Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tube insertion device having end effector capable of changing direction
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Application No.: US14043911Application Date: 2013-10-02
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Publication No.: US09901370B2Publication Date: 2018-02-27
- Inventor: Keri Kim , Sung Chul Kang , Soojun Lee , Woosub Lee , Sangmyung Kim , Suhyeon Gim
- Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: NSIP Law
- Priority: KR10-2013-0089474 20130729
- Main IPC: A61B17/34
- IPC: A61B17/34 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B34/30

Abstract:
A tube insertion device which inserts a tube into a line path to perform an operation has an elongated hollow tube, an end effector connected to a front end of the tube such that the direction of the end effector is changed with respect to the tube, a plurality of wires connected to the end effector and extended into the tube and a tension controller controlling tensions of the plurality of wires. The tension controller controls tensions of a pair of wires facing each other in the opposite directions, in order to change the direction of the end effector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150032117A1 TUBE INSERTION DEVICE HAVING END EFFECTOR CAPABLE OF CHANGING DIRECTION Public/Granted day:2015-01-29
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