Design of multifunctional compliant mechanisms for minimally invasive surgery

Ryan P. Dziedzic, Mary I. Frecker

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Abstract

This paper proposes incorporating compliant mechanisms into the design of minimally invasive surgical tools to help overcome current tool limitations - particularly to increase multifunctionality. To perform multiple unique functions, a compliant mechanism is designed with a single topology that allows multiple input forces to independently produce distinct output displacements. A multicriteria topology optimization procedure is developed for the design of compliant mechanisms, and the procedure is executed using Matlab. This method generates topologies displaying both sufficient compliance and stiffness for each load case by formulating the objective function as a ratio of mutual potential energy to strain energy. The total objective function is then assembled as the weighted sum of the objective functions for each load case. The optimization procedure is illustrated through the generation of topologies for a device based on a grasper-scissors combination tool. Also addressed are factors which significantly influence the resulting solution, such as the weighting function value and starting point.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages441-450
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Event2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Duration: Sep 9 2001Sep 12 2001

Conference

Conference2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh, PA
Period9/9/019/12/01

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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