Fixing Device for a Planar Object by Incorporating Jamming Transition Phenomenon and a Suction Unit

Figure 1

Process diagram of medical device affixation onto patient. (a) Half-section drawing of vacuum pad of fixing device. (b) Process diagram of fixation with proposed fixing device. (A) The fixing device freely deforms when the device is pressed against the object. (B) The fixing device contours to the patient’s body and transitions to a solid state by vacuuming air. (C) The vacuum pad of the solid fixing device sticks to the patient’s body.

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