ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,683, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ROBEAUTE (Paris).
"Microrobot configured to move in a viscous material" was invented by Bertrand Duplat (Paris), Ali Oulmas (Paris) and Quentin Francois (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microrobot configured to move in a viscous material, in particular in an organ of a subject such as a brain, the microrobot having a propulsion structure comprising a head portion, a rear portion and a deformable portion connecting the head portion and the rear portion. The deformable portion is deformable in elongation/contraction along a main axis connecting the head portion and the rear portion. The he...