Patent ID: 8919840

Claim:
A micromanipulation device for manipulating micro-sized objects, comprising: a handheld force generating device configured to fit in a palm of a user's hand including a macro-sized dimensional mechanism allowing said user to provide macro-sized dimensional adjustments; a micro-sized micromanipulation device including: a base; a pair of resiliently deflectable elongate arms projecting from said base, each arm having a tip disposed in opposition to each other and defining a gap therebetween; and a saddle attached to said tips of said arms and disposed between said arms, said saddle including a force transmission surface disposed toward said base, said saddle configured so that application of a force on said force transmission surface toward said base deflects said arms towards each other to reduce the gap therebetween; and a fixture interface coupled to said handheld force generating device and to said micro-sized micromanipulation device, said fixture interface including an adaptor configured to engage the saddle when the handheld force generating device moves away from the saddle and further configured to disengage from the saddle when the handheld force generating device moves towards the saddle to thereby translate said macro- dimensional adjustments of the handheld force generating device to micro-dimensional adjustments of said pair of resiliently deflectable elongated arms.