Design of multifunctional compliant mechanisms for minimally invasive surgery

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 311-319

  Frecker, Mary I ^a   Dziedzic, R P ^a   Haluck, R S ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanisms; Minimally invasive surgery; Multifunctional tools; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORCE; FORCEPS; MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0036961677     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645706.2003.11873732     Document Type: Article

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