TY - GEN
T1 - Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery
AU - Tzemanaki, Antonia
AU - Dogramadzi, Sanja
AU - Pipe, Tony
AU - Melhuish, Chris
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has offered refined accuracy and more ergonomic instruments for surgeons, further minimizing trauma to the patient. On the other hand, training surgeons in MIS procedures is becoming increasingly long and arduous. In this paper, we outline the rationale of a novel design of instruments for robotic surgery with increased dexterity that will provide more natural manipulation of soft tissues. The proposed system will not only reduce the training time for surgeons but also improve the ergonomics of the procedure.
AB - Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has offered refined accuracy and more ergonomic instruments for surgeons, further minimizing trauma to the patient. On the other hand, training surgeons in MIS procedures is becoming increasingly long and arduous. In this paper, we outline the rationale of a novel design of instruments for robotic surgery with increased dexterity that will provide more natural manipulation of soft tissues. The proposed system will not only reduce the training time for surgeons but also improve the ergonomics of the procedure.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56
M3 - Conference Contribution (Conference Proceeding)
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 455
EP - 456
BT - Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems
ER -