Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery

Pipe, Tony; Tzemanaki, Antonia; Dogramadzi, Sanja; Pipe, Anthony G.; Melhuish, Chris

Abstract

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 [1]. On the other hand, training surgeons in minimally invasive surgical procedures is becoming increasingly long and arduous [2]. 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. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Publication Date: Aug 20, 2012
• Deposit Date: Sep 18, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 12, 2016
• Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
• Print ISSN: 0302-9743
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7429 LNAI
• Pages: 455-456
• Book Title: Advances in Autonomous Robotics
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56
• Keywords: minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, surgical instrumentation, anthropomorphic design, abdominal surgery
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/945256
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56
• Contract Date: Apr 12, 2016