US 12,102,405 B2
Medical robot, surgical tool and attachment portion
Koki Shindo, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Riverfield Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/050,308
Filed by RIVERFIELD INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/050192
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124572, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361370 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/71 (2016.02) [A61B 34/35 (2016.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical robot comprising:
a surgical tool including:
a treatment portion configured to perform a medical treatment, and
a body including at least a driven portion configured to transmit a driving force to the treatment portion; and
an attachment portion including at least:
a transmitting portion configured to transmit the driving force by being engaged with the driven portion, and
an attachment surface from which the transmitting portion is exposed and which is configured to face the body,
wherein the surgical tool includes a surgical-instrument-engagement-part, and the attachment portion includes an attachment-portion-engagement-part,
wherein the surgical-instrument-engagement-part and the attachment-portion-engagement-part are configured to allow the surgical tool to be attached to the attachment portion by a relative movement of the surgical tool and the attachment portion in a direction along the attachment surface, and also configured to allow the surgical tool to be removed from the attachment portion by moving the surgical-instrument-engagement-part engaged with the attachment-portion-engagement-part relative to the body to thereby disengage the surgical-instrument-engagement-part from the attachment-portion-engagement-part, and by a relative movement of the surgical tool and the attachment portion in a direction intersecting with the attachment surface, and
wherein the surgical-instrument-engagement-part is formed as at least one protrusion protruding from an end of the body in a direction along the attachment surface, the at least one protrusion being configured to be engaged with the attachment portion, and the at least one protrusion being configured to be housed in the body.