Open AccessTrocar-less Instrumentation for Laparoscopy
Author(s) -
Sangtae Park,
Richard Bergs,
Robert C. Eberhart,
Linda A. Baker,
Raúl Fernández,
Jeffrey A. Cadeddu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000232518.01447.c7
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , robotics , instrumentation (computer programming) , envelope (radar) , laparoscopic surgery , abdomen , surgery , artificial intelligence , medical physics , biomedical engineering , computer science , robot , telecommunications , radar , operating system
To develop a novel laparoscopic system of moveable instruments that are positioned intra-abdominally and "locked" into place by external permanent magnets placed on the abdomen.