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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Soft Resistive Sensor with a Semicircular Cross-Sectional Channel for Soft Cardiac Catheter Ablation.

Eric Rasmussen, Daniel Guo, Vybhav Murthy, Rachit Mishra, Cameron Riviere, Carmel Majidi

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eric RasmussenSurgical Mechatronics Laboratory, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Daniel GuoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Vybhav MurthyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Rachit MishraDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Cameron RiviereSurgical Mechatronics Laboratory, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6749-3140
Carmel MajidiSoft Machines Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Carnegie Mellon University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of soft robotics has attracted the interest of the medical community due to the ability of soft elastic materials to traverse the abnormal environment of the human body. However, sensing in soft robotics has been challenging due to the sensitivity of soft sensors to various loading conditions and the nonlinear signal responses that can arise under extreme loads. Ideally, soft sensors should provide a linear response under a specific loading condition and provide a different response for other loading directions. With these specifications in mind, our team created a soft elastomeric sensor designed to provide force feedback during cardiac catheter ablation surgery. Analytical and computational methods were explored to define a relationship between resistance and applied force for a semicircular, liquid metal filled channel in the soft elastomeric sensor. Pouillet's Law is utilized to calculate the resistance based on the change in cross-sectional area resulting from various applied pressures. FEA simulations were created to simulate the deformation of the sensor under various loads. To confirm the validity of these simulations, the elastomer was modeled as a neo-Hookean material and the liquid metal was modeled as an incompressible fluid with negligible shear modulus under uniaxial compression. Results show a linearly proportional relationship between the resistance of the sensor and the application of a uniaxial force. Altering the direction of applied force results in a quadratic relationship between total resistance and the magnitude of force.

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Cardiac CathetersRoboticsElasticityElastomersHumansPressureElastomerscardiac catheter ablationFEA modelingneo-Hookean modelsoft sensing

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