Enabling single-site laparoscopy: the SPORT platform.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology (SPORT) Surgical System by Titan Medical Inc. is designed to overcome the inherent challenges of minimally invasive single-access procedures. The aim of this preclinical study was to evaluate the feasibility of various digestive surgery procedures using this novel surgical robotic platform.

Authors

  • Barbara Seeliger
    IHU-Strasbourg Institute of Image-Guided Surgery, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg Cedex, France. barbara.seeliger@ihu-strasbourg.eu.
  • Michele Diana
  • Jelle P Ruurda
    Department of Surgical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Konstantinos M Konstantinidis
    Department of General, Bariatric, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
  • Jacques Marescaux
  • Lee L Swanström
    IHU-Strasbourg Institute of Image-Guided Surgery, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg Cedex, France.