title: Self-propelled colonoscope for painless examination.
authors.affiliation: Takada Clinic, Tokyo, Japan. takada-clinic@athena.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masazumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takada
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020685:Colonoscopes / Q000639:trends*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004867:Equipment Design; D017276:Friction; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018583:Pliability