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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Damien Loterie, Ecublens, CH;
Sebastien Walpen, Lausanne, CH;
Edgar Emilio Morales Delgado, Lausanne, CH;
Christophe Moser, Lausanne, CH;
Demetri Psaltis, Préverenges, CH;
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 6/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2013.01); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); G02B 6/14 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bending compensation device for a waveguide, including a direction changing device configured to maintain a constant bending angle to the waveguide, a distal end of the waveguide having a first orientation, and the proximal end of the waveguide having a second orientation, and a motion device connected to the direction changing device, the motion device configured to move the direction changing device upon a movement of the waveguide.