Mechanical Manipulator for Intuitive Control of Endoscopic Instruments With Seven Degrees of Freedom

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. N. Jaspers ◽  
M. Shehata ◽  
F. Wijkhuizen ◽  
J. L. Herder ◽  
C. A. Grimbergen
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Robotic Systems ◽  
Complex Tasks ◽  
Steel Wires

Performing complex tasks in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) is demanding due to a disturbed hand-eye co-ordination, the use of non-ergonomic instruments with limited degrees of freedom (DOFs) and a lack of force feedback. Robotic telemanipulatory systems enhance surgical dexterity by providing up to 7 DOFs. They allow the surgeon to operate in an ergonomically favorable position with more intuitive manipulation of the instruments. Commercially available robotic systems, however, are very bulky, expensive and do not provide any force feedback. The aim of our study was to develop a simple mechanical manipulator for MIS. When manipulating the handle of the device, the surgeon’s wrist and grasping movements are directly transmitted to the deflectable instrument tip in 7 DOFs. The manipulator consists of a parallelogram mechanism with steel wires. First phantom experience indicated that the system functions properly. The MIM provides some force feedback improving safety. A set of MIMs seems to be an economical and compact alternative for robotic systems.

Design of a Robotic Cameraman With Three Actuators for Laparoscopic Surgery

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mirbagheri ◽  
F. Farahmand ◽  
A. Meghdari ◽  
H. Sayyaadi ◽  
L. Savoj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Laparoscopic Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Robotic Systems ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
And Control ◽  
Novel Design

Laparoscopic surgery is a specific branch of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) that is performed on the abdomen and endoscopic tools are passed through the incision points and trocars on the abdominal wall, so they can reach the surgical site [1]. Robotic systems have been proved to be very useful as a cameraman in laparoscopic surgery; they are more stable with no fatigue and inattention and reduce the supernumerary staff required, provide excellent geometrical accuracy and improved personal control for the surgeon over the procedure, etc. The available robots for handling and control of laparoscopic lens include at least 4 actuators to fulfill the surgeon’s requirements [2]. The purpose of the present study was to develop a novel design for the laparoscope robotic arm in which while the systems move ability is maintained its active degrees of freedom are reduced.

Repulsive force control of minimally invasive surgery robot associated with three degrees of freedom electrorheological fluid-based haptic master

2013 ◽  
Vol 228 (9) ◽  
pp. 1606-1621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Rock Lee ◽  
Chang-Ho Uhm ◽  
Min-Sang Seong ◽  
Jong-Seok Oh ◽  
Seung-Bok Choi
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Electrorheological Fluid ◽  
Repulsive Force ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Robot Assisted ◽  
Three Degrees Of Freedom

This paper presents a repulsive force feedback control in a haptic master–slave robot-assisted system for robot minimally invasive surgery. In general, the haptic master can provide position and force information for superior performance and reliability in master–slave robot-assisted interventions for a surgeon. In order to realize this potential, in this work three degrees of freedom electrorheological haptic master is adopted and associated with a four degrees of freedom slave robot. The haptic master featuring controllable electrorheological fluid is featured by a spherical joint mechanism and the slave robot is controlled by servomotors. After designing a user interface that is capable of providing force feedback in all the degrees of freedom available during robot minimally invasive surgery, the dynamic model of the haptic master is analyzed and the model parameters are identified to evaluate control performance of the haptic master on skin- and cancer-like tissues (palpation). Subsequently, the haptic architecture for robot minimally invasive surgery is established and experimentally implemented so that the reflection force for the object of the slave robot and the desired position for the master operator are transferred to each other. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system, repulsive force tracking control performances are evaluated and presented in time domain.

Kinematics of a Fully-Decoupled Remote Center-of-Motion Parallel Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Hsing Kuo ◽  
Jian S. Dai
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Inverse Kinematics ◽  
Parallel Manipulator ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
End Effector ◽  
Minimally Invasive Surgical ◽  
Inverse Kinematics Problem

A crucial design challenge in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) robots is the provision of a fully decoupled four degrees-of-freedom (4-DOF) remote center-of-motion (RCM) for surgical instruments. In this paper, we present a new parallel manipulator that can generate a 4-DOF RCM over its end-effector and these four DOFs are fully decoupled, i.e., each of them can be independently controlled by one corresponding actuated joint. First, we revisit the remote center-of-motion for MIS robots and introduce a projective displacement representation for coping with this special kinematics. Next, we present the proposed new parallel manipulator structure and study its geometry and motion decouplebility. Accordingly, we solve the inverse kinematics problem by taking the advantage of motion decouplebility. Then, via the screw system approach, we carry out the Jacobian analysis for the manipulator, by which the singular configurations are identified. Finally, we analyze the reachable and collision-free workspaces of the proposed manipulator and conclude the feasibility of this manipulator for the application in minimally invasive surgery.

scholarly journals Force Feedback Plays a Significant Role in Minimally Invasive Surgery

2005 ◽  
Vol 241 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Tholey ◽  
Jaydev P. Desai ◽  
Andres E. Castellanos
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Force Feedback

Real-Time 2D Surface Profile Mapping of Biological Tissue with Force Feedback in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

2015 ◽  
Vol 798 ◽  
pp. 319-323
Author(s):  
Ali Reza Hassan Beiglou ◽  
Javad Dargahi
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Strain Gauge ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Surface Profile ◽  
Robot Assisted ◽  
Contact Points ◽  
Force Signal

It has been more than 20 years that robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) has brought remarkable accuracy and dexterity for surgeons along with the decreasing trauma for the patients. In this paper a novel method of the tissue’s surface profile mapping is proposed. The tissue surface profile plays an important role for material identification during RMIS. It is shown how by integrating the force feedback into robot controller the surface profile of the tissue can be obtained with force feedback scanning. The experiment setup includes a 5 degree of freedoms (DOFs) robot which is equipped with a strain-gauge ball caster as the force feedback. Robot joint encoders signals and the captured force signal of the strain-gauge are transferred to developed surface transformation algorithm (STA). The real-time geometrical transformation process is triggered with force signal to identify contact points between the ball caster and the artificial tissue. The 2D surface profile of tissue will be mapped based on these contact points. Real-time capability of the proposed system is evaluated experimentally for the artifical tissues in a designed test rig.

Force feedback grasper helps bestore sense of touch in minimally invasive surgery

1998 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. A1408
Author(s):  
M. MacFarlane ◽  
J. Rosen ◽  
B. Hannaford ◽  
C. Pellegrini ◽  
M. Sinanan
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Sense Of Touch

Influence of visual force feedback on tissue handling in minimally invasive surgery

2014 ◽  
Vol 101 (13) ◽  
pp. 1766-1773 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Rodrigues ◽  
T. Horeman ◽  
P. Sam ◽  
J. Dankelman ◽  
J. J. van den Dobbelsteen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Tissue Handling ◽  
Visual Force Feedback

Miniature 6-axis force/torque sensor for force feedback in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 4566-4577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Li ◽  
Bo Pan ◽  
Wen-peng Gao ◽  
Hai-bo Feng ◽  
Yi-li Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive Surgery ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Invasive Surgery ◽  
Force Feedback ◽  
Torque Sensor ◽  
Robot Assisted
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