发明申请
- 专利标题: FIXTURE FOR SHAPE-SENSING OPTICAL FIBER IN A KINEMATIC CHAIN
- 专利标题(中): 形状感光纤维在动力链中的固定
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申请号: US13454282申请日: 2012-04-24
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公开(公告)号: US20120266442A1公开(公告)日: 2012-10-25
- 发明人: THEODORE W. ROGERS , Giuseppe Prisco
- 申请人: THEODORE W. ROGERS , Giuseppe Prisco
- 申请人地址: US CA Sunnyvale
- 专利权人: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Sunnyvale
- 主分类号: B23P11/00
- IPC分类号: B23P11/00
摘要:
A first link and a second link are articulated relative to each other via a joint coupled between the first and second links. A shape-sensing optical fiber is used to sense a position of the first link and the second link relative to each other. The fiber passes through a channel having an opening defining a lip and extending from the first link toward the joint. The lip has a curved surface that begins substantially tangent to a wall of the channel, and during bending of the optical fiber, the optical fiber is positioned tangent to the curved surface of the lip.