Background Compared with traditional open surgery, minimally invasive surgery may improve recovery and patient satisfaction while maintaining surgical principles. Laparoscopic, single incision, natural orifice, and robotic approaches hold their own appeal. However, they lack the ability to manipulate organs as easily as the human hand. Advances in minimally invasive surgical techniques require new tools with increased functionality of the end effectors. Multifunctional tools with greater dexterity than those currently available are highly desired. Methods To address this need, we designed, fabricated, and tested the first prototype of a laparoscopic tool that provides the dexterity of a hand. The “hand” has two jointed fingers and a jointed...
International audienceBackground Manual manipulation of the camera is a major source of difficulties...
A novel device was developed that will allow laparoscopic surgeons to hand-operate standard electros...
BACKGROUND: During laparoscopic surgery, the operating surgeon grasps sections of the gastrointestin...
Although substantial progresses have been made in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, the graspers ...
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS), which typically involves endoscopic camera and laparoscopic instru...
Background: Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS), which has become possible due to the introduc...
We read with great interest and pleasure about the efforts that had been made by A. Pietrabissa et a...
Abstract — Hand-held surgical robots are manipulators with dexterous effectors to be used by surgeon...
Minimally invasive surgical techniques, especially endoscopy and laparoscopy, possess many advantage...
In laparoscopic Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery a teleoperated robot is interposed between the pa...
BACKGROUND: Manual manipulation of the camera is a major source of difficulties encountered by surge...
Hand-held robotic instruments with dextrous end-effectors offer increased accessibility and gesture ...
Advancements in minimally-invasive surgical (M.I.S.) techniques continue to combat the major drawbac...
Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postope...
The operative potential of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) could be enhanced by the introd...
International audienceBackground Manual manipulation of the camera is a major source of difficulties...
A novel device was developed that will allow laparoscopic surgeons to hand-operate standard electros...
BACKGROUND: During laparoscopic surgery, the operating surgeon grasps sections of the gastrointestin...
Although substantial progresses have been made in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, the graspers ...
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS), which typically involves endoscopic camera and laparoscopic instru...
Background: Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS), which has become possible due to the introduc...
We read with great interest and pleasure about the efforts that had been made by A. Pietrabissa et a...
Abstract — Hand-held surgical robots are manipulators with dexterous effectors to be used by surgeon...
Minimally invasive surgical techniques, especially endoscopy and laparoscopy, possess many advantage...
In laparoscopic Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery a teleoperated robot is interposed between the pa...
BACKGROUND: Manual manipulation of the camera is a major source of difficulties encountered by surge...
Hand-held robotic instruments with dextrous end-effectors offer increased accessibility and gesture ...
Advancements in minimally-invasive surgical (M.I.S.) techniques continue to combat the major drawbac...
Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postope...
The operative potential of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) could be enhanced by the introd...
International audienceBackground Manual manipulation of the camera is a major source of difficulties...
A novel device was developed that will allow laparoscopic surgeons to hand-operate standard electros...
BACKGROUND: During laparoscopic surgery, the operating surgeon grasps sections of the gastrointestin...