PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an surgical assistant device that can constantly cause an appropriate manipulation resistance for the operation input part.SOLUTION: The surgical assistant device which includes an operation part that performs an operation input by a manipulator, and an action part to which a surgical tool is attached and which is driven by the operation input, the surgical assistant device includes: a drive source 70 that is provided in the operation part and generates a driving force which modifies a manipulation resistance at the time of the operation input and a control unit 5 that sets a magnitude and a direction of the driving force, wherein the control unit sets the magnitude and the direction of the driving force based on the operation input to the operation part.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】操作入力部位に常に適切な操作抵抗を生じさせることができる手術支援装置を提供する。【解決手段】操作者により操作入力が行われる操作部と、術具が取り付けられて操作入力により駆動される作用部とを備える手術支援装置は、操作部に設けられ、操作入力時の操作抵抗を修飾する駆動力を発生する駆動源70と、駆動力の大きさおよび向きを設定する制御部5とを備え、制御部は、操作部に対する操作入力に基づいて駆動力の大きさおよび向きを設定することを特徴とする。【選択図】図2
