Development of pressure-driven micro active catheter using membrane micro emboss following excimer laser ablation (MeME-X) process

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4469-4472

  Ikeuchi, Masashi ^a,b   Ikuta, Koji ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BELLOWS; BLOOD VESSELS; CATHETERS; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION;

ACTIVE CATHETER; ACTUATION MECHANISM; HIGH SAFETY; INTRAVASCULAR; MICRO-CHAMBERS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; THIN POLYMER MEMBRANE; WATER PRESSURES;

MICROROBOTS;

EID: 85057985372     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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