Dual-Armed Surgical Master-Slave Manipulator System with MR Compatibility
Author(s) -
Kousuke Kishi,
Kazutoshi Kan,
Masakatsu G. Fujie,
Kenichi Sudo,
Shinichi Takamoto,
Takeyoshi Dohi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2005.p0285
Subject(s) - surgical robot , manipulator (device) , robot manipulator , surgical operation , computer science , surgical procedures , robot , open source , simulation , biomedical engineering , surgery , artificial intelligence , engineering , medicine , software , programming language
We propose a surgical manipulator system supporting surgical treatment and intraoperative disease diagnosis. Manipulators fit vertical-magnetic-field open-configuration magnetic resonance (MR) imagers, and surgical tools on the end of the manipulator arm are interchangeable. We evaluated maneuverability using slave manipulators through a surgical input device consisting of a pair of master devices and a console. We conducted basic suturing tasks in training material that mimics human tissue and thin blood vessels.
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