Locomotion through the intestine by means of rolling stents

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2 B, Issue , 2004, Pages 963-969

  Breedveld, Paul ^a   Van Der Kouwe, Daniëlle E ^a   Van Gorp, Maria A J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Intestine inspection; Rolling donut; Steering mechanism; Stent

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; BIOPSY; CLAMPING DEVICES; DISEASES; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ENDOSCOPY; TISSUE;

COLONOSCOPY; INTESTINE INSPECTION; ROLLING DONUT; ROLLING STENT; STEERING MECHANISM;

ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

EID: 13944262887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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