A modular magnetic platform for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

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 speciali...

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Published in2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) Vol. 2013; pp. 6265 - 6268
Main Authors Tortora, G., Salerno, M., Ranzani, T., Tognarelli, S., Dario, P., Menciassi, A.
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.01.2013
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Abdomen - surgery
Computer Simulation
Endoluminal surgery
Endoscopes
Force
Humans
Magnetic confinement
Magnetic levitation
Magnetic Phenomena
modular robot
Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery - instrumentation
Robotics - instrumentation
Robots
Surgery
Wireless communication
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1094-687X
1557-170X
1558-4615
DOI:10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610985