Towards the design of a statically balanced compliant laparoscopic grasper using topology optimization

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2008, Pages 293-305

  De Lange, Ditske J B A ^a   Langelaar, Matthijs ^b   Herder, Just L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION MECHANISM; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; FORCE FEEDBACK; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEGATIVE STIFFNESS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PRE-STRESS;

MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING;

EID: 80054996202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2008-49794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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