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Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Tactual Labs Co., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Paul Henry Dietz, Redmond, WA (US);

Fereshteh Shahmiri, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Tactual Labs Co., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G01B 7/28 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/241 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4566 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/1126 (2013.01); G01B 7/28 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01); G01D 5/2412 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multibend sensor comprises a reference strip having a first plurality of electrodes, wherein each of the first plurality of electrodes is adapted to receive a signal; a sliding strip having a second plurality of electrodes, wherein each of the second plurality of electrodes is adapted to transmit at least one signal, wherein the sliding strip moves with respect to the reference strip; and measurement circuitry adapted to process signals received by the first plurality of electrodes, wherein the processed signals provide information regarding the relative position of the sliding strip to the reference strip.


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