Patent attributes
A manipulator including an elongated shaft, a distal-end treatment section disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a distal-end articulated section having a bendable joint and a rotatable joint, and a proximal-end operating section disposed at a proximal end side of the shaft, wherein the bendable joint has an axis intersecting a longitudinal axis of the shaft, the rotatable joint has an axis that intersects the axis of the bendable joint and that is substantially aligned with a central axis of the distal-end treatment section, the proximal-end operating section includes a first operating section gripped by one hand and causing the bendable joint to move about the axis intersecting the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and also includes a second operating section provided in the first operating section and causing the rotatable joint to move.
