Ip2ipo Innovations Limited

Guang-Zhong Yang

Wei Li

Jianzhong Shang

Jindong Liu

Burak Temelkuran

Mohamed E M K Abdelaziz

George Mylonas

Ning Liu

Pierre Berthet-rayne

Kiyoung Kim

Anzhu Gao

Piyamate Wisanuvej

Thomas Cundy

Ara Darzi

Yang Hu

Carlo Alberto Seneci

Pierre Berthet-Rayne

Konrad Marek Günter Leibrandt

A surgical instrument having a proximal end, a distal end and a shaft, the shaft comprising a plurality of joint components connected in series, each joint component comprising first and second connectors, which connectors are axially spaced apart from one another at first and second ends of a respective joint component, characterised in that the first connector comprises a first rolling surface, and the second connector comprise a second rolling surface, and wherein each joint component comprises a first spur gear extending from the first rolling surface, and a second spur gear extending from the second rolling surface, wherein the first rolling surface of a first joint component is engageable with the second rolling surface of a second joint component to form a rolling joint, and the second rolling surface of the first joint component is engageable with a first rolling surface of a third rolling joint.

Joint component

A surgical device () comprising a first tube () having an axis () and a wall with a channel extending axially within the wall, the first tube comprising a plurality of integrally-formed interlocking segments ().

Method of fabricating a surgical device

There is provided herein a method of manufacturing a device comprising at least a first fibre using a draw apparatus, the method comprising: providing a first preform comprising a shape memory polymer to the draw apparatus; heating a first portion of the first preform; and drawing, using the draw apparatus, the heated first portion in order to form the first fibre.

Method and preform for forming a device comprising a shape memory polymer

A surgical device () comprising a deployable peripheral structure () for insertion into a human or animal body, and one or more surgical tools () disposed at least partially within the deployable peripheral structure and having a plurality of tendons () connected thereto operable to manipulate the or each surgical tool.

Surgical device and methods

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Guang-Zhong Yang