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Table 5.12: (Continued)

Publication
No. Patent title Patent no. Assignees date Note
8 Endoscopic methods and US9486362B2 Acclarent October 18,
devices for transnasal Inc. 2018
procedures
9 Apparatus for producing EP0762906B1 Mallinckrodt August 28, Application reference
a translaryngeal Inc. 2002
tracheotomy

5.5.2 Relevant patents for analysis

MOJO’s focus is on the bending and transmission,aswellasthe stabilization
mechanism applied across modules in the format of a single-use, portable device.
Under the nine patents, we exemplify selected representative claims with a more
detailed analysis.

US10052013B2
No. Key features Comments to relevance
1 In one embodiment, the articulation joint is composed of a While the goals of this device,
plurality of interconnected segments. In another like the MOJO device, are to
embodiment, the articulation joint is made up of an provide a low-cost, single-use
elongated tubular body. medical device, the design of the
Each segment is a cylinder with an outer wall and a central MOJO joint and articulation
lumen. The outer wall includes several hinge elements therein differs significantly and imparts a
and a series of slots therethrough. different property to the
articulation.

2 Two or more cables are threaded through the plurality of cable The method of transmission of
guide loops and tensioned to form the joint articulation body. actuation is similar. However,
there are no real “joints” to be
coupled, and the compressive
effect that the MOJO device
embodies is not present.