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Flexible drives and drive systems

A flexible driver and drive system technology, applied in the field of flexible robots, can solve the problems of inconvenient operation and uncontrollable rigidity of flexible robots, and achieve good controllability and maneuverability, and improve the effect of precision and rigidity

Active Publication Date: 2022-05-13
TSINGHUA UNIV
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[0003] The invention provides a flexible driver and a drive system to solve the defects of uncontrollable rigidity of flexible robots in the prior art, which makes it difficult to bend and deform, resulting in inconvenient operation, and realizes the elongation, shortening and bending directions of flexible bodies that can be precisely controlled At the same time, the flexible body can continuously change the stiffness through temperature control, providing the stiffness and bending freedom required for the operation of surgical instruments

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[0038] Embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are used to illustrate the present invention, but should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0039] In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" , "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and other indicated orientations or positional relationships are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing this The embodiments and simplified descriptions of the invention do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operate in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed a...

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The invention relates to the technical field of flexible robots, in particular to a flexible driver and a driving system. The flexible driver includes a flexible body, and the interior of the flexible body is provided with a first cavity, a second cavity and at least one third cavity along its axial extension, and the first cavity contains a temperature-controlled variable stiffness material, so The first cavity is arranged around the second cavity, the second cavity is used for accommodating a temperature regulating medium, and the third cavity is used for passing in a fluid for controlling driving. Realize the precise control of the elongation, shortening and bending direction control of the flexible body, and at the same time realize the continuous variable stiffness of the flexible body through temperature control, providing the stiffness and bending freedom required for the operation of surgical instruments.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of flexible robots, in particular to a flexible driver and a driving system. Background technique [0002] A variety of medical devices can enter narrow lesions of the body to deliver medicines, transmit images, and perform surgical procedures. For example, flexible endoscopes can enter the colon, esophagus, and , stomach, urethra, bladder, ureters, kidneys, lungs, bronchi, uterus and other organs. These devices typically travel through narrowing conduits to the surgical site, which may be tortuous, helical, or even coiled, requiring medical devices that are flexible and allow bending, as well as having sufficient breaking strength to prevent damage to the surgical site. Yielding occurs during pushing. During the propulsion process, it may be expected that the front end of the medical device will be actively deflected, and the posture and posture can be finely adjusted. At present, the insertion part of ma...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B34/30A61B17/00
CPCA61B34/30A61B17/00A61B2034/303A61B2017/00367A61B2034/302
Inventor 廖洪恩陈佳琦胡成全张欣然
Owner TSINGHUA UNIV
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