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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
Applicant:
University of Maryland, Office of Technology Commercialization, College Park, MD (US);
Inventors:
Jaydev P. Desai, Bethesda, MD (US);
Elif Ayvali, College Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/201 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3735 (2016.02);
Abstract
A steerable probe having high-power-density actuators positioned at joints along the length of the probe. The actuators are moveable about and between a straight position and a curved position in response to selective actuation.