Flexible instrument with contact-aided structure and force feedback for endoscopic surgery.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS

Published Date: Sep 4, 2023

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted surgery can effectively reduce the difficulty and improve the success rate of the surgeries. However, currently available flexible instruments have several limitations, such as large size, few degrees of freedom, and lack of contact force perception.

Authors

Chi Zhang

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Zhongyuan Ping
Siyang Zuo

Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. siyang.zuo@gmail.com.

Keywords

Animals Equipment Design Feedback Laparoscopy Robotic Surgical Procedures Robotics Swine

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Flexible instrument with contact-aided structure and force feedback for endoscopic surgery.

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