Abstract
We started the project of the surgical robotic system in 2001 as an application for abdominal surgery. The robot enables a surgeon to perform various surgical procedures in abdominal region as in open surgery. We have extended the concept of the robotic surgery system and developed a new robotic system for cardiac and endovascular surgery. The new robot has a stereo video camera system, two manipulators and a flexible tube, 3 mm in diameter, used as an instrument channel. The maximum diameter of the robot is 6 mm. We also applied 4D ultrasound imaging system to the robot system, that enabled to observe a situation of the robot and surgical field in a blood flow. In this paper, we describe a detail of the robot system and results of phantom experiment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 460-463 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
| Volume | 125 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 15th Annual Conference on Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, MMVR 2007 - Long Beach, CA, United States Duration: 2007 Feb 6 → 2007 Feb 9 |
Keywords
- 4D ultrasound imaging system
- Cardiac surgery
- Endovascular surgery
- Surgery robot
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Informatics
- Health Information Management