ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,932, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Wire-driven manipulator" was invented by Yusuke Tanaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire-driven manipulator includes a plurality of flexible members, a drive unit configured to drive the plurality of flexible members, and at least one bendable portion including a distal end member and at least one guide member disposed nearer to the drive unit than the distal end member. The bendable portion is configured to be bent by driving the plurality of flexible members. The plurality of flexible members are connected to the distal end member. At least one of the plurality...