PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a quantitative abdomen examination apparatus, freely operating a manipulation instrument while securing the positional reproducibility, and having little risk of causing a patient to feel uneasy, and a manipulation device and a bed device for use in it.SOLUTION: This abdomen examination apparatus includes: the bed device including a bed having a chest support part and a leg support part, with a space formed between the chest support part and the leg support part, and a plurality of leg parts supporting the bed and the manipulation device including a manipulation part to which load is applied from above in the vertical direction, a height control part for controlling the height of the manipulation part and a horizontal moving part for moving the manipulation part in the horizontal direction. The manipulation device is provided below the bed device, and the manipulation part is capable of moving in three dimensions in the vicinity of the space of the bed device by the drive of the horizontal moving part and the height control part.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】位置再現性を確保しつつ触診器具を自由に操作でき、患者に不安を与える虞の少ない定量的腹診装置、及びそれに用いられる触診装置、寝台装置を提供すること。【解決手段】胸部支持部と下肢支持部とを有し、胸部支持部と下肢支持部との間に空間が形成されてなる寝台と、寝台を支持する複数の脚部と、を有する寝台装置と、垂直方向上方向からの加重を受ける触診部と、触診部の高さを調節する高さ調節部と、触診部を水平方向に移動させる水平方向移動部と、を有する触診装置と、を備え、触診装置は寝台装置下部に設けられ、触診部は、水平方向移動部及び高さ調節部が駆動することにより寝台装置の空間近傍において三次元的に移動可能である腹診装置とする。【選択図】図1
