Patent ID: 8394082

Claim:
A medical system comprising: an insertion slave apparatus configured to be inserted into a body and including an insertion portion; a treatment slave apparatus comprising a manipulator and a manipulator driving unit, the manipulator being configured to be inserted into the body through a channel extending through the insertion portion of the insertion slave apparatus, the treatment slave apparatus configured to be used together with the insertion slave apparatus to treat an object of treatment; an insertion master portion including a movable portion, and a movable support portion, the movable portion including a movement portion rotational end portion formed in one end portion of the movable portion, and a movement portion support portion formed in an other end portion of the movable portion and supported by the movable support portion such that the movement portion rotational end portion is configured to rotate in a rotational direction about the movement portion support portion as a center of rotation; a treatment master portion configured to be operated by an operator, wherein the treatment slave apparatus is configured to perform following actuation according to operation input to the treatment master portion; and a support arm connecting portion coupling the insertion master portion and the treatment master portion to each other, wherein the insertion master portion is configured to be operated through the support arm connecting portion by holding and operating the treatment master portion wherein the support arm connecting portion includes a connection portion rotational end portion formed in one end portion of the support arm connecting portion and coupled to the treatment master portion, and a connecting portion support portion formed in the outer end portion of the support arm connecting portion and supported by the movable support portion such that the connecting portion rotational end portion is configured to rotate in the rotational direction about the center of rotation, wherein a first bending portion and a second bending portion are arranged in the axial direction in the distal end portion of the insertion portion of the insertion slave apparatus and configured to be actuated to be bent; wherein the first bending portion is configured to perform the following bending actuation according to rotational operation input to the movable support portion, and wherein the movable support portion couples the connecting portion support portion and the movement portion support portion to each other such that the movement portion rotational end portion is configured to rotate in the rotational direction about the center of the rotation linked with rotation of the connecting portion rotational end portion in the rotational direction about the center of the rotation.