Flexible distal tip made of nitinol (NiTi) for a steerable endoscopic camera system

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 273-275, Issue , 1999, Pages 780-783

  Fischer, H ^a   Vogel, B ^a   Pfleging, W ^a   Besser, H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser structures; Mechanical applications; NiTi; Steerable endoscopes

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ENDOSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SURGERY;

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NITINOL; STEERABLE ENDOSCOPES;

BIOMATERIALS;

EID: 0039171031     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-5093(99)00415-3     Document Type: Article

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