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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Filip Ilievski, Boston, MA (US);
Xin Chen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aaron D. Mazzeo, Cambridge, MA (US);
George M. Whitesides, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert F. Shepherd, Brooktondale, NY (US);
Ramses V. Martinez, Somerville, MA (US);
Won Jae Choi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sen W. Kwok, Watertown, MA (US);
Stephen Morin, Arlington, MA (US);
Adam Stokes, Watertown, MA (US);
Zhihong Nie, Cambridge, MA (US);
Filip Ilievski, Boston, MA (US);
Xin Chen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aaron D. Mazzeo, Cambridge, MA (US);
George M. Whitesides, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert F. Shepherd, Brooktondale, NY (US);
Ramses V. Martinez, Somerville, MA (US);
Won Jae Choi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sen W. Kwok, Watertown, MA (US);
Stephen Morin, Arlington, MA (US);
Adam Stokes, Watertown, MA (US);
Zhihong Nie, Cambridge, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A soft robotic device includes a flexible body having a width, a length and a thickness, wherein the thickness is at least 1 mm, the flexible body having at least one channel disposed within the flexible body, the channel defined by upper, lower and side walls, wherein at least one wall is strain limiting; and a pressurizing inlet in fluid communication with the at least one channel, the at least one channel positioned and arranged such that the wall opposite the strain limiting wall preferentially expands when the soft robotic device is pressurized through the inlet.