Flexible wrist-type element and methods of manufacture and use thereof
US8784404B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 2, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20335
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flexible wrist-type element and methods of operation thereof, including variations having an angularly moveable hub housing a rotatable and operable end effector driven via a drive train having one or more universal-type joints and/or other flexible couplings moveable via an input mechanism within a housing.
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