Design and Analysis of a Long-range Magnetic Actuated and Guided Endoscope for Uniport VATS

• Published in: 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) pp. 7650 - 7656
• Main Authors: Li, Jixiu, Zhang, Tao, Cheng, Truman, Li, Yehui, Zhang, Heng, Huang, Yisen, Ng, Calvin Sze Hang, Chiu, Philip Wai Yan, Li, Zheng
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 23.05.2022
• Subjects: Dynamics; Endoscopes; Force; Prototypes; Simulation; Surgery; Visual servoing

This paper presents a long-range magnetic actuated and guided endoscope for uniport video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). In VATS, the incision is quite narrow and part of the chest wall may be very thick. So, the magnetic endoscope system is required to produce sufficient attractive force at a co...