PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical manipulator capable of rapidly extracting a treatment tool from a patient, even when a control device electrically malfunctions.SOLUTION: The medical manipulator 20 includes a base section 25 at which a support surface 28a is formed, a movable part 36 movably supported on the support surface, when a reference direction X parallel to the support surface is defined, between a distal end position P1, which is a distal end side in the reference direction with respect to the base section, and a proximal end position, which is a proximal end side in the reference direction, a positioning mechanism configured to position the movable part at the distal end position with respect to the base section, a holding section 37 movably supported in the reference direction with respect to the movable part and configured to detachably hold a proximal end portion of the treatment tool D10 such that a longitudinal direction of the treatment tool having an elongated shape is substantially parallel to the reference direction, and a driving unit 40 configured to move the holding section in the reference direction with respect to the movable part.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】電気的に故障した場合であっても、迅速に患者から処置具を取り出すことができる医療用マニピュレータを提供する。【解決手段】医療用マニピュレータ20は、支持面28aが形成された基部25と、支持面に平行な基準方向Xを規定したときに、基部に対して基準方向の先端側である先端位置P1と、基準方向の基端側である基端位置との間で、支持面上を移動可能に支持された可動部36と、基部に対して可動部を先端位置で位置決めするための位置決め機構と、可動部に対して基準方向に移動可能に支持され、細長状の処置具D10を処置具の長手方向が基準方向と略平行になるように、処置具の基端部を着脱可能に保持する保持部37と、可動部に対して保持部を基準方向に移動させる駆動部40とを備える。【選択図】図3
