US 12,376,929 B2
Driver module
Jianzhong Shang, London (GB); Etienne Francois Joseph Dondez, London (GB); and Tamas Csaba Hernadi, London (GB)
Assigned to PRECISION ROBOTICS LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/642,103
Filed by Precision Robotics Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052179
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048548, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1913118 (GB), filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354605 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/71 (2016.02) [A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00371 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driver module for actuating a tendon, the driver module comprising:
a plurality of sliders, each of the sliders comprising a base portion, a tendon receiving portion and a body portion,
the tendon receiving portion being spaced apart from the base portion and the body portion extends from the base portion to the tendon receiving portion,
the module further comprising a slider receiving portion having a first end and a second end and engageable with the base portion of the slider such that the slider is moveably attachable to the slider receiving portion,
wherein the body portion of each of the plurality of sliders further comprises an alignment portion, which is adapted to place the tendon receiving portions of the adjacent sliders to abut with or be close to each other.