An earthworm-like robotic endoscope system for human intestine: Design, analysis, and experiment

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 210-221

  Wang, Kundong ^a   Yan, Guozheng ^a   Ma, Guanying ^a   Ye, Dongdong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

In vitro experiments; Locomotion mechanism; Wireless communication system; Wireless power supply

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COUPLINGS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOBILE COMPUTING; POWER CONTROL; ROBOTS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELDS; COMMUNICATION SUB SYSTEMS; CONNECTING WIRES; CONTROL COMMANDS; ENERGY COUPLING EFFICIENCIES; HIGH RELIABILITIES; HUMAN INTESTINES; IN VITRO; IN VITRO EXPERIMENTS; LOCOMOTION MECHANISM; LOCOMOTION MECHANISMS; MATHEMATIC MODELS; NOVEL SOLUTIONS; POWER CAPACITIES; REAL APPLICATIONS; RIGID RODS; SECONDARY COILS; SUB SYSTEMS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS ENERGIES; WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY; WIRELESS POWERS;

ROBOTICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 57349136747     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9597-6     Document Type: Article

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