Hydrodynamic active catheter with multi degrees of freedom motion

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3091-3094

  Ikuta, Koji ^a   Yajima, Daisuke ^a   Ichikawa, Hironobu ^a   Katsuya, Suzuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active catheter; Hybrid micro stereolithography; Hydraulic pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD VESSELS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ACTIVE CATHETER; ELECTRICAL POWER; HUMAN BLOOD VESSELS; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; MICRO-STEREO LITHOGRAPHY; MULTI DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; MULTI DEGREES OF FREEDOM; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE;

CATHETERS;

EID: 84857593072     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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