ワスプにインスパイアされた自己駆動針の操縦戦略

Jette Bloemberg¹, David Justin Jager², Paul Breedveld³

¹Bio-Inspired Technology (BITE) Group, Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. j.bloemberg@tudelft.nl.

Scientific reports

|August 23, 2025

まとめ

この研究では寄生虫のヒゲに触発された自動運転の針を導入しましたバイオインスピレーションによる針のデザインは医学的介入の精度を高め屈折を防ぎ全方向の方向性を可能にします

科学分野:

バイオミメティクスと医療機器工学

背景:

細い針を固体基板に挿入することは,曲げたり折りたたみたりするので困難です.
寄生虫は精密な針の挿入のための自然なメカニズムを利用し工学的な解決策のバイオインスピレーションを提供します

研究の目的:

介入の精度を高めるため,ホスプにインスパイアされたメカニズムを組み込んだ,自己駆動可能な針を開発する.
バイオインスパイアされた針の設計の推進効率とステアリング性能を評価する.

主な方法:

プレテンションと非対称性を利用して,制御可能な中央セグメントを持つ多セグメント針 (0.89 mm 外径) を設計した.
針のオムニディレクショナル・ステアリングの能力は,プレベンツの中央セグメントの取り戻しと回転によって達成されました.
性能は組織を模倣する幻で評価され,推進効率とステアリング能力を測定した.

主要な成果:

針の推進効率は前方運動で63%±4%,方向運動で55%±7%であった.
傾きと挿入の平均比率は0.41 ±0.11で,曲線半径が44mmに相当する.
設計は,薄い針の挿入に固有の歪み問題を効果的に軽減しました.

結論:

バイオインスピレーションによる針の設計は制御可能な針の技術における重要な進歩です
この研究は精密な針の位置と方向性を要求する皮膚経由の介入の改善への道を開きます

キーワード:

バイオインスピレーションデザインニードル寄生虫のホース皮膚経由による介入

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