FEM Analysis of the Interaction between a Piezoresistive Tactile Sensor and Biological Tissues
The present paper presents a finite element model and
analysis for the interaction between a piezoresistive tactile sensor and
biological tissues. The tactile sensor is proposed for use in minimally
invasive surgery to deliver tactile information of biological tissues to
surgeons. The proposed sensor measures the relative hardness of soft
contact objects as well as the contact force. Silicone rubbers were
used as the phantom of biological tissues. Finite element analysis of
the silicone rubbers and the mechanical structure of the sensor were
performed using COMSOL Multiphysics (v3.4) environment. The
simulation results verify the capability of the sensor to be used to
differentiate between different kinds of silicone rubber materials.
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2008.
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"Low cost thin film based piezoresistive MEMS tactile sensor,"
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, vol. 139, no. 1-2, pp. 17-
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multimodal tactile sensors," SENSORS AND ACTUATORS APHYSICAL,
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tactile sensor skin," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,
vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 359-366, 2003.
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piezoelectric tactile sensor for an endoscopic grasper-theory,
fabrication and experiments," JOURNAL OF
MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 329-
335, 2000.
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tactile sensor: toward in-situ and in-vivo tissue softness
characterization," IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, vol. 9, no. 12, pp.
1679-1687, 2009.
[10] O. A. Lindahl, S. Omata, and K. A. Angquist, "A tactile sensor for
detection of physical properties of human skin in vivo," JOURNAL OF
MEDICAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 22, no. 4, pp.
147-153, 1998.
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and its applications," SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, vol.
35, no. 1, pp. 9-15, 1992.
[12] A. T. Golpaygani, S. Najarian, and M. Movahedi, "Tactile sensor for
robotic applications," World Congress on Medical Physics and
Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 2299-
2302, 2010.
[13] T. Salo, K. U. Kirstein, T. Vancura, and H. Baltes, "CMOS-based
tactile sensor for coronary artery identification," The 13th
International Conference on Solid-state Sensors, Actustors and
Microsystems, Seoul, Korea, June, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 239-242, 2005.
[14] R. Ahmadi, J. Dargahi, M. Packirisamy and R. Cecere, "A new MRIcompatible
optical fiber tactile sensor for use in minimally invasive
robotic surgery systems," Fourth European Workshop on Optical
Fibre Sensors, Porto, Portugal, vol. 7653, pp. 76532Z-76532Z-4,
2010.
[15] M. Shikida, T. Shimizu, K. Sato, and K. Itoigawa, "Active tactile
sensor for detecting contact force and hardness of an object,"
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, vol. 103, no. 1-2, pp.
213-218, 2003.
[16] A. Atieh, R. Ahmadi, M. Kalantari, J. Dargahi, and M. Packirisamy,
"A piezoresistive based tactile sensor for use in minimally invasive
surgery," 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, April 1-3,
2011, to be published.
[17] A. Ranga, R. Mongrain, Y. Biadilah, and R. Cartier, "A compliant
dynamic FEA model of the Aortic valve," 12th IFToMM World
Congress, Besançon, France, June18-21, 2007.
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nonlinear isotropic incompressible materials under large elastic
deformations," Experimental Techniques, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 24-27,
1995.
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Mechanics Module, 2007, pp.5-190.
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Chichester, 1984, pp. 204-222.
[21] A. N. Gent, Engineering with rubber: how to design rubber
components, 2nd edition, Hanser, Munich, 2001.
[1] H. B. Muhammad et al. "Development of a biomimetic MEMS based
capacitive tactile sensor," Procedia Chemistry, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 124-
127, 2009.
[2] A.T. Golpaygani, S. Najarian, and G. D. Emamieh, "Design and
modeling of a new tactile sensor based on membrane deflection,"
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 813-819,
2007.
[3] C. H. King et al. "Tactile feedback induces reduced grasping force in
robot-assisted surgery," IEEE Transaction on Haptics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp.
103-110, 2009.
[4] C. Bonomo et al., "A tactile sensor for biomedical applications based
on IPMCs," IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 1486-1493,
2008.
