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Real-time Instance Segmentation of Surgical Instruments using Attention and Multi-scale Feature Fusion [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Image Anal., 2021
Precise instrument segmentation aids surgeons to navigate the body more easily and increases patient safety. While accurate tracking of surgical instruments in real-time plays a crucial role in minimally invasive computer-assisted surgeries, it is a ...
Juan Carlos Angeles Ceron   +3 more
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Fabrication method of high energy beam for solid-state nanopore

open access: yesJin'gangshi yu moliao moju gongcheng, 2023
Solid-state nanopores have drawn the interest of numerous researchers due to their excellent mechanical properties, stability, and shape control, which have demonstrated tremendous potential in gene detection, protein detection, energy conversion ...
Wei CHEN   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetically Actuated Capsule Robots: A Review

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera inside a capsule endoscope to capture pictures of the patient’s gastrointestinal tract for diagnosis. Gastrointestinal examination has been revolutionized by capsule endoscope owing
Weiyuan Chen, Jianbo Sui, Chengyong Wang
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Risk of disease transmission to patients from "contaminated" surgical instruments and immediate use steam sterilization.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Infection Control, 2023
BACKGROUND There are several sources of pathogens that cause surgical site infections (SSI) to include the patients endogenous microflora and exogenous sources (e.g., air, surfaces, staff, surgical equipment).
W. Rutala, David J Weber
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neuroendoscopy - Surgical instruments

open access: yesArchives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021
Objective: A thorough knowledge of the endoscope and associated hardware is essential to adequately apply neuroendoscopic techniques in the treatment of cerebral and spinal diseases.
Adrian Caceres
doaj   +1 more source

Novel multifunctional robotically assisted bipolar instrument for simultaneous radiofrequency sealing and transection: preclinical and single-center experience

open access: yesBMC Surgery, 2022
Background A novel robotic-assisted bipolar radiofrequency (RF) multifunctional vessel seal-and-transection instrument (SynchroSeal, Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) has been developed. The objective of the current paper is to describe the design
Cristina Ibanez Jimenez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing the Environmental Impact of Sterilization Packaging for Surgical Instruments in the Operating Room: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Disposable versus Reusable Systems

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The widespread use of single-use polypropylene packaging for sterilization of surgical instruments (blue wrap) results in enormous environmental pollution and plastic waste, estimated at 115 million kilograms on a yearly basis in the United States alone.
H. J. Friedericy   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Development of Robotic Scrub Nurse System - Detection for Surgical Instruments Using Faster Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network -

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, 2022
There is presently a shortage of nurses in Japan, with a further shortage of 3,000–130,000 nurses expected. There is also shortage of scrub nurses. Scrub nurses are nurses who work in the operating room. The main job of scrub nurses is to assist surgeons.
Akito Nakano, K. Nagamune
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Submental intubation using laparoscopic trocar in zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture surgery in Korea: a case report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Trauma and Injury, 2023
Submental intubation is an effective alternative technique for airway management in patients with maxillofacial trauma. Compared with tracheostomy, it is less invasive, but has risks associated with potential airway compromise such as hypoxia due to tube
Hyejin Do   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of user‐interfaces for controlling movements of virtual minimally invasive surgical instruments

open access: yesThe international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS, 2022
Recent tele‐mentoring technologies for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) augments the operative field with movements of virtual surgical instruments as visual cues.
Dehlela Shabir   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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