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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Alexander Q. Tilson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Stephen J. Morris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Garrett J. Gomes, San Mateo, CA (US);
Adam S. Wigginton, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark C. Scheeff, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles S. Love, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Viet Anh Nguyen, Burlingame, CA (US);
Elias Eletheriades, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jonathan Sindler, Burlingame, CA (US);
Francisco G. Lopez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andy C. Kiser, Presto, PA (US);
Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US);
Abstract
A rigidizing device includes a plurality of layers and an inlet between the elongate flexible tube and the outer layer and configured to attach to a source of vacuum or pressure. The rigidizing device is configured to have a rigid configuration when vacuum or pressure is applied through the inlet and a flexible configuration when vacuum or pressure is not applied through the inlet.