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- research-articleJanuary 2022
Cost analysis of supply chain management of Da Vinci surgical instruments: A retrospective study
Technology and Health Care (TAHC), Volume 30, Issue 5Pages 1233–1241https://doi.org/10.3233/THC-213563BACKGROUND:Da Vinci surgery is used extensively, but the high costs of the surgical instrument are a serious clinical and management problem.
OBJECTIVE:To reduce the cost of the Da Vinci ...
- research-articleFebruary 2021
A modular, multi-arm concentric tube robot system with application to transnasal surgery for orbital tumors
- Trevor L. Bruns,
- Andria A. Remirez,
- Maxwell A. Emerson,
- Ray A. Lathrop,
- Arthur W. Mahoney,
- Hunter B. Gilbert,
- Cindy L. Liu,
- Paul T. Russell,
- Robert F. Labadie,
- Kyle D. Weaver,
- Robert J. Webster
International Journal of Robotics Research (RBRS), Volume 40, Issue 2-3Pages 521–533https://doi.org/10.1177/02783649211000074In the development of telemanipulated surgical robots, a class of continuum robots known as concentric tube robots has drawn particular interest for clinical applications in which space is a major limitation. One such application is transnasal surgery, ...
- research-articleNovember 2019
Sensing (Co)operations: Articulation and Compensation in the Robotic Operating Room
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI), Volume 3, Issue CSCWArticle No.: 225, Pages 1–26https://doi.org/10.1145/3359327Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in two different teaching hospitals that deployed the da Vinci surgical robot, this paper traces how the introduction of robotics reconfigures the sensory environment of surgery and how surgeons and their teams ...
- research-articleNovember 2018
Operating at a Distance - How a Teleoperated Surgical Robot Reconfigures Teamwork in the Operating Room
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI), Volume 2, Issue CSCWArticle No.: 138, Pages 1–28https://doi.org/10.1145/3274407This paper investigates how a teleoperated surgical robot reconfigures teamwork in the operating room by spatially redistributing team members. We report on findings from two years of fieldwork at two hospitals, including interviews and video data. We ...
- research-articleJuly 2015
Static balancing and inertia compensation of a master manipulator for tele-operated surgical robot application
AIR '15: Proceedings of the 2015 Conference on Advances In RoboticsArticle No.: 14, Pages 1–5https://doi.org/10.1145/2783449.2783463Tele-operated robotic surgery is becoming popular and there is a need for design of better robotic arms for increased dexterity and user convenience. In the master-slave configuration of surgical robots, master manipulator plays an important role in ...
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- research-articleJuly 2014
Using cadaver simulation to improve communication and economy of movement as evidence of progress with the trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) learning curve
SummerSim '14: Proceedings of the 2014 Summer Simulation MulticonferenceArticle No.: 26, Pages 1–7Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is an endovascular treatment for critical aortic stenosis. An early "learning curve" is important drawback of TAVI that can dramatically alter patient safety and hospital costs. There is paucity of data ...
- ArticleSeptember 2013
New Horizons for Patient Safety: LIGRA (LIfe Guard for Robotic Surgery Assistance), an Interactive Platform Centralizing Information and Control Robotic Surgery Operating Rooms
ICHI '13: Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare InformaticsPages 361–366https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHI.2013.50The present paper describes LIGRA, an innovative technological solution developed in the context of the SAFROS co-funded EU project. Its general goal is to improve patient safety during minimal invasive robotic surgery. Focusing on the risks introduced ...
- research-articleMarch 2013
Towards a software tool for ultrasound guided robotic hip resurfacing surgery
SAC '13: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied ComputingPages 232–234https://doi.org/10.1145/2480362.2480412This paper presents the integration between the Image Guided Surgery Toolkit (IGSTK) and the Point Cloud Library (PCL) to deliver a software tool (SWT) to robotic orthopedic surgery. The application that demonstrates the usefulness of the tool was ...
- research-articleJanuary 2013
Robotic Surgery: On the Cutting Edge of Ethics
Computer (COMP), Volume 46, Issue 1Pages 56–64Robotic surgery is a relatively new technology that promises unparalleled innovation with minimization of pain and time spent in recovery, but surgeons must follow realistic ethical guidelines if this treatment option is to thrive.
- ArticleOctober 2012
Remote ultrasound palpation for robotic interventions using absolute elastography
MICCAI'12: Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - Volume Part IPages 42–49https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33415-3_6Although robotic surgery has addressed many of the challenges presented by minimally invasive surgery, haptic feedback and the lack of knowledge of tissue stiffness is an unsolved problem. This paper presents a system for finding the absolute elastic ...
