A surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm having a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the distal and proximal ends; an optical fiber bend sensor provided in the at least one joint region of the at least one articulatable arm;...http://www.google.fr/patents/US20070156019?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US20070156019 - Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings
Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings
Numéro de demande: 11/491,384 Numéro de publication: US 2007/0156019 A1 Date de dépôt: 20 juil. 2006 Brevet délivré: US7930065 ( Date de délivrance 19 avr. 2011)
