Improvement of a Tunable Stiffness Organ-Grasping Device by Design of a Wavy-Shaped Beam Structure

Improvement of a Tunable Stiffness Organ-Grasping Device by Design of a Wavy-Shaped Beam Structure

Tunable stiffness mechanisms can increase the noninvasiveness and stability of organ manipulation in laparoscopic liver resection. We have developed an organ-grasping device using beam-shaped tunable stiffness mechanism. Increasing the change ratio of stiffness will improve the performance of the de...

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Main Authors: Toshihiro Kawase, Takaaki Sugino, Shinya Onogi, Kenji Kawashima, Yoshikazu Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
tunable stiffness mechanism
principal stress line
organ-grasping device
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/10/4581

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