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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
May. 17, 2004
David Bailey, Redwood City, CA (US);
J. Michael Brown, Washington, DC (US);
Robert Cohen, Kensington, MD (US);
Richard L. Cunningham, Washington, DC (US);
Robert B. Falk, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Miguel A. Otaduy, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Victor Wu, Boyds, MD (US);
David Bailey, Redwood City, CA (US);
J. Michael Brown, Washington, DC (US);
Robert Cohen, Kensington, MD (US);
Richard L. Cunningham, Washington, DC (US);
Robert B. Falk, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Miguel A. Otaduy, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Victor Wu, Boyds, MD (US);
Immersion Medical, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a manipulandum, a housing, a sensor and an actuator. The housing has a palpation region spaced apart from the manipulandum. The sensor is coupled to the palpation region of the housing. The sensor is configured to send a signal based on a palpation of the palpation region of the housing. The actuator is coupled to the manipulandum. The actuator is configured to send haptic output to the manipulandum based on the signal.