Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Joint arrangement
- Patent Title (中): 联合安排
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Application No.: US13380005Application Date: 2010-06-24
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Publication No.: US08974375B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Guang-Zhong Yang , David Paul Noonan , Jianzhong Shang , Valentina Vitiello
- Applicant: Guang-Zhong Yang , David Paul Noonan , Jianzhong Shang , Valentina Vitiello
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Imperial Innovations Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Imperial Innovations Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Hickman Palermo Truong Becker Bingham Wong LLP
- Priority: GB0910951.3 20090624
- International Application: PCT/GB2010/001237 WO 20100624
- International Announcement: WO2010/149969 WO 20101229
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/008 ; A61B1/005

Abstract:
An actuatable joint is disclosed having a transmission member, for example a ring gear, associated with a member of a joint and rotatable about a longitudinal axis through the member. In particular a two degree of freedom actuatable joint is disclosed comprising tendon driven joint arrangements having a transmission member disposed around or inside a body of the joint arrangement, to provide transmission of a force from a driving means to two tendons actuating a rotational degree of freedom of the joint arrangement. Further disclosed is a segmented device, for example an endoscope, comprising a plurality of such joints, for example to define a flexible and steerable conduit for an instrument.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120220830A1 JOINT ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2012-08-30
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