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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Peter C. Kim, Washington, DC (US);
Justin D. Opfermann, Washington, DC (US);
Axel Krieger, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/37 (2016.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01); B25J 15/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 17/28 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); B25J 9/142 (2013.01); B25J 15/10 (2013.01); B25J 15/12 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2937 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method is provided for making an appendage of a soft surgical tool, including: receiving a set of mechanical constraints for a surgical procedure; calculating a set of articulation states based on the set of mechanical constraints; generating a plurality of print commands for printing an appendage configured to form the set of articulation states based on the calculation; and printing an appendage based on the plurality of print commands. Multiple printed appendages can be formed into an orienting assembly.