Study on Micro Force Sensor for Minimum Invasive Surgery

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 64, Issue 620, 1998, Pages 1266-1271

  Tanimoto, Mitsutaka ^a   Arai, Fumihito ^a   Fukuda, Toshio ^a   Iwata, Hitoshi ^a   Itoigawa, Kouichi ^a   Gotoh, Yasuhiro ^a   Hashimoto, Masashi ^a   Negoro, Makoto ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Catheter; Force Sensor; Intravascular Surgery; Micromachine; Minimum Invasive Surgery; Piezo element; Sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024448260     PISSN: 03875024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaic.64.1266     Document Type: Article

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