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Haptic interface for simulator, such as a colonoscopy simulator

Flaction, Lionel  
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Samur, Evren  
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Maillard, Pascal
2011

The device (1 ) comprises an endoscopic interface (2) with a guiding tube (4) for guiding an endoscope, said tube (4) being mounted on bearings (5) for free rotation and comprising windows for allowing a contact between said endoscope and friction rollers (7,8) for tracking the axial displacement of the endoscope and for imposing a linear force feedback on said endoscope, one of said friction rollers (8) being connected to a motor (12) for transmission of torque generated by said motor and the other of said friction rollers (7) being connected to an encoder (14) for the tracking of its axial displacement, said device further comprising an axial brake (20) for blocking the axial movement of the endoscope while allowing a rotation of the endoscope, said axial brake (20) comprising two pairs of brake rollers (21,22) being placed around said endoscope, one pair (22) being movable relatively to the other pair (21 ) for realizing said axial blocking. One of said friction rollers (7) is mounted on said tube via a lever (9) actuated by spring means (10) for allowing smooth insertion of endoscopes having different sizes and ensuring sufficient contact force on the endoscope of the rollers (21,22).

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EPO Family ID

43532841

Author(s)
Flaction, Lionel  
Samur, Evren  
Maillard, Pascal
Note

Alternative title(s) : (de) Haptische schnittstelle für simulator, wie etwa ein darmspiegelungssimulator (fr) Interface haptique pour simulateur, notamment pour un simulateur de coloscopie

TTO classification

TTO:6.0876

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LSRO  
AVP-R-TTO  
IdentifierCountry codeKind codeDate issued

US2012178062

US

A1

2012-07-12

CN102576499

CN

A

2012-07-11

EP2473987

EP

A2

2012-07-11

WO2011027329

WO

A3

2011-05-05

WO2011027329

WO

A2

2011-03-10

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September 22, 2015
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