Flexdex™: A minimally invasive surgical tool with enhanced dexterity and intuitive actuation

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009

Volumn 7, Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 829-839

  Awtar, Shorya ^a   Trutna, Tristan T ^a   Abani, Rosa ^a   Nielsen, Jens M ^a   Mansfield, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT PACKAGE; DESIGN PARADIGM; DETAILED DESIGN; ENDEFFECTOR MOTION; FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION; HAND MOTION; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL; NATURAL FORCES; ONE-TO-ONE MAPPINGS; SYSTEM LEVEL INTEGRATION; TOOL DESIGNS; VIRTUAL CENTERS;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77953743363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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