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Design of a unified active locomotion mechanism for a wireless laparoscopic camera system


Abstract:

This paper proposes an active locomotion mechanism for a wireless laparoscopic surgical camera. The mechanism consists of a stator with 17 iron-core coils and a rotor wit...Show More

Abstract:

This paper proposes an active locomotion mechanism for a wireless laparoscopic surgical camera. The mechanism consists of a stator with 17 iron-core coils and a rotor with 3 cylindrical permanent magnets inside the camera. Our motor-free design unifies the camera's fixation and manipulation by adjusting input currents in the stator which generates 3D rotational magnetic fields, and decouples the camera's locomotion into pan motion and tilt motion. In the simulation studies, our proposed design can conservatively achieve 360° pan motion with a 22.5° resolution, and 127° ~ 164° maximum tilting range for tilt motion which depends on tilt motion working modes and the distance between the rotor and the stator.
Date of Conference: 14-18 September 2014
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 06 November 2014
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Conference Location: Chicago, IL, USA

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