Patent ID: 9132456
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61B,B08B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cleaning method for a working mechanism for a medical manipulator, wherein the working mechanism of the medical manipulator comprises: a hollow shaft; a motive force transmitting member disposed in the shaft; a working unit disposed at one end of the shaft and equipped with a distal end working unit, which is moved by the motive force transmitting member; and a cover that covers at least a portion of the distal end working unit, wherein a gap is provided between the cover and the shaft, and at least one hole is disposed laterally on a side of the cover, the cleaning method comprising the steps of: inserting an end of the shaft together with the cover into one end of a tube; sealing the tube and the shaft with a sealing element; disposing a sucking and discharging element on another end of the tube; and immersing another end of the shaft into a cleaning agent, wherein, by activating the sucking and discharging element, sucking and discharging of the cleaning agent is carried out repeatedly, from the other end of the shaft.