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CONTROLLED ACTUATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF A MEDICAL DEVICE

  • US 20100228076A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2010
  • Published: 09/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Apparatus for use with a portion of a body of a subject that undergoes cyclic motion, the apparatus comprising:

  • a sensor for sensing a phase of the cyclic motion;

    a tool at least a portion of which is configured to be moved with respect to the portion of the subject'"'"'s body; and

    a tool modulator configured;

    during a first phase of a first cycle of the cyclic motion, not to facilitate movement of the portion of the tool,subsequent to the first phase of the first cycle, in response to the sensor sensing that the first cycle of the cyclic motion is at a second phase thereof, to facilitate movement of the portion of the tool, andin a cycle subsequent to the first cycle, to facilitate movement of the portion of the tool, during the entire subsequent cycle;

    an accumulation-facilitator configured, during the first phase of the first cycle, to facilitate an accumulation of energy in the accumulation facilitator; and

    an accumulation-inhibitor configured to inhibit accumulation of energy in the accumulation-facilitator during the subsequent cycle, by actively inhibiting movement of at least a portion of the accumulation-facilitator.

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