Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia

Edoardo Sinibaldi

Arianna Menciassi

Barbara Mazzolai

Risto Kojcev

Yu Huan

Byungjeon Kang

Marco Carlotti

Goffredo Giordano

Mariacristina Gagliardi

A grasper device for mini-invasive surgery procedures is provided, having two jaws, each of which having two elastically-deformable elements fixed one another and developing according to a main longitudinal direction, in particular a front element which contacts the tissue to be grasped and a back support element receiving a grasping force from a proximal command and having a higher modulus of elasticity than the front element. During the application of a grasping force F, the two elements deform along a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the main longitudinal direction and to the grasping force F.

Adaptatively morphing surgical grasper

A deployable structure is described including a first and a second robotic system (), each of which includes: a respective distal element (); at least one respective shape-locking element (); and a respective coupling structure () operable in a first and a second operating mode. When the coupling structure of the first robotic system operates in the first operating mode, it is elastically deformable and operable so as to move the first robotic system; when the coupling structure of the first robotic system operates in the second operating mode, it forms a guide for the movement of the second robotic system. When the coupling structure of the second robotic system operates in the first operating mode, it is elastically deformable and is operable so as to move the second robotic system; when the coupling structure of the second robotic system operates in the second operating mode, it forms a guide for the movement of the shape-locking element of the first robotic system.

Shape-keeping deployable structure including a pair of robotic systems of the continuum type

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Genoa, Italy

Edoardo Sinibaldi