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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Mauna Kea Technologies, Paris, FR;
Endocontrol, La Tronche, FR;
Université Pierre ET Marie Curie, Paris, FR;
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique—cnrs, Paris, FR;
Mustafa Suphi Erden, Paris, FR;
Benoit Rosa, Malakoff, FR;
Jérôme Szewczyk, Vienne-en-Arthies, FR;
Guillaume Morel, Malakoff, FR;
Clément Vidal, Grenoble, FR;
Patrick Henri, Bois Colombes, FR;
Nicolas Boularot, Champigny-sur-Marne, FR;
Mauna Kea Technologies, Paris, FR;
EndoControl, La Tronche, FR;
Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie, Paris, FR;
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A miniaturized scanning system to generate movement of a flexible device positioned at a distal part of a medical tool. The miniaturized scanning system includes an inner shaft with a longitudinal axis, adapted to guide said flexible device along the longitudinal axis, an abutment comprising an external surface and adapted to maintain said device, and a pusher mechanism adapted to engage with said abutment. The miniaturized scanning system includes at least one end portion adapted to contact said external surface of the abutment at a contact point, wherein said end portion is configured to translate along said longitudinal axis of the inner shaft and wherein the translation of said end portion results in a bending of the device in a bending plane defined by the longitudinal axis of the inner shaft and said contact point.