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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE ASME Trans Mechatron. 2013 Jan 3;18(4):1413–1418. doi: 10.1109/TMECH.2012.2235077

TABLE I.

Specifications of the Prototype

Diameter of capsule head (initial/compressed) 15 mm/20 mm
Length (initial/compressed) 40 mm/30 mm
Mass 6.0 g
Internal Magnets:
 Size (cylindrical) Diameter: 8 mm; Length: 8 mm
 Material NdFeB

Drug chamber
 Height 8.2 mm
 Length* (side surface) a: 7.6 mm; b: 12 mm, c: 4.1 mm
 Volume 800 mm3
*

See Fig. 3(a) for the design variables of the side surface.