A modular magnetic platform for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)
- TORTORA, GIUSEPPE ROBERTO
- SALERNO, Marco
- DARIO, Paolo
- MENCIASSI, Arianna
- T. Ranzani
- TOGNARELLI, Selene
Publication date
January 2013
DOI Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Abstract
Modern surgery is currently developing NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) robotic approaches to enable scarless surgical procedures. Despite of the variegated devices proposed, they still have several limitations. In this work, we propose a surgical platform composed of specialized modules, in order to provide the overall system with adequate stability, dexterity and force generation. The concept behind the platform, the main modules and their performance are described to highlight the system potential to outperform current NOTES procedures
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