Hydraulic driven active catheters with optical bending sensor

Yoshinori Inoue, Koji Ikuta

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Abstract

We developed a novel bending sensor for orientation control of hydraulic pressure driven active catheter. At beginning, we proposed and fabricated the bending sensor which was able to be included in the active catheter that was 3.0mm diameter. Some holes fabricated on the surface of a multimode optical fiber diffused light the inside of the fiber depending on curvatures. Measuring amount of light through the bending sensor indicated the bending angle was verified. In addition, we succeeded hydraulic pressure driven active catheter with the bending sensor and measured real time bending angle during control. This simple bending sensor satisfies for many fields such as medical devices and remote sensing because of its safety, microsize and simplicity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMEMS 2016 - 29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages383-386
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509019731
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26-02-2016
Externally publishedYes
Event29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2016 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 24-01-201628-01-2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Volume2016-February
ISSN (Print)1084-6999

Conference

Conference29th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period24-01-1628-01-16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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