- research-articleAugust 2012
Percutaneous intracardiac beating-heart surgery using metal MEMS tissue approximation tools
- Andrew H Gosline,
- Nikolay V Vasilyev,
- Evan J Butler,
- Chris Folk,
- Adam Cohen,
- Rich Chen,
- Nora Lang,
- Pedro J Del Nido,
- Pierre E Dupont
International Journal of Robotics Research (RBRS), Volume 31, Issue 9Pages 1081–1093https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364912443718Achieving superior outcomes through the use of robots in medical applications requires an integrated approach to the design of the robot, tooling and the procedure itself. In this paper, this approach is applied to develop a robotic technique for ...
- ArticleJune 2011
Intra-operative "pick-up" ultrasound for robot assisted surgery with vessel extraction and registration: a feasibility study
We propose the use of a "pick-up" ultrasound transducer for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgeries. Unlike prior approaches, the ultrasound transducer is inserted before the procedure and remains in the abdominal cavity throughout. We present a new ...
- ArticleJune 2011
Hand-held force magnifier for surgical instruments
- George Stetten,
- Bing Wu,
- Roberta Klatzky,
- John Galeotti,
- Mel Siegel,
- Randy Lee,
- Francis Mah,
- Andrew Eller,
- Joel Schuman,
- Ralph Hollis
We present a novel and relatively simple method for magnifying forces perceived by an operator using a tool. A sensor measures the force between the tip of a tool and its handle held by the operator's fingers. These measurements are used to create a ...
- ArticleJune 2011
A robotic system for intra-operative trans-rectal ultrasound and ultrasound elastography in radical prostatectomy
A new robotic system for trans-rectal ultrasound (TRUS) imaging during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is described. The system consists of three main parts: a robotic probe manipulator (robot), an ultrasound machine with a biplane ...
- articleDecember 2010
A review of the state-of-the-art of 'smart' systems in surgery
International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (IJISTA), Volume 8, Issue 1/2/3/4Pages 423–433https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISTA.2010.030221In recent years, there has been a considerable transition in smart systems for surgery. Originally systems were devised primarily from large industrial robots. There has been a gradual transition towards sensor rich devices which are much simpler, lower-...
- ArticleSeptember 2010
Cognitive burden estimation for visuomotor learning with fNIRS
- David R. C. James,
- Felipe Orihuela-Espina,
- Daniel R. Leff,
- George P. Mylonas,
- Ka-Wai Kwok,
- Ara W. Darzi,
- Guang-Zhong Yang
Novel robotic technologies utilised in surgery need assessment for their effects on the user as well as on technical performance. In this paper, the evolution in 'cognitive burden' across visuomotor learning is quantified using a combination of ...
- ArticleJuly 2010
A Teleoperated Minimally Invasive Surgical System with an Additional Degree of Freedom Manipulator
SENSORCOMM '10: Proceedings of the 2010 Fourth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and ApplicationsPages 90–94https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2010.21A teleoperated minimally invasive surgical system was implemented for laparoscopic surgery. The surgical manipulator has upper and lower arms akin to a human arm and has an elbow joint as an additional DoF joint. A remote controller was developed to ...
- ArticleMay 2010
Modular Software Design for Brachytherapy Image-Guided Robotic Systems
BIBE '10: Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and BioengineeringPages 203–208https://doi.org/10.1109/BIBE.2010.40— Modular software design is a technique that increase reusability and portability of software composed from separate parts, called modules. We have designed and developed a reusable integrated software solution for robotic prostate brachytherapy ...
- ArticleMarch 2010
Autonomous High Precision Positioning of Surgical Instruments in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery under Visual Guidance
ICAS '10: Proceedings of the 2010 Sixth International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous SystemsPages 64–69https://doi.org/10.1109/ICAS.2010.18Despite the fact that minimally invasive robotic surgery provides many advantages for patients, complex tasks are still time-consuming, error-prone and lead to quicker fatigue of the surgeon. Automating recurrent tasks could greatly reduce total surgery ...
- research-articleOctober 2009
Nonlinear and filtered force/position mappings in bilateral teleoperation with application to enhanced stiffness discrimination
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TOR), Volume 25, Issue 5Pages 1134–1149https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2009.2017803Motivated by applications involving soft-tissue manipulation such as robotic surgery, the transparency objectives in bilateral teleoperation are redefined to include monotonic non-linear and linear-time-invariant filter mappings between the master/slave ...