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Design of topology optimized compliant legs for bio-inspired quadruped robots

Scientific Reports, 2023
Robotic legs are an important component of the quadruped robot for achieving different motion gaits. Although the conventional rigid-link-based legs can generally perform robust motions, they still have the issues with poor sealing when operating in ...
Yilun Sun, Chujun Zong, Felix Pancheri, Tong Chen, Tim C. Lueth   +4 more
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Development of a Connected Sensor System in Colorectal Surgery: User-Centered Design Case Study

JMIR Human Factors, 2022
BackgroundA successful innovative medical device is not only technically challenging to develop but must also be readily usable to be integrated into health care professionals’ daily practice.
Christel Schwartz-Lasfargues, Camille Roux-Gendron, Pim Edomskis, Isabelle Marque, Yves Bayon, Johan F Lange, Jean Luc Faucheron, Bertrand Trilling   +7 more
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In vitro benchtop mock circulatory loop for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction emulation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
In this work, a novel mock circulatory loop (MCL) is presented that is capable of simulating both healthy cardiac function and Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). This MCL differs from others presented in the literature as it features
Andrew Malone, Sean Gallagher, Jemil Saidi, Gina Rizq, Gina Rizq, Enda O’Dowd, Derek Vallence, Aamir Hameed, Aamir Hameed   +8 more
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Crossing Total Occlusions Using a Hydraulic Pressure Wave: Development of the Wave Catheter

Frontiers in Medical Technology, 2022
With the ongoing miniaturization of surgical instruments, the ability to apply large forces on tissues for resection becomes challenging and the risk of buckling becomes more real.
Aimee Sakes, Menno Lageweg, Remi I. B. van Starkenburg, Saurabh Sontakke, Jo W. Spronck   +4 more
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Investigation of vibration parameters for needle insertion force reduction

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2020
Many medical interventions in therapy and diagnostics require needle insertion into tissue. Common complications such as increased pain and formation of haematoma are caused by wrong needle positioning.
Rehling Dennis, Liu Jan, Stewart Kent W., Pott Peter P., Schiele Frank   +4 more
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The extent to which circular economy principles have been applied in the design of medical devices for low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review

Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023
Healthcare facilities in low-resource settings in Sub-Saharan Africa are plagued with issues of non-functional and obsolete medical devices, which ultimately end up prematurely disposed of as waste.
Karlheinz Tondo Samenjo, Roos Marieke Oosting, Conny Bakker, Jan Carel Diehl   +3 more
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Integration of medical device design training in clinical teaching - A case study

The Asia Pacific Scholar, 2021
Dental practitioners often encounter situations that require customising the prosthesis to satisfy the needs of patients. Artificial devices called dental appliances or prosthesis is custom fabricated for the functional, aesthetic, and psychological ...
K. Anbarasi, Kasim Mohamed
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Soft, Rigid, and Hybrid Robotic Exoskeletons for Hand Rehabilitation: Roadmap with Impairment-Oriented Rationale for Devices Design and Selection

Applied Sciences, 2023
In recent decades, extensive attention has been paid to the study and development of robotic devices specifically designed for hand rehabilitation. Accordingly, a many concepts concerning rigid, soft, and hybrid types have emerged in the literature, with
Gabriele Maria Achilli, Cinzia Amici, Mihai Dragusanu, Massimiliano Gobbo, Silvia Logozzo, Monica Malvezzi, Monica Tiboni, Maria Cristina Valigi   +7 more
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Design of a Flexible Wasp-Inspired Tissue Transport Mechanism

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
Tissue transport is a challenge during Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) with the current suction-based instruments as the increasing length and miniaturisation of the outer diameter requires a higher pressure.
Esther P. de Kater, Aimée Sakes, Jette Bloemberg, David J. Jager, Paul Breedveld   +4 more
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Automation Potential in the Workflow of a Scrub Nurse [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems
One of the heavily burdened actors in the operating theatre is the scrub nurse who is responsible for the organized and orderly workflow in the operating theatre.
Peter Schmid, Max B. Schäfer, Nina M. Stadel, Peter P. Pott, Thomas Maier   +4 more
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