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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2020
Applicant:

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Peter A. York, Somerville, MA (US);

Simon A. Bothner, Etoy, CH;

Robert J. Wood, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02);
Abstract

A compact laser-steering end effector includes a frame, at least two active mirrors, and a pair of actuators. The frame has a greatest dimension in a plane orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of no more than 13 mm, and the mirrors are mounted proximate to the distal end of the frame. The actuators are mounted to the frame and configured to respectively change the tilt of the active mirrors relative to the frame. A pathway is provided through the frame to deliver a laser beam to the mirrors, and wherein the mirrors are positioned and configurable via the actuators to reflect the laser beam off of each mirror en route to an external target.


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