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The coordinate frames for the first and the ith tubes at an arbitrary cross section of the active cannula. They differ by an angular rotation of θ about their z-axes, which are both tangent to the curve. The curvatures, ω and ωi, of the frames are not pictured, since they may in general lie in any direction with respect to the coordinate frames.
