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Patent Inventor Names
Nicolas Chaillet0
Christian Lexcellent0
Joel Abadie0
Date of Patent
April 5, 2011
0Patent Application Number
105423500
Date Filed
January 15, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The invention relates to a longitudinally-steerable structure, comprising essentially longitudinal actuators made from shape memory alloy, Peltier effect elements with N and P doping and electrical control device. The above is characterized in that the actuators are arranged in pairs in an antagonistic manner, each actuator being connected at the ends thereof with a Peltier effect element with N doping and a Peltier effect element with P doping respectively. The invention further relates to an endoscope comprising at least one such structure.
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