Patents by Inventor Todd Franglois

Todd Franglois has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • STABILIZING APPARATUS FOR HIGHLY ARTICULATED PROBES WITH LINK ARRANGEMENT, METHODS OF FORMATION THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140318299
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving an articulating probe comprises an elongate probe constructed and arranged to articulate in at least one predetermined degree of motion and to transition from a flexible state to a rigid state, and a force transfer mechanism constructed and arranged to apply a force to the probe. The force is selected from the group consisting of a force that causes probe to articulate in the at least one predetermined degree of motion and a force that causes the probe to transition from the flexible state to the rigid state. The base structure is attached to portion of the force transfer mechanism and the elongate probe; the base structure comprising one or more stabilizing elements constructed and arranged to resist undesired movement of the probe caused by force from the force transfer mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Arnold E. Oyola, Robert Anderson, Gabriel Johnston, Ian J. Darisse, Joseph A. Stand, Luis Bettencourt, Todd Franglois