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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2015
Applicants:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Soft Robotics, Inc., Brookline, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin C. Galloway, Somerville, MA (US);
Ryan Knopf, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joshua Aaron Lessing, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignees:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Soft Robotics, Inc., Cambrdige, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/08 (2013.01); A61F 5/012 (2013.01); A61F 5/0102 (2013.01); A61F 5/0106 (2013.01); A61F 5/0118 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); A61F 13/04 (2013.01); B32B 2307/581 (2013.01); B32B 2535/00 (2013.01); B32B 2571/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composite structural element is described, including: a first laminate layer comprising a plurality of first material layers; a second laminate layer comprising a plurality of second material layers; and an inflatable bladder configured for connection with a fluid inflation or deflation source and disposed in-between the first and second laminate layers.