PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a puncture support device which stabilizes puncture work and guides a puncture needle to a target point in the body with high accuracy.SOLUTION: The puncture support device includes: a posture adjustment mechanism 10 including a primary circular arc guide 11 which is semicircular and turnable around the center axis of an axis part 11b, a secondary circular arc guide 12 which is semicircular, disposed so as to intersect with the primary circular arc guide 11 and turnable around the center axis of an axis part 12b orthogonal to the center axis of the axis part 11b of the primary circular arc guide 11, and a puncture needle guide 14 which has a needle insertion part 14b through which a puncture needle is inserted, and is supported by the primary and secondary circular arc guides 11, 12 so as to move along one of the primary and secondary circular arc guides 11, 12 due to turn of the other of the primary and secondary circular arc guides 11, 12 a primary driving device which makes the primary circular arc guide 11 turn around the center axis of the axis part 11b and a secondary driving device which makes the secondary circular arc guide 12 turn around the center axis of the axis part 12b.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】穿刺作業を安定化させて穿刺針を体内の目標点へと精度よく案内する。【解決手段】穿刺支援装置は、軸部11bの中心軸周りに回動可能な半円弧状の第1円弧ガイド11と、第1円弧ガイド11と交差するように配置されると共に第1円弧ガイド11の軸部11bの中心軸と直交する軸部12bの中心軸周りに回動可能な半円弧状の第2円弧ガイド12と、穿刺針が挿通される針挿通部14bを有すると共に第1および第2円弧ガイド11,12の一方の回動により第1および第2円弧ガイド11,12の他方に沿って移動するように第1、第2円弧ガイド11,12により支持される穿刺針ガイド14とを含む姿勢調整機構10と、第1円弧ガイド11を軸部11bの中心軸周りに回動させる第1駆動装置と、第2円弧ガイド12を軸部12bの中心軸周りに回動させる第2駆動装置とを備える。【選択図】図4
