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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Steerable Instruments NV, Sint-Denijs-Westrem, BE;
Bart Blanckaert, Eeklo, BE;
Frank Dewaele, De Pinte, BE;
Cyriel Mabilde, Oudenaarde, BE;
Lieven Maene, Knokke-Heist, BE;
Alain Kalmar, Ghent, BE;
Steerable Instruments N.V., Sint-Denijs-Westrem, BE;
Abstract
A steerable instrument () controllable by a robotic arm (), having a proximal end () and a distal () end comprising: a cylindrical shaft (), a cylindrical bendable proximal part () and a cylindrical bendable distal part (), a connector () configured for dismountable attachment to the robotic arm (), attached in fixed rotational relation to the bendable proximal part (), an end effector () attached in fixed rotational relation to the bendable distal part (), the steerable instrument () configured such that: the bendable distal part () bends responsive to bending of the bendable proximal part (), and the end effector () is rotatable when the bendable distal part () is in a bent position by a complementary rotation of the connector (), the shaft () is pivotable around a fulcrum zone () on the shaft () and changes direction responsive to a complementary movement of the connector (), thereby providing control of the shaft () direction, bending of the bendable distal part (), and rotation of the end effector () through robotic movement of the connector ().