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

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Feasibility and necessity of the fourth arm of the da Vinci Si surgical system for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Mar 1, 2020
BACKGROUND: To investigate the feasibility of the fourth arm of the da Vinci Si system for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN).
Kidney Neoplasms Nephrectomy Robotic Surgical Procedures Feasibility Studies Humans Robotics Laparoscopy Treatment Outcome
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Design of a tether-driven minimally invasive robotic surgical tool with decoupled degree-of-freedom wrist.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Mar 1, 2020
BACKGROUND: Dexterous surgical tool wrists used in tele-operated robotic surgery typically have mechanically coupled pitch and yaw degree of freedom (DoF). This leads to complex control requirements.
Humans Robotic Surgical Procedures Wrist Wrist Joint Robotics Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
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Cost of ownership assessment for a da Vinci robot based on US real-world data.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Jul 15, 2019
BACKGROUND: Despite growth of robotic surgery, published literature lacks assessment of the cost of ownership (CoO) of a da Vinci robot by surgical service line and the associated benefit such data provides.
Ownership Robotic Surgical Procedures Costs and Cost Analysis Humans Robotics
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A review on recent advances in soft surgical robots for endoscopic applications.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Jun 9, 2019
BACKGROUND: Soft materials, with their compliant properties, enable conformity and safe interaction with human body. With the advance in actuation and sensing of soft materials, new paradigm in robotics called "soft robotics" emerges. Soft robotics h...
Humans Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Equipment Design Robotic Surgical Procedures Endoscopy Robotics
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Pneumatically driven surgical instrument capable of estimating translational force and grasping force.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Feb 25, 2019
BACKGROUND: In robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, feedback as well as sensing of translational and grasping forces allows surgeons to manipulate the robots using an appropriate force. However, there have been limited reports on single instrum...
Touch Pressure Surgical Instruments Feedback Biomechanical Phenomena Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Equipment Design Robotics Humans
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Improved surgical instruments without coupled motion used in minimally invasive surgery.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Jul 30, 2018
BACKGROUND: Unlike a manual surgical instrument, a surgical instrument used in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is configured with a wrist to improve flexibility in surgical operation. However, this configuration has a shortcoming that...
Gallbladder Motion Surgical Instruments Kidney Reproducibility of Results Robotics Humans Equipment Design Animals Surgery, Computer-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Swine
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A new approach for safe planning transfer using semi-automatically adjustable instrument guides.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Mar 30, 2018
Accurate planning transfer is a prerequisite for successful operative care. For different applications, diverse computer-assisted systems have been developed and clinically evaluated. This paper presents the implementation and evaluation of a new mod...
Spine Surgery, Computer-Assisted Humans Patient Positioning Biomechanical Phenomena Surgical Instruments Pedicle Screws Robotic Surgical Procedures Robotics Equipment Safety Spinal Fusion Equipment Design
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Development on a magnetic anchoring robot system based on visual servo control for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Mar 8, 2018
BACKGROUND: Surgical robot systems have been used in laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) to improve patient outcomes. A magnetic anchoring surgical robot system for LESS can effectively extend the operation space.
Laparoscopy Equipment Design User-Computer Interface Robotics Robotic Surgical Procedures Magnetics Humans Surgery, Computer-Assisted Algorithms
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Operator dynamics for stability condition in haptic and teleoperation system: A survey.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Jan 10, 2018
BACKGROUND: Currently, haptic systems ignore the varying impedance of the human hand with its countless configurations and thus cannot recreate the complex haptic interactions. The literature does not reveal a comprehensive survey on the methods prop...
Humans Robotics
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Using optical tracking for kinematic testing of medical robots.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Jan 10, 2018
BACKGROUND: In image-guided robotic interventions, an error component is related to the positioning error of the manipulator. Therefore, measuring the kinematic error is required during robot development. However, no specialized measurement device ex...
Biomechanical Phenomena Robotics Humans Sample Size Reproducibility of Results
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