SELF-ADVANCING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A device which includes an elongate body with a movable mass arranged for sliding movement within the body, the element being arranged to decelerate toward an end of the body in order to impart forward movement thereto, via momentum transfer, and being arranged to accelerate away from said end in order to further drive the body forward, again using momentum transfer.
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Abstract
A device which includes an elongate body with a movable mass arranged for sliding movement within the body is disclosed. The element is arranged to decelerate toward an end of the body in order to impart forward movement thereto, via momentum transfer, and is further arranged to accelerate away from said end in order to further drive the body forward, again using momentum transfer.
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18 Claims
- 1. A device which includes an elongate body with a movable mass arranged for sliding movement within the body, the element being arranged to decelerate toward an end of the body in order to impart forward movement thereto, via momentum transfer, and being arranged to accelerate away from said end in order to further drive the body forward, again using momentum transfer.
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17. A self-advancing probe, as claimed in 16, wherein the endoscope is disposable.
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18. A method of generating movement in a self-advancing device which includes a body and a moveable mass arranged for sliding movement relative to the body, including rapidly decelerating the element toward an end of the body to impart forward movement thereto, via momentum transfer and accelerating the element away from said end in order to further drive the body forward, again using momentum transfer.
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