公开(公告)号：US09655679B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US13875204

申请日：2013-05-01

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION

Inventor： Jaydev P. Desai ,  Elif Ayvali

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  A61B19/00 ,  A61B17/34 ,  A61B90/11 ,  A61B1/04 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/20

CPC classification number: A61B90/11 ,  A61B17/3417 ,  A61B17/3421 ,  A61B90/39 ,  A61B2017/003 ,  A61B2017/00867 ,  A61B2034/2055 ,  A61B2090/3735

Abstract: A steerable probe having high-power-density actuators positioned at joints along the length of the probe. The actuators are moveable about and between a straight position and a curved position in response to selective actuation.