ATTACHMENT APPARATUS FOR REMOTE ACCESS TOOLS

Apparatuses and methods for attaching a minimal access tool to a user's boy (e.g., wrist or forearm) so that movements of the user's forearm, wrist, hand and fingers can control movements at a distal end of the minimal access tool. In particular, described herein are forearm attachment dev...

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Hauptverfasser: BOWLES Gregory Brian, AWTAR Shorya, LICHT James Michael, GEIGER James Duncan, SHARMA Deepak, ZIMMERMAN Zachary
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatuses and methods for attaching a minimal access tool to a user's boy (e.g., wrist or forearm) so that movements of the user's forearm, wrist, hand and fingers can control movements at a distal end of the minimal access tool. In particular, described herein are forearm attachment devices (which may be used with or integrated into) a minimal access tool including a cuff configured to secure to the user's forearm and a coupling joint configured to connect the cuff to the frame so that the cuff may move relative to the frame with between 1 and 4 degrees of freedom.