Patent ID: 6955671

Claim:
A remote surgery support system, comprising: an endoscopic imaging means, installed in an operating room, for imaging a region, which undergoes surgery, using an endoscope inserted into a patient's body; a first control means for controlling said endoscopic imaging means and a surgical instrument used for surgery; an input means for use in inputting a control signal, with which said surgical instrument is controlled, to said first control means; a first signal transmission apparatus for receiving said control signal, which is input using said input means, from said first control means, and converting the signal; a communication line over which a signal produced by said first signal transmission apparatus is transmitted from said operating room to a control room in a remote place; a second signal transmission apparatus for receiving a signal produced by said first signal transmission apparatus over said transmission line, and converting the signal into a signal corresponding to said signal that has not been converted by said first signal transmission apparatus; a second control means for receiving said signal from said second signal transmission apparatus; and a display device for displaying an output of said second control means.