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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Applicants:
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Fumitaro Masaki, Cambridge, MA (US);
Franklin King, Allston, MA (US);
Nobuhiko Hata, Boston, MA (US);
Takahisa Kato, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignees:
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 13/06 (2006.01); B25J 18/06 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00149 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/267 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01); B25J 13/065 (2013.01); B25J 18/06 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A continuum robot having at least two independently manipulateable bendable section for advancing the robot through a passage, without contacting fragile elements within the passage, wherein the robot incorporates control algorithms that enable the continuum robot to operate and advance into the passage, as well as the systems and procedures associated with the continuum robot and said functionality.