DEVICES WITH LOW MELTING POINT ALLOY FOR CONTROL OF DEVICE FLEXIBILITY |
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申请号 | US15091822 | 申请日 | 2016-04-06 | 公开(公告)号 | US20160311108A1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2016-10-27 |
申请人 | The Johns Hopkins University; | 发明人 | Farshid Alambeigi; Reza Seifabadi; Mehran Armand; | ||||
摘要 | A continuum device/manipulator includes a first flexible tube, a low melting point (LMP) alloy disposed within the first flexible tube, and a temperature adjustment element that applies heat or cooling to change a phase of the LMP alloy. Changing the phase of the LMP alloy controls a flexibility of the first flexible tube. | ||||||
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