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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.:

US 9068576 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2011

Device for orienting an object according to a given spatial orientation

Applicants:

Jean-sébastien Plante, Sherbrooke, CA;

Geneviève Miron, Longueuil, CA;

Sylvain Proulx, Sherbrooke, CA;

Patrick Chouinard, Sherbrooke, CA;

Alexandre Girard, Sherbrooke, CA;

Jean-philippe Lucking Bigué, Orford, CA;

Inventors:

Jean-Sébastien Plante, Sherbrooke, CA;

Geneviève Miron, Longueuil, CA;

Sylvain Proulx, Sherbrooke, CA;

Patrick Chouinard, Sherbrooke, CA;

Alexandre Girard, Sherbrooke, CA;

Jean-Philippe Lucking Bigué, Orford, CA;

Assignee:

SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GINIE S.E.C., Sherbrooke, Quebec, CA;

Attorney:

Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP

Primary Examiner:

Charles A Marmor, II

Assistant Examiner:

Thaddeus Cox

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/01 (2006.01); A61M 36/00 (2006.01); A61M 36/04 (2006.01); F15B 15/00 (2006.01); F15B 15/02 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); F16B 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 31/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/02 (2006.01); A61M 36/10 (2006.01); F15B 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 15/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4998 (2015.01); A61M 37/0069 (2013.01); A61N 5/1027 (2013.01); F15B 15/103 (2013.01); F16B 15/00 (2013.01); B29C 31/008 (2013.01); F16K 31/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is disclosed a device for orienting an object according to a given spatial orientation. The device comprises a frame and a supporting member connected to the frame and adapted for supporting at least a portion of the object. The device for orienting an object comprises a plurality of fluid actuated devices for displacing the supporting member with respect to the frame. Each of the fluid actuated devices is actuatable between a first position wherein the device has a first length and a second position wherein the device has a second length. The device for orienting comprises an actuation mechanism comprising a plurality of actuating valves for actuating the corresponding fluid actuated device; wherein an actuation of at least one of the fluid actuated devices enables to displace the supporting member with respect to the frame, thereby orienting the object according to the given spatial orientation. The device for orienting may be of particular interest in the medical sector as a medical object manipulator for reaching a given target in an anatomical structure with a suitable accuracy, for example in the treatment and/or diagnosis of prostate cancer.

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