SOFT ROBOTIC ARM FOR IN SITU 3D BIOPRINTING AND SURGERY

An apparatus comprises a soft robotic arm and a three-dimensional (3D) bioprinter. The soft robotic arm has actuators for controlling movements of a distal end of the soft robotic arm. The 3D bioprinter is attached to the distal end of the soft robotic arm, and has a print nozzle and soft microtubul...

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Hauptverfasser:	DAVIES, James Jonathon, DO, Thanh Nho, PHAN, Phuoc Thien, THAI, Mai Thanh, LOVELL, Nigel Hamilton, NGUYEN, Chi Cong
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS HAND TOOLS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MANIPULATORS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS PROSTHESES REGULATING SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS SURGERY TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus comprises a soft robotic arm and a three-dimensional (3D) bioprinter. The soft robotic arm has actuators for controlling movements of a distal end of the soft robotic arm. The 3D bioprinter is attached to the distal end of the soft robotic arm, and has a print nozzle and soft microtubule artificial muscles (SMAMs) for controlling movements of the print nozzle. Un appareil comprend un bras robotique souple et une bio-imprimante tridimensionnelle (3D). Le bras robotique souple comporte des actionneurs destinés à commander les mouvements d'une extrémité distale du bras robotique souple. La bio-imprimante 3D est fixée à l'extrémité distale du bras robotique souple, et comporte une buse d'impression et des muscles artificiels à microtubule souple (SMAM) pour commander les mouvements de la buse d'impression.