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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN;
Chung Yan Carmen Poon, Hong Kong, CN;
Wai Yan Philip Chiu, Hong Kong, CN;
Yeung Yam, Hong Kong, CN;
Yun Wong James Lau, Hong Kong, CN;
Ka Chun Lau, Hong Kong, CN;
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, Hong Kong, CN;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a task specific robot for the procedure of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). This robot has two arms with nine degrees of freedom (DOF), and the capability of tissue elevation and dissection. An optimal design of these robot arms requires the use of shape memory alloy (SMA) wire and steel wire actuators to develop an improved actuation mechanism, which enables force to be transmitted to the distal tip of the robot arms for an efficient tissue elevation and dissection.