... and the shaft of the colonoscope and the pressure to open up the lumen. The force sensors at the rubber colon constraints measure the forces, and the real-time display panel will show the results to the colonoscopist and record the data for analysis. The endoscopy sheath device improves the process of endoscopy...

... consists of an ultrasonic motor, a force sensor, motion-transmission mechanism, ECG signal generation, and controller. The high torque ultrasonic motor, USR60-E3 by Shinsei Corporation, Japan, can function well in the magnetic environment. The simulated ECG signal is generated using function generator...

... a normal gait cycle. It is designed to reduce stress at the ankle by allowing for movement of the foot beyond a 90 deg angle for plantarflexion. The hinged ankle-foot orthosis is incorporated with a novel dual hydraulic-cylinder system, two tension springs, and force sensitive resistors. The force sensors...

... combinations of compressive and shear loadings to the subject tissues. This device consists of a loading wheel, a force sensor, a pneumatic actuator, a control system and a data acquisition system. In this work, mechanical forces were applied to the lower limbs of rabbits with controllable magnitudes...

...Pietro Valdastri; Keith Houston; Arianna Menciassi; Paolo Dario; Arne Sieber; Masaru Yanagihara; Masakatsu Fujie This paper reports a miniaturized triaxial force sensorized cutting tool for minimally invasive robotic surgery. This device exploits a silicon-based microelectromechanical system...

... a facsimile of the Medtronic ® SynchroMed ® II pump that included both an accelerometer and a force sensor. The force sensor measured forces imparted on the pump connector via the attached catheter and surrounding tissues. The test pump was implanted in the lower left abdominal areas of porcine cadavers...