Micro switchable sucker for fixable and mobile mechanism of medical mems

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 691-694

  Horie, Toshiaki ^a   Sawano, Satoshi ^a   Konishi, Satoshi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SENSORS;

CRAWLING ROBOTS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOCAL TEMPERATURES; MEDICAL SENSING; MEMS DEVICES; MICRO PUMPING; MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MOBILE MECHANISM; PNEUMATIC BALLOON; RELATIVE POSITIONING; SWITCHABLE;

MEMS;

EID: 40949088475     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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