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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang R Daum, Schwerin, DE;
Jorg Schmiedeke, Schwerin, DE;
Assignee:
Daum GmbH, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414-7 ; 294 25 ; 294111 ; 623 64 ; 600184 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a surgical manipulator for remotely grasping and manipulating things in response to movements of a human hand controlling the device. Movements of human fingers can be transmitted to mechanical finger-like devices through mechanical cables and linkages. In one embodiment the linkages include a mechanical movement reduction device to translate large hand movements to smaller distal movements. Various structures are provided at the proximal and distal ends for sensing and replicating the movements of a human hand.
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