A legged anchoring mechanism for capsule endoscopes using micropatterned adhesives

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2759-2767

  Glass, Paul ^a   Cheung, Eugene ^b   Sitti, Metin ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired adhesives; Biomedical robotics; Capsule endoscopy; Gastrointestinal (GI) tract

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION FORCES; ADHESIVE SYSTEMS; ANCHORING MECHANISMS; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ADHESIVES; BIOMEDICAL ROBOTICS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FRICTION MODELS; GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TRACT; IN VITRO; MICRO PILLARS; MICROPATTERNED; MICROPILLAR ARRAYS; NEW CONCEPTS; PILLAR DIAMETERS; SILICONE OILS; SMALL INTESTINES;

ADHESIVES; ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SILICONES;

ADHESION;

ADHESIVENESS; ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; BIONICS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; ELASTOMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PERISTALSIS; ROBOTICS; SWINE;

EID: 58149271167     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2002111     Document Type: Article

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