The device (1 ) comprises an endoscopic interface (2) with a guiding tube (4) for guiding an endoscope, said tube (4) being mounted on bearings (5) for free rotation and comprising windows for allowing a contact between said endoscope and friction rollers (7,8) for tracking the axial displacement of the endoscope and for imposing a linear force feedback on said endoscope, one of said friction rollers (8) being connected to a motor (12) for transmission of torque generated by said motor and the other of said friction rollers (7) being connected to an encoder (14) for the tracking of its axial displacement, said device further comprising an axial brake (20) for blocking the axial movement of the endoscope while allowing a rotation of the endo...
Background Steering the tip of a flexible endoscope relies on the physician’s dexterity and experien...
This is the accepted version of the following article: John, N.W., Day, T.W., & Wardle, T. (2020). A...
The control of the conventional flexible endo- scope is non-ergonomic and non-intuitive. A novel sin...
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Background Steering the tip of a flexible endoscope relies on the physician’s dexterity and experien...
This is the accepted version of the following article: John, N.W., Day, T.W., & Wardle, T. (2020). A...
The control of the conventional flexible endo- scope is non-ergonomic and non-intuitive. A novel sin...
This paper presents a new design and analysis of a haptic interface for a gastrointestinal endoscopy...
Endoscopy is an involved clinical practice requiring considerable skill in performing the procedure....
This paper describes the instrumentation of a clinical colonoscope needed for a novel colonoscopy si...
The main goal of virtual reality based surgery simulators with haptic feedback is to provide an alte...
Virtual reality together with haptics offers immersive and flexible platforms for training doctors i...
In this paper, we describe the development of a haptic device to be used in a simulator aiming to tr...
Flexible endoscopy allows the physician to examine the internal body cavities of the patient in a mi...
The flexible endoscope is increasingly used to perform minimal invasive interventions. A novel add-o...
International audienceThis paper deals with the design and control of a haptic device to be used in ...
International audience— According to medical experts, haptic realism is difficult to achieve, and ev...
In this paper, a vision-based haptic feedback system has been proposed with the aim to assist the mo...
Pneumatic control has been used for armature control of robots with pneumatic air muscles achieving ...
Background Steering the tip of a flexible endoscope relies on the physician’s dexterity and experien...
This is the accepted version of the following article: John, N.W., Day, T.W., & Wardle, T. (2020). A...
The control of the conventional flexible endo- scope is non-ergonomic and non-intuitive. A novel sin...