Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible drive manipulator
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Application No.: US17056763Application Date: 2020-08-25
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Publication No.: US11433558B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Dong Soo Kwon , Jae Min You , Joon Hwan Kim , Jeong Do Ahn , Han Soul Kim , Dong Hoon Baek , Dong Geol Lee , Ye Sung Yi , Un Je Yang
- Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY , EASYENDO SURGICAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon; KR Daejeon
- Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,EASYENDO SURGICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,EASYENDO SURGICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon; KR Daejeon
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: KR10-2019-0106795 20190829,KR10-2020-0106401 20200824
- International Application: PCT/KR2020/011310 WO 20200825
- International Announcement: WO2021/040376 WO 20210304
- Main IPC: B25J17/02
- IPC: B25J17/02 ; B25J9/00 ; B25J9/06 ; B25J9/10
Abstract:
A flexible drive manipulator according to an example embodiment may include a proximal portion, a plurality of joint portions drivably connected from an end of the proximal portion with respect to a longitudinal axis, a distal portion connected to an end of the plurality of joint portions, a pair of drive wires passing through the plurality of joint portions in parallel along the longitudinal axis, the pair of drive wires configured to drive the plurality of joint portions in a rotational direction of rotation with respect to a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a fixing wire passing through the plurality of joint portions in a shape of converging along the longitudinal axis, the fixing wire configured to adjust rigidity of the plurality of joint portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210370529A1 FLEXIBLE DRIVE MANIPULATOR Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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