Low invasive propulsion of medical devices by traction using mucus

Wear

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 179-183

  Ikeuchi, Ken ^a   Yoshinaka, Kiyoshi ^a   Tomita, Naohide ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Medical device; Mucus; Spiral ribbed impeller; Traction drive

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION;

HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MUCUS; ORGANIC TUBE; SPIRAL RIBBED IMPELLER;

TRACTION (FRICTION);

LUBRICATION-HYDRODYNAMIC; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROPULSION UNITS;

EID: 0031214883     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(97)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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