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WIPO/IASP TRAINING SEMINAR ON IPJune 30, 2004
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EP1241930 A method of forming an adhesive force includesremoving a seta from a living specimen,attaching the seta to a substrate, and applyingthe seta to a surface so as to establish anadhesive force between the substrate and thesurface. The seta is applied to the surface witha force perpendicular to the surface. The setais then pulled with a force parallel to the surfaceso as to preload the adhesive force of the seta.
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AB - WO200149776 NOVELTY - An adhesive force is formed by removing seta fromliving specimen. The seta is attached to a substrate and applied to a surface toestablish an adhesive force between substrate and surface.
- DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for (A) a method of fabricating an adhesive microstructure comprising fabricating an array ofshafts and forming spatula on the array of shafts; and (B) a fabricated microstructurecomprising a shaft and an array of spatula formed at an end of the shaft. Each spatulaincludes curved segment of a sphere at spatula terminal end. The shaft is less than500 mu m long, and has a diameter of 0.01-0.1 times its length. The array of spatulais less than 10 mu m wide.
- USE - The method is for forming an adhesive force for use in e.g., micro-manufacturing, micro-manipulation, and microsurgery applications. The adhesiveforce can also be used in manipulating retinal prosthesis implants, and pick and placeof silicon wafer or disk drive components. It can also be used as clutch mechanism inmicro-machines. It can also be used in insect trapping, tape, robot feet or treads,glove/pads for climbing, gripping e.g., clean room processing tools, micro-opticalmanipulation, micro-brooms, micro-vacuums, flake removal from wafers, opticalremoval of individual particles, climbing, throwing, and sticker toys, press-onfingernails, silent fasteners, substrate to prevent adhesion on specific locations,broom to clean disk drive, post-it notes, band aids, semiconductor transport, andclothes fasteners.
- ADVANTAGE - The formed adhesive force is greater than the cumulative force of the applying and the pulling steps of the forming method. The
removing step is analogous to cutting hair, thus allowing the gecko to harmlessly regenerate its seta. The seta is easily harvested without sacrificing the living specimen.
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