 3 , wherein
the manual brake is provided with respect to a rotation axis point in which a stoppage of rotation is controlled by a driving of an actuator.

5. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein
the manual brake is provided with respect to the plurality of the rotation axis points other than the first rotation axis point, and the manual brake applies brakes to the plurality of the rotation axis points other than the first rotation axis point at a same time.

6. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein the manual brake is provided with respect to one rotation axis point, and applies a brake to the one rotation axis point.

7. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein the manual brake includes
a switch that is pressable in a certain direction, and
a friction brake that, by a movable part moving in the certain direction in conjunction with the switch and being pressed against a stationary part, produces a braking force due to friction at a contact surface between the movable part and the stationary part.

8. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein the manual brake includes
a ring-shaped switch that is rotatable along an outer circumference of an arm included in the support, and
a friction brake that, by a movable part moving in a certain direction in conjunction with the ring-shaped switch and being pressed against a stationary part, produces a braking force due to friction at a contact surface between the movable part and the stationary part.

9. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary device is attached to the microscope or the support in a case in which a picture imaged by the microscope is not displayed normally on a display device, and
the manual brake operates in a case in which the auxiliary device is attached to the microscope or the support.

10. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary device includes an auxiliary observation device.

11. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary device is to be rotated about the first rotation axis point of the plurality of rotation axis points even when power is lost.

12. The surgical microscope device according to claim 1 , wherein the manual brake is controlled by an operator.

13. A surgical microscope system, comprising:
a microscope device that includes a microscope that images an observation target and outputs a picture signal, a support that supports the microscope and is configured as a balance arm, and an auxiliary device that is attachable to the microscope or the support; and
a display that displays a picture based on the picture signal,
wherein the support including a plurality of rotation axis points each including an associated first motor having a holding torque that automatically holds a position of the corresponding rotation axis point when power is lost,
wherein the auxiliary device is to be rotated about a first rotation axis point of the plurality of rotation axis points, and
in the microscope device, a manual brake is provided with respect to at least one of the plurality of rotation axis points other than the first rotation axis point included in the support, the manual brake having a second motor with a smaller holding torque than a first motor associated with the first rotational axis point, and
the manual brake stops the at least one of the plurality of rotational axis points other than the first rotational axis point to compensate for imbalance of the balance arm occurring due to attachment of the auxiliary device.

14. The surgical microscope system according to claim 13 , wherein the auxiliary device includes an auxiliary observation device.

15. The surgical microscope system according to claim 13 , wherein the auxiliary device is to be rotated about the first rotation axis point of the plurality of rotation axis points even when power is lost.

16. The surgical microscope system according to claim 13 , wherein the manual brake is controlled by an operator.

Assignees

• Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Tamura Shigeru
• Hirose Kenji
• Kamata Yoshiyuki
• Iseki Daisuke

Classifications

• G02B21/362

  Mechanical details, e.g. mountings for the camera or image sensor, housings (G02B21/364 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25J19/00

  Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators (safety-devices in general F16P; protection against radiation in general G21F) · CPC title

• A61B90/20

  Surgical microscopes characterised by non-optical aspects · CPC title

• A61B2090/506

  using a parallelogram linkage, e.g. panthograph · CPC title

• G02B7/001

  Counterbalanced structures, e.g. surgical microscopes · CPC title