Masayuki Teranuma, BS, MInoru Shida, Clinical, , Engineer, Takuro Ishii, MEng, Yukio Naya, MD, PhD, Harufumi Makino, MD, PhD, Tatsuo Igarashi, MD, PhD Department of Medical System Engineering, Division of Artificial System Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Objective of the technology or deviceIn SAGES 2009, we presented a novel surgical system […]
A Brown, S I Brown, PhD, Z Wang, PhD, D I Maclean, PhD, A Cuschieri, Prof University of Dundee ObjectiveDuring laparoscopic surgery it is often necessary to retract tissue to expose the operative site. We propose a retraction device which will automate this process by detecting slip and modulating the necessary force to retain tissue […]
Shamyl B Mansoor, Zohaib Amjad, Asif Zafar, Dr National University of Sciences and Technology, Holy Family Hospital IntroductionMinimal Invasive Surgery, (MIS), is an advanced method performed by using instruments inserted through small keyhole incisions. In countries like Pakistan who have not completely adopted MIS, surgeons are trained for open surgery. In open surgery surgeons are […]
Lawrence E Tabone, MD, Chan Park, MD, Dana Portenier, MD Duke 1. Objective of the technology or device Improve cosmesis in robotic surgery with the use of a single incision port for access to the abdomen. To overcome the difficulties experienced in single incision surgery including awkward operator hand placement and paradoxical instrument motion with […]
Joseph A Paulus, PhD, Xinliang Zheng, PhD, Bruce Dunne, PhD Covidien, Surgical Solutions Objective:An “in vivo” surgical model to evaluate post-activation cooling times for laparoscopic radiofrequency (RF) vessel sealing devices and assess thermal injury risks is presented; the model provides a more clinically relevant environment (temperature and humidity) than open or bench methods. Description and […]