Patent ID: 8246608

Claim:
A medical manipulator system comprising: a manipulator; a controller connected to the manipulator; and a first resetting switch and a second resetting switch; the manipulator comprising: an operating unit having an actuator, a grip handle for being gripped by a human hand, and an input unit for inputting an operation command; a working unit removably mounted on the actuator and having a shaft and a distal-end working unit mounted on a distal end of the shaft, the distal-end working unit being angularly movable about a pivot axis not parallel to an axis of the shaft in response to operation of the actuator; and a working unit detecting unit for supplying the controller with a signal indicating whether the working unit is present on the operating unit or not; wherein when the working unit is removed from the operating unit and when the actuator is not at an origin, the controller produces a warning, and performs a resetting process to return the actuator to the origin if both of the first resetting switch and the second resetting switch are operated according to a predetermined procedure.