A Submillimeter Continuous Variable Stiffness Catheter for Compliance Control
Advanced Science, 2021 Minimally invasive robotic surgery often requires functional tools that can change their compliance to adapt to the environment and surgical needs. This paper proposes a submillimeter continuous variable stiffness catheter equipped with a phase‐change ...
Jonas Lussi +9 more
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 In robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy, surgeons remove a part of a kidney often due to the presence of a mass. A drop-in ultrasound probe paired to a surgical robot is deployed to execute multiple swipes over the kidney surface to localise the mass and
A. McDonald-Bowyer +6 more
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A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2006 Multimodal environments help fuse a diverse range of sensory modalities, which is particularly important when integrating the complex data involved in surgical preoperative planning.
Caldwell, DG +6 more
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Endorobots for Colonoscopy: Design Challenges and Available Technologies
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer death worldwide, after lung cancer (Sung et al., 2021). Early stage detection is key to increase the survival rate.
Luigi Manfredi
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Design of 3D-Printed Flexible Joints With Presettable Stiffness for Surgical Robots
IEEE Access, 2020 Continuum manipulators have been widely used in minimally invasive surgery due to their high dexterity. However, different surgeries have different stiffness and dexterity requirements.
Fan Feng, Wuzhou Hong, Le Xie
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Robotic and Plastic Surgery: actuality and prospects for the near future, a scoping review [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo)Objective This work aims to review the existing use of robotics in plastic surgery. Methods A meticulous selection process identified 22 articles relevant to this scoping review.
Vitor Pelogi Arienzo +5 more
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Control of upper limb rehabilitation robot based on active disturbance rejection control
IET Cyber-systems and Robotics, 2021 The upper limb rehabilitation robot technology integrates rehabilitation medicine, human anatomy, mechanics, computer science, robotics, and many other disciplines.
Junchen Li +4 more
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Outcomes of a virtual-reality simulator-training programme on basic surgical skills in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery [PDF]
, 2016 Background The utility of the virtual-reality robotic simulator in training programmes has not been clearly evaluated. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of a virtual-reality robotic simulator-training programme on basic surgical skills.
Abboudi +23 more
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Healthcare Workers’ Point of View on Medical Robotics During COVID-19 Pandemic – A Scoping Review
International Journal of General Medicine, 2022 Irma Ruslina Defi,1 Shelly Iskandar,2 Septiana Charismawati,1 Arjon Turnip,3 Dessy Novita3 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital/Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia ...
Defi IR +4 more
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Medical robotics: where we come from, where we are and where we could go
, 2008 This short note presents a viewpoint about medical ...
Troccaz, Jocelyne
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