Device for modeling or simulating the sense of touch in a surgical instrument

US5609607A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Aerospace AG · DE

Inventors

• Kurt-Volker Hechtenberg
• Dieter Bosch · Munich, DE
• Hajo Hermeking · Germering, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 11, 1997
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/065
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Device for modeling or simulating the sense of touch for medical, especially surgical purposes such as operations using medical instruments, characterized in that at least one sensor array which is sensitive to force, pressure, or travel and an actuator array are combined in the instrument to form a "feeling" or "tactile" unit (A, B) in such manner that one controls the other.