Patent ID: 9730717
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A medical manipulator system comprising: a manipulator including a controller for controlling the actuator and incrementing a usage count of the working unit, the operating unit being connectable to the controller; and a usage history holder for holding usage history data of the working unit, wherein the working unit includes an ID holder for holding individual identifying information of the working unit, wherein the operating unit includes an ID detector for detecting the individual identifying information held by the ID holder, wherein the controller judges starting and ending of a surgical case based on a manner in which the working unit is mounted and dismounted and the times at which the working unit is mounted and dismounted, counts a single usage event of the working unit when the surgical case has started or ended, and disables the working unit if the usage count of the working unit exceeds a preset count, wherein the controller increments the usage count of the working unit each time a surgical case has started and when the working unit satisfies a usage starting condition, and increments the usage count of the working unit each time a first preset time is exceeded if the working unit is used beyond the first preset time from a time when the controller recognizes that the working unit starts to be used, during a surgical case, and wherein if the usage count of the working unit exceeds the preset count because the working unit has been used beyond the first preset time during the surgical case, the controller allows the working unit to operate until a special preset time is reached, at which time the working unit is disabled by the controller, the special preset time is longer than the first preset time and corresponding to an expected length of the surgical case.