Development of steerable endoscopes to improve depth perception during laparoscopic surgery

ASME 2002 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2002

Volumn 5, Issue , 2002, Pages 731-736

  Breedveld, Paul ^a   Hirose, Shigeo ^b  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depth perception; Endo periscope; Laparoscopic surgery; Ring spring; Steerable endoscope

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ASYMMETRIC BENDING; DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; ENDO-PERISCOPE; INTUITIVE CONTROLS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LINE-OF-SIGHT; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM; STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE; TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; TORSION STIFFNESS; INTERNATIONAL PATENTS; PARALLELOGRAM MECHANISMS;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RING SPRINGS; STIFFNESS; SURGERY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; CAMERAS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENDOSCOPY; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS;

CAMERAS; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 0036979871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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