Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference (한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Tribology Society (한국트라이볼로지학회)
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INVESTIGATION OF ENDOSCOPE CAPSULE DESIGN ON THE FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE INSIDE THE INTESTINE

  • Baek, N.K. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Sung, I.H. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, J.S. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, D.E. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2002.10.21
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Abstract

The design of capsule body for self-propelled endoscope is important from the frictional resistance point of view. The capsule should be able to overcome the frictional resistance in order to move along the intestine. The motivation of this work was to gain a better understanding of the capsule body design on the frictional resistance of the capsule inside an intestine. A special experimental set-up was built to measure the frictional resistance as the capsule was being pulled inside the pig intestine specimen. Tests were performed with open and closed intestine specimens. Experimental data showed that smooth cylindrical capsule geometry resulted in the least frictional resistance. The resistance inside the closed intestine specimen was about four times higher than that of the open specimen. It is expected that the results of this work will be used to design the optimum propulsion system for the microendoscope.

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