公开(公告)号：US20170135772A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15402135

申请日：2017-01-09

Applicant: University of Houston System

Inventor： Nikolaos V. Tsekos ,  Michael Heffernan

IPC: A61B34/30 ,  B25J9/14 ,  B25J9/10

CPC classification number: A61B34/30 ,  A61B90/39 ,  A61B2017/2902 ,  A61B2034/306 ,  A61B2090/374 ,  A61B2090/378 ,  B25J9/102 ,  B25J9/106 ,  B25J9/144 ,  Y10S901/02

Abstract: Provided herein are actuation transmission lines used for robotic systems, for example, MRI guided robots, for image-guided robot-assisted surgical and medical intervention procedures. This actuation transmission lines may include any of the following: one or more sections of a flexible channel; one or more sections of a rigid channel in a connecting relationship with the one or more sections of a flexible channel; solid media disposed inside the channel; one or more mechanical links in contact with the solid media inside the channel electronically or mechanically linked to a power source; a fine-tuning module disposed in the flexible channel; and one or more media motion sensors.

公开(公告)号：US10136955B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-27

申请号：US15402135

申请日：2017-01-09

Applicant: University of Houston System

Inventor： Nikolaos V. Tsekos ,  Michael Heffernan

IPC: B25J3/00 ,  A61B34/30 ,  B25J9/10 ,  B25J9/14

Abstract: Provided herein are actuation transmission lines used for robotic systems, for example, MRI guided robots, for image-guided robot-assisted surgical and medical intervention procedures. This actuation transmission lines may include any of the following: one or more sections of a flexible channel; one or more sections of a rigid channel in a connecting relationship with the one or more sections of a flexible channel; solid media disposed inside the channel; one or more mechanical links in contact with the solid media inside the channel electronically or mechanically linked to a power source; a fine-tuning module disposed in the flexible channel; and one or more media motion sensors.