Exploring non-assembly 3D printing for novel compliant surgical devices.

In minimally invasive surgery, maneuverability is usually limited and a large number of degrees of freedom (DOF) is highly demanded. However, increasing the DOF usually means increasing the complexity of the surgical instrument leading to long fabrication and assembly times. In this work, we propose...

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Main Authors: Costanza Culmone, Paul W J Henselmans, Remi I B van Starkenburg, Paul Breedveld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232952