Providing adhesion for a miniture mobile intra-abdominal device based on biomimetic principles

摘要

This paper investigates the surface adhesionudcharacteristics required for a miniature mobile device toudmove around the abdominal cavity. Such a device mustudbe capable of adhering to the tissue lining and moveudfreely across the upper surface of the insufflatedudabdomen. Accordingly, the potential of utilising bioinspiredudsolutions to facilitate wet adhesion is assessed.