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Patent Inventor Names
Timothy D. Soper0
Vincent Duindam0
Date of Patent
May 14, 2024
0Patent Application Number
163316570
Date Filed
September 20, 2017
0Patent Citations
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Patent abstract
A method comprises measuring, with a sensor, a shape of a section of an elongated flexible instrument and comparing the measured shape of the section of the elongated flexible instrument to an expected shape. The method also comprises determining whether the measured shape of the section of the elongated flexible instrument differs from the expected shape by a predefined threshold.
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