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CLEANSurgiTip: A Contamination Limiting, Expendable, and Novel Surgical Tooltip for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Mayank Mehta, Manojkumar Srinivasan, Sukesh Jagannathan Ranganathan, Nirav Patel, Karthik Chandrasekaran
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Design Innovation Paper
J. Med. Devices. September 2025, 19(3): 035001.
Paper No: MED-25-1005
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068612
Published Online: June 4, 2025
View Articletitled, CLEANSurgiTip: A Contamination Limiting, Expendable, and Novel Surgical Tooltip for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Topics: Biofouling, Contamination, Gears, Manufacturing, Robots, Surgery, Yaw, Tendons, Instrumentation, Design
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An MR-Safe Pneumatic Stepper Motor: Design, Control, and Characterization

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Gang Li, Pavel Yarmolenko, Kevin Cleary, Reza Monfaredi
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Med. Devices. March 2025, 19(1): 011007.
Paper No: MED-24-1070
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4067605
Published Online: January 28, 2025
View Articletitled, An MR-Safe Pneumatic Stepper Motor: Design, Control, and Characterization
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Topics: Actuators, Design, Magnetic resonance imaging, Motors, Pistons, Stepper motors, Torque, Imaging, Rotors, Gears
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Lower Limb-Driven Energy Harvester: Modeling, Design, and Performance Evaluation

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Jean-Paul Martin, Michael Shepertycky, Yan-Fei Liu, Qingguo Li
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
J. Med. Devices. December 2016, 10(4): 041005.
Paper No: MED-15-1207
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4033014
Published Online: August 24, 2016
View Articletitled, Lower Limb-Driven Energy Harvester: Modeling, Design, and Performance Evaluation
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Topics: Cables, Design, Dynamic models, Electricity (Physics), Energy harvesting, Gear trains, Gears, Generators, Inertia (Mechanics), Stress
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Design and Analysis of an Articulated Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgical Device

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Rohan Katoch, Yoshinori Yamakawa, Jun Ueda, Hiroshi Honda
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Technical Briefs
J. Med. Devices. September 2016, 10(3): 030912.
Paper No: MED-16-1106
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4033789
Published Online: August 1, 2016
View Articletitled, Design and Analysis of an Articulated Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgical Device
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Topics: Design, Surgery, Linkages, Kinematic analysis, Gears, End effectors
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Improving Colonoscopy Through Automation of Biopsy Tool Motion

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Carl A. Nelson, Michael B. Jones
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Technical Briefs
J. Med. Devices. September 2015, 9(3): 030926.
Paper No: MED-15-1082
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4030559
Published Online: September 1, 2015
View Articletitled, Improving Colonoscopy Through Automation of Biopsy Tool Motion
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Topics: Biological tissues, Engineering prototypes, Engines, Friction, Gears, Instrumentation, Motors, Risk, Rollers, Stepper motors
Journal Articles

An Assistive Mechanical Device for Mandibular Reconstruction

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Ching Shiow Tseng, Tien-Hsiang Wang, Chi-Pin Huang
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Technical Briefs
J. Med. Devices. June 2013, 7(2): 020913.
Paper No: MED-13-1056
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4024324
Published Online: June 12, 2013
View Articletitled, An Assistive Mechanical Device for Mandibular Reconstruction
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Topics: Bone, Dimensions, Gears, Image segmentation, Plates (structures), Screws, Surgery, Tumors, Degrees of freedom, Performance
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Decoupled Cable-Driven Grasper Design Based on Planetary Gear Theory

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Baoliang Zhao, Carl A. Nelson
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Technical Briefs
J. Med. Devices. June 2013, 7(2): 020918.
Paper No: MED-13-1062
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4024329
Published Online: June 12, 2013
View Articletitled, Decoupled Cable-Driven Grasper Design Based on Planetary Gear Theory
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Topics: Cables, Design, Planetary gears, Pulleys, Yaw, Gears
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ROBOImplant II: Development of a Noninvasive Controller/Actuator for Wireless Correction of Orthopedic Structural Deformities

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Jonathan A. Liu, Mozziyar Etemadi, James A. Heller, Dillon Kwiat, Richard Fechter, Michael R. Harrison, Shuvo Roy
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Med. Devices. September 2012, 6(3): 031006.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4007183
Published Online: August 14, 2012
View Articletitled, ROBOImplant II: Development of a Noninvasive Controller/Actuator for Wireless Correction of Orthopedic Structural Deformities
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Topics: Actuators, Control equipment, Engines, Magnets, Motors, Torque, Orthopedics, Errors, Gears, Electronics
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An Evaluation of an Automatic Gear-shifting System for Manual Wheelchairs

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Scott C. Daigle, Jacob J. Sosnoff, Elizabeth T. Hsiao-Wecksler
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Frontiers Abstracts
J. Med. Devices. March 2012, 6(1): 017563.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4026741
Published Online: March 12, 2012
View Articletitled, An Evaluation of an Automatic Gear-shifting System for Manual Wheelchairs
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Topics: Gears, Wheelchairs
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Improvements to the Design of a Compact Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Michael Head, Carl A. Nelson
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Design Of Medical Devices Conference Abstracts
J. Med. Devices. June 2011, 5(2): 027514.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3589902
Published Online: June 9, 2011
View Articletitled, Improvements to the Design of a Compact Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Topics: Design, Robots, Surgery, Gears, Reliability, Robotics, Biomedicine
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High-Density Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS): Hardware Interface

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J. Diaz, V. Bansal, A. Datta, J. Patel, M. Bikson
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Design Of Medical Devices Conference Abstracts
J. Med. Devices. June 2009, 3(2): 027544.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3136422
Published Online: July 24, 2009
View Articletitled, High-Density Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS): Hardware Interface
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Topics: Brain, Density, Electrodes, Hardware, Gears, Safety, Bioelectric phenomena, Biomedicine, Cables, Design
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Novel Mechanical Actuation of a Modular Laparoscopic Surgical Tool

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David J. Miller, Carl A. Nelson
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research Papers
J. Med. Devices. September 2008, 2(3): 031002.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2955974
Published Online: July 17, 2008
View Articletitled, Novel Mechanical Actuation of a Modular Laparoscopic Surgical Tool
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Topics: Design, Gear trains, Gears, Locks (Waterways), Motors, Screws, Surgery, Surgical tools, Actuators, Engines
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Mechanical Design for Modularity of Laparoscopic Tools

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David J. Miller, Carl A. Nelson
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Design Of Medical Devices Conference Abstracts
J. Med. Devices. June 2008, 2(2): 027508.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2932440
Published Online: June 11, 2008
View Articletitled, Mechanical Design for Modularity of Laparoscopic Tools
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Topics: Actuators, Biomechanics, Biomedical equipment, Biomedicine, Cams, Control systems, Design, Design engineering, Functional analysis, Gear trains
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Design of a Calibration Phantom for Measuring the Temporal Resolution of a Tomographic Imaging Device

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Alexander H. Slocum, Jr., Stephen E. Jones, Rajiv Gupta
Journal: Journal of Medical Devices
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Design Innovation Paper
J. Med. Devices. September 2007, 1(3): 225–232.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2785189
Published Online: August 13, 2007
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Topics: Calibration, Design, Disks, Engines, Gears, Imaging, Manufacturing, Motors, Phantoms, Planetary gears