Patent ID: 11963732
Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 10:
11. A doctor-side control apparatus to be provided at a position away from a patient-side apparatus that includes a robotic arm to which a medical instrument is attached and to remotely control the patient-side apparatus, the doctor-side control apparatus comprising:
a control apparatus main body; and a plurality of wheels provided at a bottom surface of the control apparatus main body, wherein
each of the plurality of wheels is configured to move the control apparatus main body in a first direction parallel to a floor surface on which the control apparatus main body is placed and in a second direction parallel to the floor surface and orthogonal to the first direction,
the plurality of wheels include a pair of first wheels, a pair of second wheels, and a pair of third wheels, wherein the pair of first wheels are respectively provided at end portions of a pair of leg portions extending from a body portion along the floor surface, the pair of second wheels are respectively provided in the body portion on a side opposite from the pair of leg portions, and the pair of third wheels are respectively provided in the body portion at positions closer to the pair of leg portions than the pair of second wheels,
the doctor-side control apparatus further comprises movement restriction parts that are provided at the control apparatus main body and are movable in a direction perpendicular to the floor surface to switch between a state that allows movement of the control apparatus main body and a state that restricts the movement of the control apparatus main body, and
the third wheels are provided at positions inner than the first and second wheels in the bottom surface of the control apparatus main body, and the movement restriction parts are provided at positions outer than the third wheels in the bottom surface of the control apparatus main body.