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US 2026/0061138 A1Published application
Gripper
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsNeil Cammish, Mark Horlock, Christophe Raossanaly
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AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsNeil Cammish, Mark Horlock, Christophe Raossanaly
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The invention relates to a gripper comprising a gripper body. The gripper body extends around, and defines, an opening through which a first axis extends. The opening lies in an opening plane. The gripper further comprises a plurality of teeth and each tooth extends towards the first axis along a tooth axis. Each tooth comprises a root portion and a body portion. The body portion comprises a planar tip portion and the root portion connects the tooth to the gripper body and defines a region about which the tooth can resiliently bend relative to the body. The planar tip portion is resiliently biased to an initial position in which the planar tip portion of each tooth lies in a plane which is offset from the opening plane along the first axis.
A gripper comprising a gripper body, the gripper body extending around, and defining, an opening through which a first axis extends, the opening lying in an opening plane, the gripper further comprising a plurality of teeth, each tooth extending towards the first axis along a tooth axis, each tooth comprises a root portion and a body portion, the body portion comprising a planar tip portion, the root portion connects the tooth to the gripper body and defines a region about which the tooth can resiliently bend relative to the body, the planar tip portion being resiliently biased to an initial position in which the planar tip portion of each tooth lies in a plane which is offset from the opening plane along the first axis.
The gripper as claimed in 10, in which each tooth comprises a first step which offsets the intermediate portion from the root portion along the first axis and a second step which offsets the tip portion from the intermediate portion along the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.