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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2010
Hillel Judah Chiel, University Heights, OH (US);
Randall Dean Beer, South Euclid, OH (US);
Elizabeth Victoria Mangan, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Roger D. Quinn, Akron, OH (US);
Gregory Patrick Sutton, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Hillel Judah Chiel, University Heights, OH (US);
Randall Dean Beer, South Euclid, OH (US);
Elizabeth Victoria Mangan, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Roger D. Quinn, Akron, OH (US);
Gregory Patrick Sutton, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the present invention includes a flexible gripping device. The flexible gripping device includes a plurality of pneumatic actuator rings and a grasper element disposed within the plurality of pneumatic actuator rings. The grasper element is adapted to move back and forth within the actuator rings.