Medical treatment apparatus

• US 6,557,558 B1
• Filed: 08/28/2000
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Fujie, Masakatsu, Yamamoto, Etsuji, Sano, Koichi, Takeuchi, Hiroshi, Kan, Kazutoshi, Tajima, Fujio
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg, Max F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VENIAMINOV, NIKITA R
• Application Number:
  US09/648,453
• Time in Patent Office: 981 Days
• Field of Search: 600/300, 600/407, 600/417, 600/102, 600/427, 600/429, 600/160, 600/408, 600/411, 128/897, 128/898, 378/62, 606/130, 324/319
• US Class Current: 128/897
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00 Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets A61B18/00 takes precedence; contraceptive devices, pessaries, or applicators therefor A61F6/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/02 for holding wounds open; Tractors specula A61B1/32 ; drainage appliances for wounds A61M27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0281 Abdominal wall lifters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00022 Sensing or detecting at the treatment site
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/306 holding by means of suction
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/70 Manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/565 involving data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/36 Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A medical treatment apparatus capable of performing exact medical treatment is provided. The medical treatment apparatus includes detection means for detecting the condition of a human body to be treated, medical treatment means for treating said human body, and display means for displaying results of computing by computing means for computing a plan for said medical treatment on the basis of detection results from said detection means.

Claims

1. A medical treatment apparatus comprising:

MRI detection means for detecting positional and functional information as a condition of a human body to be medically treated;

medical treatment means for treating said human body; and

display means for displaying results of computing by computing means for computing a plan for said medical treatment based on the positional and functional information detected by said MRI detection means;

wherein said display means displays a range in which said medical treatment means can move on the basis of said results of computing.

2. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for regulating the movement of said medical treatment means on the basis of said results of computing.

3. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for regulating the orientation of said medical treatment means on the basis of said results of computing.

4. A medical treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising means for displaying changes in the plan on the basis of said results of computing.

5. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the medical treatment means treats the human body using surgical instruments which physically contact the human body.

6. A medical treatment apparatus comprising:

MRI detection means for detecting positional and functional information as a condition of a human body to be medically treated;

medical treatment means for medically treating the human body by remote control;

computing means for determining a medical treatment plan for medical treatment of the human body based on the positional and functional information detected by the MRI detection means;

control means for remote-controlling the medical treatment means based on the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means to carry out the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means; and

display means for displaying results obtained by the computing means.

7. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the medical treatment means includes a manipulator having a tip end, medical treatment instruments being mountable on the tip end of the manipulator;

and

wherein the control means controls a movement of the manipulator.

8. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the medical treatment means includes a manipulator having a tip end, medical treatment instruments being mountable on the tip end of the manipulator;

and

wherein the control means controls an orientation of the manipulator.

9. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising memory means for storing a medical treatment plan in advance;

wherein when the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means differs from the medical treatment plan stored in the memory means, the display means displays changes in the medical treatment plan stored in the memory means based on the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means.

10. A medical treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the display means displays an operation range of the medical treatment means.

11. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the MRI detection means periodically detects the positional and functional information while the control means is remote-controlling the medical treatment means based on the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means to carry out the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means;

and

wherein the computing means periodically updates the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means while the control means is remote-controlling the medical treatment means based on the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means to carry out the medical treatment plan determined by the computing means based on the functional and positional information periodically detected by the MRI detection means.

12. A medical treatment apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the medical treatment means treats the human body using surgical instruments which physically contact the human body.