Force sensing device, medical endodevice and process of using such endodevice
AssigneeUniversitäT Basel
InventorsGeorg RAUTER, Ivan SUSIC
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Abstract
A force sensing device is disclosed that includes a housing tip, a plurality of sensors stationarily spaced from each other, and a spring element connecting the housing tip to the sensors such that moving the housing tip and the sensor relative to each other causes a resilient deformation of the spring element. The spring element is configured to arrange the housing tip in a zero position relative to the sensors by a spring force of the spring element. The force sensing device is also equipped with a spring tensioning structure configured to adapt the spring force of the spring element.
Claims22
-34. (canceled)
A force sensing device comprising:
- a housing tip that is essentially dome shaped;
- a plurality of sensors stationarily spaced from each other;
- a spring element connecting the housing tip to the plurality of sensors such that moving the housing tip and the plurality of sensors relative to each other causes a resilient deformation of the spring element;
- and
- a spring tensioning structure,
- wherein the spring element is configured to arrange the housing tip in a zero position relative to the plurality of sensors by a spring force of the spring element, and
- wherein the spring tensioning structure is configured to adapt the spring force of the spring element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.