Crimped braided sleeves for soft, actuating arm in robotic abdominal surgery.

Journal: Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy
PMID: 25744663

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This paper investigates different types of crimped, braided sleeve used for a soft arm for robotic abdominal surgery, with the sleeve required to contain balloon expansion in the pneumatically actuating arm while it follows the required bending, elongation and diameter reduction of the arm.

Authors

  • Yahya Elsayed
    Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, University of Surrey , Guildford, UK.
  • Constantina Lekakou
  • Tommaso Ranzani
  • Matteo Cianchetti
  • Mario Morino
  • Alberto Arezzo
  • Arianna Menciassi
  • Tao Geng
  • Chakravarthini M Saaj

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