Miniature plastic gripper and fabrication method
    1.
    发明授权
    Miniature plastic gripper and fabrication method 失效
    微型塑料夹具及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US5609608A

    公开(公告)日:1997-03-11

    申请号:US549497

    申请日:1995-10-27

    IPC分类号: A61B17/00 A61B17/12 A61B17/28

    摘要: A miniature plastic gripper actuated by inflation of a miniature balloon and method of fabricating same. The gripper is constructed of either heat-shrinkable or heat-expandable plastic tubing and is formed around a mandrel, then cut to form gripper prongs or jaws and the mandrel removed. The gripper is connected at one end with a catheter or tube having an actuating balloon at its tip, whereby the gripper is opened or closed by inflation or deflation of the balloon. The gripper is designed to removably retain a member to which is connected a quantity or medicine, plugs, or micro-components. The miniature plastic gripper is inexpensive to fabricate and can be used for various applications, such as gripping, sorting, or placing of micron-scale particles for analysis.

    摘要翻译: 由微型气球膨胀致动的微型塑料夹具及其制造方法。 夹具由热收缩或热膨胀塑料管构成,并围绕心轴形成,然后切割以形成夹爪或钳口,并移除心轴。 夹具在其一端与在其尖端处具有致动气囊的导管或管连接,由此通过气囊的充气或放气来打开或闭合夹具。 夹具被设计成可移除地保持连接有数量或药物,插头或微组件的构件。 微型塑料夹具制造成本低廉,可用于各种应用,例如夹紧,分选或放置微米级颗粒进行分析。

    Microfabricated therapeutic actuator mechanisms
    3.
    发明授权
    Microfabricated therapeutic actuator mechanisms 失效
    微型治疗执行机构

    公开(公告)号:US5645564A

    公开(公告)日:1997-07-08

    申请号:US446146

    申请日:1995-05-22

    摘要: Electromechanical microstructures (microgrippers), either integrated circuit (IC) silicon-based or precision machined, to extend and improve the application of catheter-based interventional therapies for the repair of aneurysms in the brain or other interventional clinical therapies. These micromechanisms can be specifically applied to release platinum coils or other materials into bulging portions of the blood vessels also known as aneurysms. The "micro" size of the release mechanism is necessary since the brain vessels are the smallest in the body. Through a catheter more than one meter long, the micromechanism located at one end of the catheter can be manipulated from the other end thereof. The microgripper (micromechanism) of the invention will also find applications in non-medical areas where a remotely actuated microgripper or similar actuator would be useful or where micro-assembling is needed.

    摘要翻译: 机电微结构(microgrippers),集成电路(IC)硅基或精密加工,以扩展和改进基于导管的介入治疗在脑或其他介入性临床治疗中的动脉瘤修复的应用。 这些微机制可以专门用于将铂线圈或其他材料释放到也被称为动脉瘤的血管的隆起部分。 释放机制的“微”尺寸是必要的,因为脑血管在体内是最小的。 通过超过一米长的导管,位于导管一端的微机构可以从其另一端被操纵。 本发明的微夹持器(微机构)也将在非医疗领域中得到应用,其中远程致动的微爪或类似的致动器将是有用的或者在需要微组装的地方。