Timothy W Perez, MD, MPH, Marios Pattichis, PhD, Yuebing Jiang, PhDc, Bilal Khan, MD University of New Mexico, Department of Surgery, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering Objective of the technology In laparoscopic surgery the surgeon and the assistant share a single video perspective. However, the visual needs of a surgeon often differ from that […]
Ranjan Sudan, MD Duke University Medical Center Objective of the technology or device: To demonstrate the feasibility of a totally robotic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal (BPD/DS). Description of the technology and method of its use or application switch: BPD/DS involves operating in three different abdominal quadrants. This has traditionally been difficult without undocking and repositioning […]
Jiangfan Zhu, MD East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine Background Many kinds of port access devices were developed for laparo-endoscopic single site surgery (LESS) during recent years. Which port is best suitable for this relatively new technique needs to be investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the common used port access […]
Jiangfan Zhu, MD East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine Background:Laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery ( LESS ) is limited by loss of triangulation and internal instruments conflict. To overcome these obstacles, some approaches have been introduced: articulated instruments and cross-handed manipulation which causes the right hand to control the left instrument tip and vice versa. The […]
Giulia Toti, MS, Marc Garbey, PhD, Brian J Dunkin, MD, FACS, Vadim Sherman, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Barbara Bass, MD Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education, Houston, TX; Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX Objective: Complex minimally invasive surgical procedures require coordination among team […]