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A novel design of compliant forceps with serpentine flexures
Libu George B,R. Bharanidaran +1 more
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In this paper, the authors proposed compliant forceps with the novel serpentine flexure for medical applications, which are compliant mechanisms are flexible mechanisms that can be used in medical applications.Abstract:
Recent advancement in medical engineering demands a prefect solution for various problems. In this work, we proposed compliant forceps with the novel serpentine flexure. Compliant mechanisms are fl...read more
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Surgical Applications of Compliant Mechanisms - A Review
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Design of a multifunctional compliant instrument for minimally invasive surgery.
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Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of a topologically optimized compliant microgripper
R. Bharanidaran,T. Ramesh +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a compliant based micro gripper is developed and the performance of the microgripper is studied through numerical simulation and experiential techniques, and the effect of flexure hinges at the node-to-node contact regions need to be analyzed for its critical geometric parameter.
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A modified post-processing technique to design a compliant based microgripper with a plunger using topological optimization
R. Bharanidaran,T. Ramesh +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a compliant mechanism-based micro gripper with a plunger was proposed to push the microobject for an active release during micromanipulation. But, the design of the microgripper was not discussed.
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Design of a flexure-based mechanism possessing low stiffness and constant force
Yanling Tian,Yanling Tian,Chongkai Zhou,Fujun Wang,Lu Kangkang,Yanjie Yuan,Yang Mingxuan,Dawei Zhang +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a flexure-based constant force mechanism with a long travel stroke was proposed, where the constant force was generated by using the combination of a negative stiffness and a positive stiffness mechanism.
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Design and analysis of serpentine based MEMS accelerometer
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