公开(公告)号：US09687362B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14685126

申请日：2015-04-13

Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College

Inventor： Bobak Mosadegh ,  Brandon Grant Gerberich ,  George M. Whitesides

IPC: A61F2/54 ,  A61F2/72 ,  A61F2/74 ,  A61F2/58 ,  B29C70/88 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29C70/70 ,  A61F2/68 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B25J15/12 ,  A61F2/50 ,  B25J15/00

CPC classification number: A61F2/586 ,  A61F2/5044 ,  A61F2/583 ,  A61F2/68 ,  A61F2/72 ,  A61F2002/5012 ,  A61F2002/74 ,  A61F2002/747 ,  A61F2002/748 ,  B25J15/0023 ,  B25J15/12 ,  B29C70/541 ,  B29C70/70 ,  B29C70/88 ,  B29L2031/7532

Abstract: A finger actuator, includes a plurality of fluidically interconnected inflatable chambers, wherein each chamber comprises outer walls having an embedded extensible layer selected to constrain radial expansion and freestanding inner walls; and an inextensible layer connected to the chambers at a base of the chambers, the inextensible layer comprising a flexible polymer and having an embedded inextensible layer that extends along the length of the finger actuator.