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Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2014
Applicants:

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);

Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ellen T. Roche, Cambridge, MA (US);

Steven Obiajulu, Westfield, NJ (US);

Conor J. Walsh, Cambridge, MA (US);

David J. Mooney, Sudbury, MA (US);

Frank A. Pigula, Concord, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/12 (2006.01); F15B 15/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/122 (2014.02); A61M 1/106 (2013.01); F15B 15/103 (2013.01); A61M 1/1008 (2014.02); A61M 1/1067 (2013.01); A61M 1/1068 (2013.01); A61M 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A biomimetic actuation device includes a flexible substrate, conformable for disposition about an object, defining an apex and a base, bearing at least one soft actuator configured to change state from a first state to a second state upon introduction of a pressurized fluid to an internal volume of the at least one soft actuator.


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