A surgeon robot for prostatectomies

Author

Davies, B.L. ; Hibberd, R.D. ; Ng, W.S. ; Timoney, A.G. ; Wickham, J.E.A.

Author_Institution

Centre for Robotics, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

1991

fDate

19-22 June 1991

Firstpage

871

Abstract

Describes work which has resulted in a prototype robotised system for the removal of prostatic tissue. Preliminary feasibility studies are described followed by a series of clinical trials of a manually driven safety frame, specifically configured to give the required motions of the cutter within a safe constrained envelope. The design of a patented device is then described which is based on the mechanics of the safety frame, but is driven by a series of rare earth servomotors under the control of an interactive software system. The merits of this type of operation are discussed together with some of the safety implications.<>

Keywords

biomedical equipment; computerised control; robots; safety; servomotors; surgery; clinical trials; interactive software system; manually driven safety frame; prostatectomies; prostatic tissue; rare earth servomotors; safety; surgeon robot; Bladder; Educational institutions; Frequency; Medical robotics; Orbital robotics; Robots; Safety; Shape; Software systems; Surges;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Robotics, 1991. 'Robots in Unstructured Environments', 91 ICAR., Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa, Italy

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0078-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAR.1991.240564

Filename

240564