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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Hillel Judah Chiel, University Heights, OH (US);
Randall Dean Beer, South Enclid, OH (US);
Elizabeth Victoria Mangan, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Roger D. Quinn, Akron, OH (US);
Gregory Patrick Sutton, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Hillel Judah Chiel, University Heights, OH (US);
Randall Dean Beer, South Enclid, OH (US);
Elizabeth Victoria Mangan, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Roger D. Quinn, Akron, OH (US);
Gregory Patrick Sutton, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/42 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flexible gripping device including a plurality of pneumatic actuator rings. A grasper element is disposed within the plurality of pneumatic actuator rings and adapted to move back and forth within the actuator rings.