Steerable mechanical joint for high load transmission in minimally invasive instruments

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Yan Nai, Tin ^a,b   Herder, Just L ^a,b   Tuijthof, Gabriëlle J M ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanism; Meniscectomy; Rolling contact; Steerable mechanical joint

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF ROTATION; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; HIGH LOAD; KNEE JOINT; MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL JOINTS; MECHANICAL TESTS; MENISCECTOMIES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE INSTRUMENTS; PARALLELOGRAM MECHANISMS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; QUANTITATIVE DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTIONS; ROLLING CONTACT; STEEL WIRE; STEERING MECHANISMS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

INSTRUMENTS; MECHANISMS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE; WIRE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORCE; INCISION; LOADING TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENISCECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PROCESS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; STEERABLE MECHANICAL JOINT;

EID: 80053455329     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004649     Document Type: Article

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