US 12,330,292 B2
Telescoping robot
Roman Devengenzo, San Jose, CA (US); Spencer J. Witte, San Francisco, CA (US); Neal Tanner, Austin, TX (US); and Aren Hill, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US)
Filed by Neptune Medical Inc., Burlingame, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/902,906.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/586,398, filed on Sep. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0108522 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 18/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 18/025 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00149 (2013.01); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for deploying a flexible tubular member, the apparatus comprising:
a base;
a vertically-arranged link assembly connected to the base and comprising: a plurality of links that are vertically adjacent to each other relative to a ground, wherein adjacent links are each slidably coupled together by a pair of opposing flexible bands that extend around one or more surfaces of a shuttle in opposite directions, wherein shuttles between adjacent links are coupled together on a synchronization belt;
a linear driver coupled to a first shuttle of the shuttles; and
a mount assembly coupled to the vertically-arranged link assembly, wherein the mount assembly comprises an engagement surface that is configured to couple to the flexible tubular member.