A new medical microrobot for minimal invasive surgery

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-220

  Zhou, Y S ^a   Quan, Y X ^a   Yoshinaka, K ^b   Ikeuchi, K ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low invasive locomotion; Medical microrobot; Minimal invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; COUPLINGS; ENDOSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; SURGERY; TISSUE;

MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS);

ROBOTS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ROBOTICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0035235818     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411011533607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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