Development of a new microsurgical robot for stereotactic neurosurgery

The robot technology was introduced into a new stereotactic neurosurgery system for applications to biopsy, blind surgery, and functional neurosurgery. The authors have developed a newly designed prototype microsurgical robot, designed to allow a biopsy needle to reach the target such as a cerebral...

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Published inStereotactic and functional neurosurgery Vol. 54-55; p. 462
Main Authors Koyama, H, Uchida, T, Funakubo, H, Takakura, K, Fankhauser, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 1990
Subjects
Biopsy, Needle - instrumentation
Brain - pathology
Brain Diseases - pathology
Brain Diseases - surgery
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Brain Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Microsurgery - instrumentation
Models, Anatomic
Robotics - instrumentation
Stereotaxic Techniques - instrumentation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - instrumentation
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Summary:The robot technology was introduced into a new stereotactic neurosurgery system for applications to biopsy, blind surgery, and functional neurosurgery. The authors have developed a newly designed prototype microsurgical robot, designed to allow a biopsy needle to reach the target such as a cerebral tumor within a brain automatically on the basis of the X, Y, and Z coordinates obtained by CT scanner. This robot is so small that it can be driven in a CT scanner gantry. It consists mainly of the link mechanism and the insertion mechanism. We constructed the link mechanism and investigated its working space.
ISSN:1011-6125
1423-0372
DOI:10.1159/000100255