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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 2034/306 (2016.02);
Abstract
The present invention is intended to improve durability and operability of a forceps manipulator, as well as to facilitate roll motions of the forceps manipulator. In the forceps manipulator, a flexible shaftis connected to a rotating joint unitfor transmitting a driving force from a vane motorto the rotating joint unitthrough throughholesof machined springswhich respectively constitute flexible first and second joints