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US 2014/0276389 A1Published application
Selective grip device for drive mechanism
OwnerSean Walkerinventor
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Abstract
A gripping device includes a housing having an outer periphery and a lumen wall arranged within the housing. The lumen wall may define a passage and the passage may be configured to receive an instrument. The lumen wall may have a flexible inwardly facing surface configured to grip the instrument in response to receiving a grip signal and release the instrument in response to receiving a release signal.
Claims20
A gripping device comprising:
- a housing having an outer periphery;
- and
- a lumen wall arranged within the housing, the lumen wall defining a passage, the passage configured to receive an instrument, wherein the lumen wall has a flexible inwardly facing surface configured to grip the instrument in response to receiving a grip signal and release the instrument in response to receiving a release signal.
An elongate device drive mechanism comprising:
- a first gripping device having a first housing and a first lumen arranged within the first housing, the first lumen configured to receive a first portion of an instrument;
- a second gripping device having a second housing and a second lumen arranged within the second housing, the second lumen configured to receive a second portion of the instrument, wherein the second gripping device is spaced and moveable along an axis with respect to the first gripping device;
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- wherein each of the first lumen and the second lumen include a lumen wall with a flexible inwardly facing surface configured to selectively grip the respective portion of the instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.