Patent ID: 7410483

Claim:
A hand-actuated apparatus for remote manipulation of an object comprising: a) a proximal end having a user hand interface portion with at least one finger slide configured to removably secure one or more digits of a human hand for movement, such that flexion of said digit when secured to the at least one finger slide is translated into translational movement of the at least one finger slide; and b) a distal end having an effector portion, wherein translational movement of the at least one finger slide is translated into a bending movement at said effector portion wherein each of said at least one finger slide comprises: a) a transmission rod; b) a pulley lever connected to the transmission rod; c) a plurality of pulleys connected to the pulley lever; and d) at least two sets of cables, with each set connected at one end to a pulley or pulley lever and operably connected at the other end to the effector portion; wherein translational movement of the transmission rod produces rotational movement of the pulley lever, which actuates the cables about the pulleys to produce bending of the effector portion.