Title :
A medical robotic assistant for minimally invasive surgery
Author :
Munoz, V.F. ; Vara-Thorbeck, C. ; DeGabriel, J.G. ; Lozano, J.F. ; Sanchez-Badajoz, E. ; Garcia-Cerezo, A. ; Toscano, Rosario ; Jimenez-Garrido, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Autom., Malaga Univ., Spain
Abstract :
Presents a robotic assistant for helping surgeons in minimally invasive surgery. This prototype does not require any modification of a standard operation theatre (furniture or surgery tools) for its installation and its putting into operation. Due to its modular design, the robotic assistant is defined as a multi-purpose tool that has been successfully used in laparoscopic surgery, cystoscopy diagnostic and transurethral resection. The system has been tested by using both patient simulators and animals for experimentation purposes
Keywords :
medical robotics; surgery; telerobotics; cystoscopy diagnostics; laparoscopic surgery; medical robotic assistant; minimally invasive surgery; modular design; multi-purpose tool; patient simulators; transurethral resection; Abdomen; Biomedical optical imaging; Cameras; Endoscopes; Medical robotics; Minimally invasive surgery; Optical feedback; Robot kinematics; Robot vision systems; Surges;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA '00. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5886-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2000.846468
