Soft gripper and blood pressure measuring cuff comprising the same
US10874306B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25J9/142
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A soft gripper that surrounds and grips an outer peripheral surface of an object, the soft gripper includes an elongated first actuator and an elongated second actuator, which are deformed in response to supply of a fluid. The first actuator and the second actuator extend from bases of the first and second actuators toward opposite sides each other. When receiving the supply of the fluid, each of the first and second actuators sequentially surrounds the object from the base toward a side of a leading end of the each of the first and second actuators.
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