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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2016
Flexdex, Inc., Brighton, MI (US);
Gregory Brian Bowles, Fenton, MI (US);
James Duncan Geiger, Toledo, OH (US);
James Michael Licht, Howell, MI (US);
Shorya Awtar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zachary Zimmerman, Waterford, MI (US);
Deepak Sharma, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FlexDex, Inc., Brighton, MI (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for attaching a minimal access tool to a user's body (e.g., wrist or forearm) so that movements of the user's forearm, wrist, hand and fingers can control movements at a distal end of the minimal access tool. In particular, described herein are forearm attachment devices (which may be used with or integrated into) a minimal access tool including a cuff configured to secure to the user's forearm and a coupling joint configured to connect the cuff to the frame so that the cuff may move relative to the frame with between 1 and 4 degrees of freedom.