{
  "abstract": "An improved positioning system suitable for force and dimensionally sensitive applications, including assisting with the assembly of heart valves and/or other medical devices in a manner that reduces time and effort required for manufacturing a device, and reduces stress and potential for injury of operators, while maintaining or enhancing quality and reliability of the manufacturing process and or the device.",
  "assignees": [
    "EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP"
  ],
  "authors": [
    "CODY JAMES R III",
    "GORELIK GRIGORIY",
    "SHIH PING-YANG",
    "TRAN TIFFANY DIEMTRINH",
    "ZOLOTNIK VLADIMIR"
  ],
  "canonical_url": "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002305",
  "categories": [
    "robotics-automation/robot-architectures"
  ],
  "extent": {
    "figures": 0,
    "paragraphs": 0,
    "words": 60
  },
  "figures": [],
  "files": [
    {
      "bytes": 9532,
      "media_type": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
      "name": "index.html",
      "sha256": "4849c2339d01507410a319a21e55c25dd8fb9220ab4cab48c1657eb6be5fcd3c"
    },
    {
      "bytes": 885,
      "media_type": "text/markdown; charset=utf-8",
      "name": "publication.md",
      "sha256": "699f4487825626b825e2d8e29bc15efb92e01cf1d3ef30f31a14029e4a3bb816"
    },
    {
      "bytes": 968,
      "media_type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
      "name": "publication.txt",
      "sha256": "fabbd705c1e1688d18e6bc4bbe93b24b1c3c6923d182f9c059f63f5966e87cf2"
    }
  ],
  "integrity": {
    "hash_algorithm": "sha256",
    "keys_url": "https://opentechnical.org/integrity/keys",
    "record_url": "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002305/integrity",
    "signature_algorithm": "Ed25519",
    "signature_file": "manifest.sig",
    "verify_url": "https://opentechnical.org/integrity/verify"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "a61b34/30",
    "a61b34/30",
    "b25j9/0096",
    "b25j9/0096",
    "a61b17/00",
    "a61b17/00"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "publication_id": "OT-2026-000002305",
  "published_at": "2026-09-15T19:12:07.411311Z",
  "publisher": "Nebula Innovations Limited",
  "record_type": "record",
  "schema": "opentechnical-publication-manifest/1.0",
  "source_date": "2026-03-04",
  "source_id": "EP-4653594-A3",
  "source_name": "the European Patent Office",
  "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/EP4653594A3",
  "supersedes": null,
  "title": "Semi-automatic precision positioning robot apparatus and method",
  "uuid": "01a0a67b-d0f2-798a-9d2a-36ce2bd65034"
}