The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
Online ISSN : 2424-3124
2009
Session ID : 2A1-L11
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2A1-L11 Development of the intravascular mobile microrobot using the peristalsis
Yuichi NAKAZATOYukihiro SONOBEShigeki TOYAMA
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We propose a microscopic moving mechanism that can move in 2-3-mm-diameter blood vessels by peristalsis motion with repeated expansion and contraction using hydraulic pressure, particularly using a physiological saline solution as an acting fluid. Peristalsis motion, observed in earthworms and nematodes, induces shape variation and a shift in the center of gravity, causing extensional waves to propagate, thus achieving movement without damage to the vulnerable inner walls of blood vessels. When this moving mechanism is combined with catheters, we can realize an active catheter that can reach a diseased site by itself. In this study, we created a microrobot with pistonlike hydraulic pressure sources outside both its ends. The microrobot can move back and forth as follows. When the piston pumps, the acting fluid is repeatedly injected into and ejected from the driving body, and the microrobot, while changing the length and width of its rubber body, performs peristalsis motion. The development of our microrobot and the results of its evaluation are reported in this paper.
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© 2009 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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