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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Endo Robotics Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Endo Robotics Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/10 (2006.01); F16C 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1075 (2013.01); F16C 1/06 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a tendon-sheath driving apparatus. A tendon-sheath driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a sheath having a predetermined length, being flexible and having a hollow shape; a tendon placed inside a hollow of the sheath; a rod coupled to an outer surface of a first side of the tendon, and having higher rigidity than the sheath; and a pipe coupled to an outer surface of a first side of the sheath, and having higher rigidity than the sheath, wherein the tendon is moved through the sheath and the pipe as the rod is moved being guided by the pipe while a portion of the rod is placed inside the pipe.