MEMS Tactile Sensors for Surgical Instruments

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 773, Issue , 2003, Pages 55-60

  Rebello, Keith J ^a,b   Lebouitz, Kyle S ^a   Migliuolo, Michele ^a  

^a Verimetra Inc   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; MACHINING; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC MACHINE TOOLS;

COST SAVINGS; DEEP REACTIVE ION ETCHING (DRIE); SURGICAL TOOLS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1542304499     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-773-n11.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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3. K. Rebello, K. Lebouitz, G. Bonanomi, E. Di Martino, D. Vorp, and M. Zenati, "MEMS-based Technology for Endoscopic Assessment of Coronary Arterial Calcification", New Era Cardiac Care 2002, Dana Point, California, January 2002.
4. K. Rebello, "The use of MEMS in surgery", in BioMEMS Fabrication and Applications of Analytical Devices, Brookline, MA: Knowledge Press, 2003, ch. 6, pp. 73-88.