PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Novak, Lukas
AU  - Penhaker, Marek
AU  - Frantisek, Ondrej
TI  - Table Lifting Mechanism Design for Medical Surgery Application base on Human Force Driven
DP  - 2016 Oct 31
TA  - Acta Mechanica Slovaca
PG  - 60--66
VI  - 20
IP  - 4
AID - 10.21496/ams.2016.034
IS  - 13352393
AB  - The paper deals with a concept of lifting mechanisms for surgery tables powered by human force only. The issue is to design a simple surgery table without any use of electricity or hydraulic equipment. The lifting mechanism of the table is based purely on mechanical components and is driven by a human power. Force and kinematical relation was stated and evaluated for medical and veterinary usage of surgery tables. Two concepts of the lifting mechanism are introduced and investigated.