Lourdes Thomas, T and Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V and Ananthasuresh, GK and Misra, S (2021) Surgical Applications of Compliant Mechanisms: A Review. In: Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 13 (2).
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Abstract
Current surgical devices are mostly rigid and are made of stiff materials, even though their predominant use is on soft and wet tissues. With the emergence of compliant mechanisms (CMs), surgical tools can be designed to be flexible and made using soft materials. CMs offer many advantages such as monolithic fabrication, high precision, no wear, no friction, and no need for lubrication. It is therefore beneficial to consolidate the developments in this field and point to challenges ahead. With this objective, in this article, we review the application of CMs to surgical interventions. The scope of the review covers five aspects that are important in the development of surgical devices: (i) conceptual design and synthesis, (ii) analysis, (iii) materials, (iv) manufacturing, and (v) actuation. Furthermore, the surgical applications of CMs are assessed by classification into five major groups, namely, (i) grasping and cutting, (ii) reachability and steerability, (iii) transmission, (iv) sensing, and (v) implants and deployable devices. The scope and prospects of surgical devices using CMs are also discussed. © 2021 by ASME.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics |
| Publisher: | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Additional Information: | The copyright of this article belongs to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Keywords: | Agricultural robots; Compliant mechanisms; Conceptual design; Mechanisms; Surgery; Surgical equipment, Deployable devices; High-precision; Monolithic fabrications; Steerability; Surgical applications; Surgical devices; Surgical interventions; Surgical tools, Implants (surgical) |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2021 09:02 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 09:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/67923 |
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