Towards flexible medical instruments: Review of flexible fluidic actuators

Precision Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-321

  De Greef, Aline ^a   Lambert, Pierre ^a   Delchambre, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flexible actuator; Fluidic actuator; Inflatable structure; Medical application; Medical device

Indexed keywords

AVOIDING OBSTACLE; FLEXIBLE ACTUATOR; FLUIDIC ACTUATOR; FLUIDIC ACTUATORS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL FIELDS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM;

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; INSTRUMENTS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 67650471984     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2008.10.004     Document Type: Review

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