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Stomach Simulator for Analysis and Validation of Surgical Endoluminal Robots

Author(s) -

Sara Condino,

Kanako Harada,

Nicola Ng Pak,

Marco Piccigallo,

Arianna Menciassi,

Paolo Dario

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

applied bionics and biomechanics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.397

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1754-2103

pISSN - 1176-2322

DOI - 10.1155/2011/583608

Subject(s) - simulation , stomach , robot , biomedical engineering , computer science , capsule , engineering , artificial intelligence , medicine , geology , gastroenterology , paleontology

A testing environment that imitates gastric geometry and contractile activity is necessary to analyse and validate endoluminal surgical robotic devices developed for gastric pathologies. To achieve this goal, a silicone stomach model and a mechanical setup to simulate gastric contractile motion were designed and fabricated. The developed stomach simulator was validated and its usefulness was demonstrated by means of internal pressure measurements and self-assembly tests of mock-ups of capsule devices. The results demonstrated that the stomach simulator is helpful for quantitative evaluation of endoluminal robotic devices before in-vitro / in-vivo experiments.

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