A flexure-based steerable needle: High curvature with reduced tissue damage

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 906-909

  Swaney, Philip J ^a   Burgner, Jessica ^a   Gilbert, Hunter B ^a   Webster, Robert J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duty cycling; flexure; image guided surgery; medical robotics; needle design; steerable needle

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; TISSUE;

DUTY-CYCLING; FLEXURE; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; STEERABLE NEEDLES;

NEEDLES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEVEL NEEDLE; EX VIVO STUDY; FLEXURE BASED NEEDLE TIP; NONHUMAN; TISSUE INJURY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEEDLE; PLIABILITY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGERY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLIABILITY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE;

EID: 84875480901     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2230001     Document Type: Article

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