A Hybrid Electromagnetic and Tendon-Driven Actuator for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery for Achilles tendon pathologies

Minimally invasive trauma and orthopedic surgery is increasingly common, though technically demanding. Its use for pathologies of the Achilles tendon (AT) hold the promise to allow faster recovery times, shorter hospital stays, and improved functional outcomes when compared to traditional open procedures, which can lead to difficulty with wound healing because of the tenuous blood supply and in...

A soft pop-up proprioceptive actuator for minimally invasive surgery

INTRODUCTION Surgical robots and miniaturized smart instruments have been developed to overcome limitations of current tools and further reduce invasiveness of surgical procedures [1][2]. This miniaturization effort, as well as the development of more flexible instruments that can navigate the body following complex anatomical paths toward the surgical target, often leads to the loss of sensory...

Minimally invasive force sensing for tendon-driven robots

The Body Image Dissatisfaction and Psychological Symptoms among Invasive and Minimally Invasive Aesthetic Surgery Patients

BACKGROUND Elective aesthetic surgeries are increasing in the Iranian population with reasons linked to body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms. This study compared the body image dissatisfaction and psychological symptoms among invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic surgery patients and a control group. METHODS Data from 90 participants (invasive aesthetic surgery=30 ...

PARASURG hybrid parallel robot for minimally invasive surgery.

This paper presents the parallel hybrid robot, PARASURG 9M, for robotically assisted surgery, a robot which was entirely designed and produced in Romania. It is a versatile robot, being composed of a positioning and orientation module, PARASURG 5M with five degrees of freedom, having the possibility of attaching at its end either a laparoscope or an active surgical instrument for cutting/graspi...