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Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies Volume 24, 2015 - Issue 3
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Method for minimising rolling joint play in the steerable laparoscopic instrument prototype DragonFlex

Filip JelínekBioMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tom DiepensBioMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Sander DobbengaBioMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Geert van der JagtBioMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Davey KreeftBioMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Annemijn SmidBioMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Rob PessersPessers-Engineering, Den Haag, The Netherlands
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Paul BreedveldBioMechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Pages 181-188 | Received 12 Mar 2014, Accepted 19 Aug 2014, Published online: 19 Nov 2014

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Rui Zhu, Ikuo Yamamoto, Murray John Lawn, Yasumasa Hashimoto, Takeshi Nagayasu, Naoya Yamasaki & Keitaro Matsumoto. (2017) Research and development of a laparoscopic surgical device for ligating endless organs based on a flexible structure. Computer Assisted Surgery 22:sup1, pages 36-44.
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Patrick L. Anderson, Ray A. Lathrop & Robert J. Webster III. (2016) Robot-like dexterity without computers and motors: a review of hand-held laparoscopic instruments with wrist-like tip articulation. Expert Review of Medical Devices 13:7, pages 661-672.
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Victor Gabriel Hernández-Valderrama, Ricardo Manuel Ordorica-Flores, Salvador Montoya-Alvarez, Daniel Haro-Mendoza, Luis Ochoa-Toledo, Daniel Lorias-Espinoza, José L. Ortiz-Simón & Fernando Pérez-Escamirosa. (2021) Steerable Surgical Instrument for Conventional and Single-Site Minimally Invasive Surgery. Surgical Innovation 29:3, pages 449-458.
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Costanza Culmone, Gerwin Smit & Paul Breedveld. (2019) Additive manufacturing of medical instruments: A state-of-the-art review. Additive Manufacturing 27, pages 461-473.
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Filip Jelínek & Paul Breedveld. (2015) Design for Additive Manufacture of Fine Medical Instrumentation—DragonFlex Case Study. Journal of Mechanical Design 137:11.
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