Title:
FLEXIBLE ACTUATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/040376
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A flexible actuator according to one embodiment can comprise: a proximal part; a plurality of joint parts connected from the end portion of the proximal part around a longitudinal axis so as to be capable of actuation; a distal part connected to the end portion of the plurality of joint parts; a pair of actuating wires, which pass, in parallel, through the plurality of joint parts along the longitudinal axis so as to actuate the plurality of joint parts in the rotational direction in which the joint parts rotate around a transverse axis that is vertical to the longitudinal axis; and fixing wires, which pass, in a converging shape, through the plurality of joint parts along the longitudinal axis, so as to adjust the stiffness of the plurality of joint parts.
Inventors:
KWON DONG SOO (KR)
YOU JAE MIN (KR)
KIM JOON HWAN (KR)
AHN JEONG DO (KR)
KIM HAN SOUL (KR)
BAEK DONG HOON (KR)
LEE DONG GEOL (KR)
YI YE SUNG (KR)
YANG UN JE (KR)
YOU JAE MIN (KR)
KIM JOON HWAN (KR)
AHN JEONG DO (KR)
KIM HAN SOUL (KR)
BAEK DONG HOON (KR)
LEE DONG GEOL (KR)
YI YE SUNG (KR)
YANG UN JE (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2020/011310
Publication Date:
March 04, 2021
Filing Date:
August 25, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KOREA ADVANCED INST SCI & TECH (KR)
EASYENDO SURGICAL INC (KR)
EASYENDO SURGICAL INC (KR)
International Classes:
B25J9/06; B25J9/00; B25J9/10
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015093602A1 | 2015-06-25 |
Foreign References:
| KR101369515B1 | 2014-03-06 | |||
| JP2004337994A | 2004-12-02 | |||
| US20150343649A1 | 2015-12-03 | |||
| KR20190079790A | 2019-07-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MUHANN PATENT & LAW FIRM (KR)
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