AU2001248487A1 - Device for positioning, exploring and/or operating in particular in the field ofendoscopy and/or minimally invasive surgery - Google Patents

Device for positioning, exploring and/or operating in particular in the field ofendoscopy and/or minimally invasive surgery

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AU2001248487A1
AU2001248487A1 AU2001248487A AU4848701A AU2001248487A1 AU 2001248487 A1 AU2001248487 A1 AU 2001248487A1 AU 2001248487 A AU2001248487 A AU 2001248487A AU 4848701 A AU4848701 A AU 4848701A AU 2001248487 A1 AU2001248487 A1 AU 2001248487A1
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positioning
ofendoscopy
exploring
operating
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Frank Boudghene
Christian Francois
Pierre Joli
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Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B11/00—Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action; Circuits therefor
    • F15B11/16—Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action; Circuits therefor with two or more servomotors
    • F15B11/20—Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action; Circuits therefor with two or more servomotors controlling several interacting or sequentially-operating members
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/005—Flexible endoscopes
    • A61B1/0051—Flexible endoscopes with controlled bending of insertion part
    • A61B1/0052—Constructional details of control elements, e.g. handles
    • A61B1/0053—Constructional details of control elements, e.g. handles using distributed actuators, e.g. artificial muscles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A61M25/01—Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters
    • A61M25/0105—Steering means as part of the catheter or advancing means; Markers for positioning
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J18/00—Arms
    • B25J18/06—Arms flexible
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/10—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
    • B25J9/14—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements fluid
    • B25J9/142—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements fluid comprising inflatable bodies
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B15/00—Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith
    • F15B15/08—Characterised by the construction of the motor unit
    • F15B15/10—Characterised by the construction of the motor unit the motor being of diaphragm type
    • F15B15/103—Characterised by the construction of the motor unit the motor being of diaphragm type using inflatable bodies that contract when fluid pressure is applied, e.g. pneumatic artificial muscles or McKibben-type actuators

Abstract

The positioning, intervention, and/or exploration device has two endpieces (6a-6d, 7) and at least one cable (20) extending from one endpiece to the other (6a-6d, 7), it has at least two bellows (10) each fixed directly to both of the endpieces and it has means (12, 18) for modifying the pressure of a fluid in each of the bellows independently of the other bellows.
AU2001248487A 2000-04-21 2001-04-06 Device for positioning, exploring and/or operating in particular in the field ofendoscopy and/or minimally invasive surgery Abandoned AU2001248487A1 (en)

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US55667300A 2000-04-21 2000-04-21
FR0005179 2000-04-21
FR0005179A FR2807960B1 (en) 2000-04-21 2000-04-21 DEVICE FOR POSITIONING, EXPLORING AND / OR INTERVENING IN PARTICULAR IN THE FIELD OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOSCOPY AND / OR SURGERY
US09556673 2000-04-21
PCT/FR2001/001050 WO2001080935A1 (en) 2000-04-21 2001-04-06 Device for positioning, exploring and/or operating in particular in the field of endoscopy and/or minimally invasive surgery

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