[5] A. Wisitsoraat, V. Patthanasetakul, T. Lomas, and A. Tuantranont,
"Low cost thin film based piezoresistive MEMS tactile sensor,"
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, vol. 139, no. 1-2, pp. 17-
22, 2007.
[6] J. Engel, J. Chen, Z. Fan, and C. Liu, "Polymer micromachined
multimodal tactile sensors," SENSORS AND ACTUATORS APHYSICAL,
vol. 117, no. 1, pp. 50-61, 2005.
[7] J. Engel, J. Chen, and C. Liu, "Development of polyimide flexible
tactile sensor skin," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,
vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 359-366, 2003.
[8] J. Dargahi, M. Parameswaran, and S. Payandeh, "A micromachined
piezoelectric tactile sensor for an endoscopic grasper-theory,
fabrication and experiments," JOURNAL OF
MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 329-
335, 2000.
[9] S. Sokhanvar, M. Packirisamy, and J. Dargahi, "MEMS endoscopic
tactile sensor: toward in-situ and in-vivo tissue softness
characterization," IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, vol. 9, no. 12, pp.
1679-1687, 2009.
[10] O. A. Lindahl, S. Omata, and K. A. Angquist, "A tactile sensor for
detection of physical properties of human skin in vivo," JOURNAL OF
MEDICAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 22, no. 4, pp.
147-153, 1998.
[11] S. Omata, and Y. Terunuma, "New tactile sensor like the human hand
and its applications," SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, vol.
35, no. 1, pp. 9-15, 1992.
[12] A. T. Golpaygani, S. Najarian, and M. Movahedi, "Tactile sensor for
robotic applications," World Congress on Medical Physics and
Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 2299-
2302, 2010.
[13] T. Salo, K. U. Kirstein, T. Vancura, and H. Baltes, "CMOS-based
tactile sensor for coronary artery identification," The 13th
International Conference on Solid-state Sensors, Actustors and
Microsystems, Seoul, Korea, June, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 239-242, 2005.
[14] R. Ahmadi, J. Dargahi, M. Packirisamy and R. Cecere, "A new MRIcompatible
optical fiber tactile sensor for use in minimally invasive
robotic surgery systems," Fourth European Workshop on Optical
Fibre Sensors, Porto, Portugal, vol. 7653, pp. 76532Z-76532Z-4,
2010.
[15] M. Shikida, T. Shimizu, K. Sato, and K. Itoigawa, "Active tactile
sensor for detecting contact force and hardness of an object,"
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, vol. 103, no. 1-2, pp.
213-218, 2003.
[16] A. Atieh, R. Ahmadi, M. Kalantari, J. Dargahi, and M. Packirisamy,
"A piezoresistive based tactile sensor for use in minimally invasive
surgery," 37th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, April 1-3,
2011, to be published.
[17] A. Ranga, R. Mongrain, Y. Biadilah, and R. Cartier, "A compliant
dynamic FEA model of the Aortic valve," 12th IFToMM World
Congress, Besançon, France, June18-21, 2007.
[18] J. Vossoughi, "Determination of mooney material constants for highly
nonlinear isotropic incompressible materials under large elastic
deformations," Experimental Techniques, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 24-27,
1995.
[19] COMSOL Multiphysics Software User's Guide for Structural
Mechanics Module, 2007, pp.5-190.
[20] R. W. Ogden, Non-linear elastic deformation, Ellis-Horwood,
Chichester, 1984, pp. 204-222.
[21] A. N. Gent, Engineering with rubber: how to design rubber
components, 2nd edition, Hanser, Munich, 2001.
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analysis for the interaction between a piezoresistive tactile sensor and
biological tissues. The tactile sensor is proposed for use in minimally
invasive surgery to deliver tactile information of biological tissues to
surgeons. The proposed sensor measures the relative hardness of soft
contact objects as well as the contact force. Silicone rubbers were
used as the phantom of biological tissues. Finite element analysis of
the silicone rubbers and the mechanical structure of the sensor were
performed using COMSOL Multiphysics (v3.4) environment. The
simulation results verify the capability of the sensor to be used to
differentiate between different kinds of silicone rubber materials.", keywords = "finite element analysis, minimally invasive surgery, Neo-Hookean hyperelastic materials, tactile sensor.", volume = "5", number = "6", pages = "232-5", }
