Title :
Multi-degree of freedom hydraulic pressure driven safety active catheter
Author :
Ikuta, Koji ; Ichikawa, Hironobu ; Suzuki, Katsuya ; Yajima, Daisuke
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro-Nano Syst. Eng., Nagoya Univ.
Abstract :
We aimed to develop an active catheter that could be used safely in human blood vessels. We proposed and developed a new type of micro valve and incorporated this into a hydraulic pressure drive system with multi-degree of freedom, to produce an active catheter that was compact and required no electrical power for operation. We experimentally verified the good operational performance of a prototype of this active catheter
Keywords :
catheters; hydraulic drives; medical control systems; microvalves; human blood vessels; hydraulic pressure drive system; microvalve; safety active catheter; Actuators; Blood vessels; Catheters; Diseases; Humans; Microvalves; Minimally invasive surgery; Power generation; Safety; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2006. ICRA 2006. Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9505-0
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642342
